Hello,
John Holstein wrote:
> Recently added another Amanda backup machine (the first one is working
> great). The second box is for another subnet, one I don't want to mix with
> the other.
>
> Anyway, after attempting the amdump, this was in the log:
>
>
> ERROR taper no-tape [writing label: Read-only file system]
> FAIL planner XXXXXX.cnpapers.com / 0 [dumps too big, but cannot incremental
> dump new disk]
>
> FAIL driver XXXXXXX.cnpapers.com /tmp 0 [can't switch to incremental dump]
Here's the situation: Amanda couldn't write to the tape, so it entered
"degraded mode." While running in degraded mode, Amanda tries to do
incremental dumps only in order to save space on the holding disk. Now,
your new host has never been backed up by Amanda before, so it can't do an
incremental dump (must have a full dump before incrementals). Amanda can't
do an incremental dump, and won't do a full dump in degraded mode, so it
gives up and issues the warnings you see above.
To fix it, you have two options. You can put a writable tape in the tape
drive and run amdump again, or you can tell Amanda not to worry as much
about holding disk space when it can't write to tape. For the second, you
should see the example amanda.conf file and look for the "reserve" keyword.
Hope this helps,
-Ben
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