i got amanda setup and running on a redhat 7.1 system. the tape drive is a
CONNER CTT8000-A (i.e. a tr-4 tape drive). i use amcheck and everything
works fine. however, when i try to use amdump, all data is stored in the
holding disk, but fail to transfer to the tape. below is my config file and
the amstatus report. it keeps showing writing to tape, but nothing has been
done. please advice. your help is very much appreciated. thanks.
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amstatus:
Using /usr/local/amanda/etc/WeeklySet/log/amdump from Wed May 29 11:05:28
HKT 2002
localhost:/etc 1 13k writing to tape
(11:05:39)
SUMMARY part real estimated
size size
partition : 1
estimated : 1 95k
flush : 0 0k
failed : 0 0k ( 0.00%)
wait for dumping: 0 0k ( 0.00%)
dumping to tape : 0 0k ( 0.00%)
dumping : 0 0k 0k ( 0.00%) ( 0.00%)
dumped : 1 13k 95k ( 13.68%) ( 13.68%)
wait for writing: 0 0k 0k ( 0.00%) ( 0.00%)
wait to flush : 0 0k 0k (100.00%) ( 0.00%)
writing to tape : 1 13k 95k ( 13.68%) ( 13.68%)
failed to tape : 0 0k 0k ( 0.00%) ( 0.00%)
taped : 0 0k 0k ( 0.00%) ( 0.00%)
4 dumpers idle : not-idle
taper writing, tapeq: 0
network free kps: 10000
holding space : 8191954k (100.00%)
dumper0 busy : 0:00:00 ( 2.58%)
0 dumpers busy : 0:00:00 ( 0.00%)
1 dumper busy : 0:00:00 ( 2.76%)
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amanda.conf:
org "WeeklySet"
mailto "root"
dumpuser "amanda"
inparallel 4
netusage 6000
dumpcycle 4 weeks
runspercycle 4
tapecycle 5 tapes
bumpsize 20 Mb
bumpdays 1
bumpmult 4
etimeout 300
runtapes 1
tapedev "/dev/nht0"
tapetype TR-4
labelstr "^WeeklySet[0-9][0-9]*$"
holdingdisk tmp {
comment "main holding disk"
directory "/tmp"
use 8000 Mb
}
infofile "/usr/local/amanda/etc/WeeklySet/curinfo" # database DIRECTORY
logdir "/usr/local/amanda/etc/WeeklySet/log" # log directory
indexdir "/usr/local/amanda/etc/WeeklySet/index" # index directory
define tapetype TR-4 {
comment "Imation Travan TR-4 minicartridge (as per tapetype)"
length 3970 mbytes
filemark 0 kbytes
speed 505 kps
}
define dumptype global {
comment "Global definitions"
}
define dumptype dump-backup {
global
comment "Full backup with fast compression in client"
compress client fast
index
}
define dumptype tar-backup {
global
comment "Full backup with fast compression in client"
compress client fast
program "GNUTAR"
index
}
define interface eth0 {
comment "100 Mbps ethernet"
use 4000 kbps
}
