Hi Martin,
your exclude-list syntax is not correct....
Martin Schwarz schrieb:
> Hello fellow amanda users,
>
> I have been using amanda for some time, successfully backing up whole
> filsystems with dump. Now I'm trying to back up only parts of one
> (large) filesystem using gnutar and the exclude-list feature. The
> relevant config snippets are as follows (machine lissy is server and
> client in one, config name is "lissyDaily1"):
>
> [/etc/amanda/lissyDaily1/disklist]
> lissy /disk-c1/martin comp-user-tar
>
> [/etc/amanda/lissyDaily1/amanda.conf]
> ...
> define dumptype comp-user-tar {
> program "GNUTAR"
> comment "partitions dumped with tar"
> options compress-fast, index
> exclude list "/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar"
> priority medium
> }
>
> [/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar]
> /disk-c1/martin/mac
this should read
./mac
it is relative to the root stated in your disklist-entry.
>
> The results are not as I had expected. amanda seems to ignore the
> exclude list and tries to backup the whole filesystem below
> "/disk-c1/martin". Since this includes the rather large subdirectory
> "/disk-c1/martin/mac", the backup doesn't fit on the tape and fails:
>
> [lissyDaily1 AMANDA MAIL REPORT FOR September 21, 2002]
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
> lissy /disk-c1/martin lev 1 FAILED [dump larger than tape,
> skipping incremental]
>
> The /var/log/amanda/lissyDaily1/amdump.1 log file show the estimated
> backup size as:
>
> got result for host lissy disk /disk-c1/martin: 0 -> 23243790K, 1 ->
> 23093150K, -1 -> -1K
>
> which is (give or take a few KB) the size of the whole /disk-c1/martin
> hierarchy INCLUDING the /disk-c1/martin/mac subdirectory:
>
> $ du -sk /disk-c1/martin /disk-c1/martin/mac
> 23298740 /disk-c1/martin
> 23133416 /disk-c1/martin/mac
> $
>
> So, /disk-c1/martin EXCLUDING /disk-c1/martin/mac should be only
> 165324KB or about 160MBytes which would fit perfectly on the tape.
>
> Some more information on my system:
>
> - Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 on i386, using the distribiution binary packages
> (amanda-client 2.4.2p2-4, amanda-common 2.4.2p2-4, amanda-server
> 2.4.2p2-4)
> - single DDS2 SCSI tape drive (/dev/nst0), configured like this:
> define tapetype DDS2-120m {
> comment "WangTek DAT tape drive (DDS2)"
> length 3265 mbytes
> filemark 100 kbytes
> speed 300 kbytes
> }
>
> I have searched the mailing list archives and FAQ-O-Matic but still
> haven't got a clue about this. I will happily give more information on
> the setup if needed. Any help is very welcome!
>
> Many thanks in advance!
> Martin.
>
> [I am subscribed to amanda-users, so no need to Cc: to my address -
> thanks!]
>
