> Possibility: tapecycle > 20
Well my tapelist is set to 25, but I thought this option
was suppose to be how many tapes amanda may go through during a backup
>
> Possibility: tapelist is clobbered.
If it was clobbered would I still be able to read the file(I wasn't trying to be
smartass with this remark) :)
>
> Possiblity: your tpchanger/changerfile can't find all 20 tapes.
I thought that might be a possibility but I can't seem to find any error to indicate
can you
suggest what to look for
>
> Possiblity: some of your tapes aren't amlabel'ed properly
When I do an amlabel scan it shows all tapes that I have configured are there other
methods
>
> "tapes in my library are not full" is not a useful thing to say about
> amanda; amanda over-writes each tape, *never* appends.
>
> Copy of your amanda.conf, tapelist, and amcheck output would be useful.
I am sending these files as attachments
>
> --
> Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Accelerant Networks Inc. (voice)1.503.439.3461
> Beaverton OR, USA (fax)1.503.466.9472
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#
# amanda.conf - sample Amanda configuration file. This started off life as
# the actual config file in use at CS.UMD.EDU.
#
# If your configuration is called, say, "csd", then this file normally goes
# in /etc/amanda/csd/amanda.conf.
#
org "bric" # your organization name for reports
mailto "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" # space separated list of operators at
your site
dumpuser "amanda" # the user to run dumps under
inparallel 3 # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel
netusage 600 Kbps # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per sec
dumpcycle 4 weeks # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
runspercycle 4 weeks # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days
tapecycle 25 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation
# 4 weeks (dumpcycle) times 5 tapes per week (just
# the weekdays) plus a few to handle errors that
# need amflush and so we do not overwrite the full
# backups performed at the beginning of the previous
# cycle
### ### ###
# WARNING: don't use `inf' for tapecycle, it's broken!
### ### ###
bumpsize 20 Mb # minimum savings (threshold) to bump level 1 -> 2
bumpdays 1 # minimum days at each level
bumpmult 4 # threshold = bumpsize * bumpmult^(level-1)
etimeout -11900 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates.
#etimeout -600 # total number of seconds for estimates.
# a positive number will be multiplied by the number of filesystems on
# each host; a negative number will be taken as an absolute total time-out.
# The default is 5 minutes per filesystem.
# Specify tape device and/or tape changer. If you don't have a tape
# changer, and you don't want to use more than one tape per run of
# amdump, just comment out the definition of tpchanger.
# Some tape changers require tapedev to be defined; others will use
# their own tape device selection mechanism. Some use a separate tape
# changer device (changerdev), others will simply ignore this
# parameter. Some rely on a configuration file (changerfile) to
# obtain more information about tape devices, number of slots, etc;
# others just need to store some data in files, whose names will start
# with changerfile. For more information about individual tape
# changers, read docs/TAPE.CHANGERS.
# At most one changerfile entry must be defined; select the most
# appropriate one for your configuration. If you select man-changer,
# keep the first one; if you decide not to use a tape changer, you may
# comment them all out.
runtapes 3 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of amdump
tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script
tapedev "/dev/nst0" # the no-rewind tape device to be used
#rawtapedev "/dev/null" # the raw device to be used (ftape only)
changerfile "/home/amanda/etc/amanda/bric/CHANGER"
changerdev "/dev/sg2"
tapetype AIT-3 # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below)
labelstr "^bric[0-9][0-9]*$" # label constraint regex: all tapes must match
# Specify holding disks. These are used as a temporary staging area for
# dumps before they are written to tape and are recommended for most sites.
# The advantages include: tape drive is more likely to operate in streaming
# mode (which reduces tape and drive wear, reduces total dump time); multiple
# dumps can be done in parallel (which can dramatically reduce total dump time.
# The main disadvantage is that dumps on the holding disk need to be flushed
# (with amflush) to tape after an operating system crash or a tape failure.
# If no holding disks are specified then all dumps will be written directly
# to tape. If a dump is too big to fit on the holding disk than it will be
# written directly to tape. If more than one holding disk is specified then
# they will all be used round-robin.
holdingdisk hd1 {
comment "main holding disk"
directory "/home/holding" # where the holding disk is
use 911290 Mb # how much space can we use on it
# a negative value mean:
# use all space except that value
# chunksize 2 Gb # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
# dumped on multiple files on holding disks
# N Kb/Mb/Gb split disks in chunks of size N
# 0 split disks in INT_MAX/1024 Kb chunks
# -N Kb/Mb/Gb dont split, dump larger
# filesystems directly to tape
# (example: -2 Gb)
}
#holdingdisk hd2 {
# directory "/dumps2/amanda"
# use 1000 Mb
# }
#holdingdisk hd3 {
# directory "/mnt/disk4"
# use 1000 Mb
# }
# If amanda cannot find a tape on which to store backups, it will run
# as many backups as it can to the holding disks. In order to save
# space for unattended backups, by default, amanda will only perform
# incremental backups in this case, i.e., it will reserve 100% of the
# holding disk space for the so-called degraded mode backups.
# However, if you specify a different value for the `reserve'
# parameter, amanda will not degrade backups if they will fit in the
# non-reserved portion of the holding disk.
# reserve 30 # percent
# This means save at least 30% of the holding disk space for degraded
# mode backups.
# Amanda needs a few Mb of diskspace for the log and debug files,
# as well as a database. This stuff can grow large, so the conf directory
# isn't usually appropriate. Some sites use /usr/local/var and some /usr/adm.
# Create an amanda directory under there. You need a separate infofile and
# logdir for each configuration, so create subdirectories for each conf and
# put the files there. Specify the locations below.
infofile "/home/amanda/var/amanda/bric/curinfo" # database filename
logdir "/home/amanda/var/amanda/bric/" # log directory
indexdir "/home/amanda/var/amanda/bric/index" # index directory
tapelist "/home/amanda/etc/amanda/bric/tapelist" # list of used tapes
# tapelist is stored, by default, in the directory that contains amanda.conf
# tapetypes
# Define the type of tape you use here, and use it in "tapetype"
# above. Some typical types of tapes are included here. The tapetype
# tells amanda how many MB will fit on the tape, how big the filemarks
# are, and how fast the tape device is.
# A filemark is the amount of wasted space every time a tape section
# ends. If you run `make tapetype' in tape-src, you'll get a program
# that generates tapetype entries, but it is slow as hell, use it only
# if you really must and, if you do, make sure you post the data to
# the amanda mailing list, so that others can use what you found out
# by searching the archives.
# For completeness Amanda should calculate the inter-record gaps too,
# but it doesn't. For EXABYTE and DAT tapes this is ok. Anyone using
# 9 tracks for amanda and need IRG calculations? Drop me a note if
# so.
# If you want amanda to print postscript paper tape labels
# add a line after the comment in the tapetype of the form
# lbl-templ "/path/to/postscript/template/label.ps"
# if you want the label to go to a printer other than the default
# for your system, you can also add a line above for a different
# printer. (i usually add that line after the dumpuser specification)
# dumpuser "operator" # the user to run dumps under
# printer "mypostscript" # printer to print paper label on
# here is an example of my definition for an EXB-8500
# define tapetype EXB-8500 {
# ...
# lbl-templ "/usr/local/amanda/config/lbl.exabyte.ps"
# }
define tapetype AIT-3 {
comment "Sony AIT-3 Tape 100/200GB"
length 79720 mbytes
filemark 5743 kbytes
speed 1634 kps
}
define tapetype QIC-60 {
comment "Archive Viper"
length 60 mbytes
filemark 100 kbytes # don't know a better value
speed 100 kbytes # dito
}
define tapetype DEC-DLT2000 {
comment "DEC Differential Digital Linear Tape 2000"
length 15000 mbytes
filemark 8 kbytes
speed 1250 kbytes
}
# [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# in amanda-users (Thu Dec 26 01:55:38 MEZ 1996)
define tapetype DLT {
comment "DLT tape drives"
length 20000 mbytes # 20 Gig tapes
filemark 2000 kbytes # I don't know what this means
speed 1536 kbytes # 1.5 Mb/s
}
define tapetype SURESTORE-1200E {
comment "HP AutoLoader"
length 3900 mbytes
filemark 100 kbytes
speed 500 kbytes
}
define tapetype EXB-8500 {
comment "Exabyte EXB-8500 drive on decent machine"
length 4200 mbytes
filemark 48 kbytes
speed 474 kbytes
}
define tapetype EXB-8200 {
comment "Exabyte EXB-8200 drive on decent machine"
length 2200 mbytes
filemark 2130 kbytes
speed 240 kbytes
}
define tapetype HP-DAT {
comment "DAT tape drives"
# data provided by Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
length 1930 mbytes
filemark 111 kbytes
speed 468 kbytes
}
define tapetype DAT {
comment "DAT tape drives"
length 1000 mbytes # these numbers are not accurate
filemark 100 kbytes # but you get the idea
speed 100 kbytes
}
define tapetype MIMSY-MEGATAPE {
comment "Megatape (Exabyte based) drive through Emulex on Vax 8600"
length 2200 mbytes
filemark 2130 kbytes
speed 170 kbytes # limited by the Emulex bus interface, ugh
}
# dumptypes
#
# These are referred to by the disklist file. The dumptype specifies
# certain parameters for dumping including:
# auth - authentication scheme to use between server and client.
# Valid values are "bsd" and "krb4". Default: [auth bsd]
# comment - just a comment string
# comprate - set default compression rate. Should be followed by one or
# two numbers, optionally separated by a comma. The 1st is
# the full compression rate; the 2nd is the incremental rate.
# If the second is omitted, it is assumed equal to the first.
# The numbers represent the amount of the original file the
# compressed file is expected to take up.
# Default: [comprate 0.50, 0.50]
# compress - specify compression of the backed up data. Valid values are:
# "none" - don't compress the dump output.
# "client best" - compress on the client using the best (and
# probably slowest) algorithm.
# "client fast" - compress on the client using fast algorithm.
# "server best" - compress on the tape host using the best (and
# probably slowest) algorithm.
# "server fast" - compress on the tape host using a fast
# algorithm. This may be useful when a fast
# tape host is backing up slow clients.
# Default: [compress client fast]
# dumpcycle - set the number of days in the dump cycle, ie, set how often a
# full dump should be performed. Default: from DUMPCYCLE above
# exclude - specify files and directories to be excluded from the dump.
# Useful with gnutar only; silently ignored by dump and samba.
# Valid values are:
# "pattern" - a shell glob pattern defining which files
# to exclude.
# gnutar gets --exclude="pattern"
# list "filename" - a file (on the client!) containing patterns
# re's (1 per line) defining which files to
# exclude.
# gnutar gets --exclude-from="filename"
# Note that the `full pathname' of a file within its
# filesystem starts with `./', because of the way amanda runs
# gnutar: `tar -C $mountpoint -cf - --lots-of-options .' (note
# the final dot!) Thus, if you're backing up `/usr' with a
# diskfile entry like ``host /usr gnutar-root', but you don't
# want to backup /usr/tmp, your exclude list should contain
# the pattern `./tmp', as this is relative to the `/usr' above.
# Please refer to the man-page of gnutar for more information.
# Default: include all files
# holdingdisk - should the holding disk be used for this dump. Useful for
# dumping the holding disk itself. Default: [holdingdisk yes]
# ignore - do not back this filesystem up. Useful for sharing a single
# disklist in several configurations.
# index - keep an index of the files backed up. Default: [index no]
# kencrypt - encrypt the data stream between the client and server.
# Default: [kencrypt no]
# maxdumps - max number of concurrent dumps to run on the client.
# Default: [maxdumps 1]
# priority - priority level of the dump. Valid levels are "low", "medium"
# or "high". These are really only used when Amanda has no
# tape to write to because of some error. In that "degraded
# mode", as many incrementals as will fit on the holding disk
# are done, higher priority first, to insure the important
# disks are at least dumped. Default: [priority medium]
# program - specify the dump system to use. Valid values are "DUMP" and
# "GNUTAR". Default: [program "DUMP"].
# record - record the dump in /etc/dumpdates. Default: [record yes]
# skip-full - skip the disk when a level 0 is due, to allow full backups
# outside Amanda, eg when the machine is in single-user mode.
# skip-incr - skip the disk when the level 0 is NOT due. This is used in
# archive configurations, where only full dumps are done and
# the tapes saved.
# starttime - delay the start of the dump? Default: no delay
# strategy - set the dump strategy. Valid strategies are currently:
# "standard" - the standard one.
# "nofull" - do level 1 dumps every time. This can be used,
# for example, for small root filesystems that
# only change slightly relative to a site-wide
# prototype. Amanda then backs up just the
# changes.
# "noinc" - do level 0 dumps every time.
# Unfortunately, this is not currently
# implemented. Use `dumpcycle 0'
# instead.
# "skip" - skip all dumps. Useful for sharing a single
# disklist in several configurations.
# Default: [strategy standard]
#
# Note that you may specify previously defined dumptypes as a shorthand way
# of defining parameters.
define dumptype global {
comment "Global definitions"
# This is quite useful for setting global parameters, so you don't have
# to type them everywhere. All dumptype definitions in this sample file
# do include these definitions, either directly or indirectly.
# There's nothing special about the name `global'; if you create any
# dumptype that does not contain the word `global' or the name of any
# other dumptype that contains it, these definitions won't apply.
# Note that these definitions may be overridden in other
# dumptypes, if the redefinitions appear *after* the `global'
# dumptype name.
# You may want to use this for globally enabling or disabling
# indexing, recording, etc. Some examples:
index yes
compress server fast
holdingdisk yes
record yes
priority high
program "GNUTAR"
maxdumps 3
}
define dumptype always-full {
global
comment "Full dump of this filesystem always"
compress none
priority high
dumpcycle 0
}
define dumptype root-tar {
global
program "GNUTAR"
comment "root partitions dumped with tar"
compress none
index
exclude list "/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar"
priority low
}
define dumptype user-tar {
root-tar
comment "user partitions dumped with tar"
priority medium
}
define dumptype high-tar {
root-tar
comment "partitions dumped with tar"
priority high
}
define dumptype comp-root-tar {
root-tar
comment "Root partitions with compression"
compress client fast
}
define dumptype comp-user-tar {
user-tar
compress client fast
}
define dumptype holding-disk {
global
comment "The master-host holding disk itself"
holdingdisk no # do not use the holding disk
priority medium
}
define dumptype comp-user {
global
comment "Non-root partitions on reasonably fast machines"
compress client fast
priority medium
}
define dumptype nocomp-user {
comp-user
comment "Non-root partitions on slow machines"
compress none
}
define dumptype comp-root {
global
comment "Root partitions with compression"
compress client fast
priority low
}
define dumptype nocomp-root {
comp-root
comment "Root partitions without compression"
compress none
}
define dumptype comp-high {
global
comment "very important partitions on fast machines"
compress client best
priority high
}
define dumptype nocomp-high {
comp-high
comment "very important partitions on slow machines"
compress none
}
define dumptype nocomp-test {
global
comment "test dump without compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording"
compress none
record no
priority medium
}
define dumptype comp-test {
nocomp-test
comment "test dump with compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording"
compress client fast
}
define dumptype exclude-small{
comment "Exclude list for the Small PI directory"
priority high
program "GNUTAR"
exclude list "/usr/local/etc/amanda/exclude/exclude-filename"
}
# network interfaces
#
# These are referred to by the disklist file. They define the attributes
# of the network interface that the remote machine is accessed through.
# Notes: - netusage above defines the attributes that are used when the
# disklist entry doesn't specify otherwise.
# - the values below are only samples.
# - specifying an interface does not force the traffic to pass
# through that interface. Your OS routing tables do that. This
# is just a mechanism to stop Amanda trashing your network.
# Attributes are:
# use - bandwidth above which amanda won't start
# backups using this interface. Note that if
# a single backup will take more than that,
# amanda won't try to make it run slower!
define interface local {
comment "a local disk"
use 1000 kbps
}
define interface eth0 {
comment "10 Mbps ethernet"
use 400 kbps
}
# You may include other amanda configuration files, so you can share
# dumptypes, tapetypes and interface definitions among several
# configurations.
#includefile "/usr/local/amanda.conf.main"
20020928 bric18 reuse
20020926 bric17 reuse
20020924 bric16 reuse
20020922 bric15 reuse
20020920 bric14 reuse
20020915 bric13 reuse
20020914 bric12 reuse
20020913 bric11 reuse
20020913 bric10 reuse
20020912 bric09 reuse
20020912 bric08 reuse
20020911 bric07 reuse
20020906 bric06 reuse
20020905 bric05 reuse
20020905 bric1 reuse
20020902 bric04 reuse
20020902 bric03 reuse
20020902 bric02 reuse
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
WARNING: holding disk /home/holding: only 888399300 KB free (933160960 KB requested)
amcheck-server: slot 7: date 20020911 label bric07 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 8: date 20020912 label bric08 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 9: date 20020912 label bric09 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 10: date 20020913 label bric10 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 11: date 20020913 label bric11 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 12: date 20020914 label bric12 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 13: date 20020915 label bric13 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 14: date 20020920 label bric14 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 15: date 20020922 label bric15 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 16: date 20020924 label bric16 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 17: date 20020926 label bric17 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 18: date 20020928 label bric18 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 1: date 20020905 label bric1 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 2: date 20020902 label bric02 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 3: date 20020902 label bric03 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 4: date 20020902 label bric04 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 5: date 20020905 label bric05 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 6: date 20020906 label bric06 (active tape)
ERROR: new tape not found in rack
(expecting a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Server check took 1359.774 seconds
Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
Client check: 3 hosts checked in 0.938 seconds, 0 problems found
(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3b3)
