Hi
My backups fails using soft compression on large disks, using
tar or dump + gzip I get things like:
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FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
server1 /disk1 lev 0 FAILED [input: Can't read data: : Connection timed out]
server1 /disk1 lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed]
Or:
sendbackup: time 890.002: 115: strange(?): sendbackup: index tee cannot
write [Connection reset by peer]
sendbackup: time 890.002: index tee cannot write [Connection reset by
peer]
sendbackup: time 890.024: pid 22390 finish time Sun Oct 13 15:43:39 2002
sendbackup: time 890.026: 91: normal(|): DUMP: Broken pipe
Or:
"dumper 0 is messed up, ignoring it"
ps -fea -> dumper <defunct>
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So I'm thinking on work without compression (what works fine) and turn
hw compression on with a bogus tapetype definition. I have:
# HP Model: C5683A Rev: C104
# HP DD-4 40Gb data cartridge C5718A
# HP SureStore DAT40i C5683A. No hw compress. Media DDS4 150m HP-C5718A
define tapetype DAT40i {
length 19488 mbytes
filemark 538 kbytes
speed 3073 kbytes
}
Is ok to turn hw compression on and define a tape length about 1.8*19488
mbytes? filemark and speed should remain to de above values?
(I use amanda version 2.4.3)
Thanks
Jordi
