Internet Support wrote: > > You can see that Amanda correctly estimates the size at estimated 4752738 > tape blocks > But actually dumps DUMP: 9029315 tape blocks
Yes, dump is actually dumping the holding area along with all the other files on that partition. If you were using tar instead of dump, you could use an "exclude" to prevent tar from considering the holding area. Since you're using dump, your only option is to let Amanda know that it's the holding disk by adding the "holding-disk yes" option in a new dumptype. This is all from memory; do check the gory details in the supplied amanda.conf file. Marty -- Marty Shannon, RHCE (@ home) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]