On Wednesday 13 August 2003 02:55, Toralf Lund wrote: >I suddenly realised that I have a lot of dump directories on my > holding disk, even though dumps have generally been successful. The > below "amflush" output should illustrate this. > > >-sh-2.05b$ /usr/sbin/amflush ks >Scanning /dumps/amanda/hd... > 20030731: found Amanda directory. > 20030730: found Amanda directory. > 20030725: found Amanda directory. > 20030729: found Amanda directory. > 20030728: found Amanda directory. > 20030709: found Amanda directory. > 20030812: found Amanda directory. > 20030811: found Amanda directory. > 20030801: found Amanda directory. > 20030807: found Amanda directory. > 20030806: found Amanda directory. > 20030805: found Amanda directory. > 20030804: found Amanda directory. > 20030808: found Amanda directory. > Multiple Amanda directories, please pick one by letter: > A. 20030709 > B. 20030725 > C. 20030728 > D. 20030729 > E. 20030730 > F. 20030731 > G. 20030801 > H. 20030804 > I. 20030805 > J. 20030806 > K. 20030807 > L. 20030808 > M. 20030811 > N. 20030812 >Select directories to flush [A..N]: [ALL] > > >When I say "generally successful", what I mean is that there haven't > been any major problems lately, but DLEs will occasionally fail to > fit on the current tape. If they do, they are flushed automatically > via the "autoflush" option. In any case, closer inspection reveals > that the directories don't contain real data; a full listing of the > files is included below. > >Does anyone know what is causing this? I'm using amanda-2.4.4p1 on > Red Hat Linux 9. > >-sh-2.05b$ ls -ltr */* >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 9 23:10 >20030709/fileserv._usr_freeware_apache.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 25 22:59 >20030725/fileserv._usr_freeware_var_openldap-ldbm.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 25 23:00 >20030725/fileserv._scanner3_images.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 28 23:31 >20030728/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 28 23:39 >20030728/fileserv._scanner3_images.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 29 22:32 >20030729/fileserv._scanner_Island.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 29 22:32 >20030729/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_amanda.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 29 23:50 >20030729/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 30 22:33 >20030730/fileserv._scanner_Island.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 30 22:34 >20030730/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_amanda.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 30 23:53 >20030730/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 31 22:25 >20030731/fileserv._scanner_Island.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 31 22:25 >20030731/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_amanda.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 31 23:47 >20030731/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 00:04 >20030731/fileserv._u.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 00:14 >20030731/fileserv._scanner2_Vann.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 00:17 >20030731/fileserv._scanner2_nijos.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 00:34 >20030731/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 23:37 >20030801/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 23:37 >20030801/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 23:47 >20030801/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 2 00:07 >20030801/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 2 00:07 >20030801/fileserv._u.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 2 00:17 >20030801/fileserv._scanner2_Vann.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 2 00:37 >20030801/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 2 00:47 >20030801/fileserv._u_people.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 4 23:35 >20030804/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 4 23:45 >20030804/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 4 23:50 >20030804/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 00:05 >20030804/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 00:15 >20030804/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 02:13 >20030804/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 22:53 >20030805/fileserv._scanner_Island.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 22:53 >20030805/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_amanda.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 23:23 >20030805/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 00:37 >20030805/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 00:46 >20030805/fileserv._u_project.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 01:08 >20030805/fileserv._scanner3_SMA.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 01:11 >20030805/fileserv._scanner2_Vann.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 01:16 >20030805/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 01:38 >20030805/fileserv._u_people.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 23:36 >20030806/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 23:38 >20030806/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 23:57 >20030806/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:06 >20030806/fileserv._archive.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:09 >20030806/fileserv._usr_freeware_apache.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:28 >20030806/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:36 >20030806/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:39 >20030806/fileserv._u_project.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:58 >20030806/fileserv._scanner3_SMA.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 01:09 >20030806/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 23:09 >20030807/fileserv._usr_freeware_var_openldap-ldbm.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 23:20 >20030807/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 23:50 >20030807/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 00:55 >20030807/fileserv._usr_freeware_apache.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 01:21 >20030807/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 01:23 >20030807/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 01:25 >20030807/fileserv._u_project.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 01:53 >20030807/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:11 >20030808/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:22 >20030808/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:27 >20030808/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:42 >20030808/fileserv._archive.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:52 >20030808/fileserv._usr_freeware_apache.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:58 >20030808/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 9 00:12 >20030808/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 9 00:22 >20030808/fileserv._u_project.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:07 >20030811/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:09 >20030811/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:21 >20030811/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:37 >20030811/fileserv._archive.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:40 >20030811/fileserv._usr_freeware_apache.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:51 >20030811/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 12 22:23 >20030812/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 12 23:43 >20030812/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 12 23:49 >20030812/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 12 23:51 >20030812/fileserv._archive.0.tmp >-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 13 00:13 >20030812/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp
And they're all zero length files?? I'd assume that /dumps itself is also owned by amanda:disk? In which case I've NDI Toralf. Delete them and see if they come back. Is there anything odd in this mornings report for the dle's mentioned? I just checked my /dumps, something I haven't in weeks, and its truely empty, using 2.4.4p1-20030716. I wonder if it would leave that behind if the dump was bigger than that portion of the holding disk it is allowed to use, and that as a result those particular dle's went straight to the tape? -- Cheers, Gene AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 320M [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512M 99.27% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
