Kevin D. Alford wrote:
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...Run Time (hrs:min) 2:42 Dump Time (hrs:min) 2:24 2:16 0:08
Avg Dump Rate (k/s) 1767.5 1838.0 550.9
Tape Time (hrs:min) 2:09 2:07 0:02 Tape Size (meg) 14913.6 14658.8 254.8 Tape Used (%) 84.6 83.1 1.4 (level:#disks ...) Filesystems Taped 13 9 4 (1:1 3:2 4:1) Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) 1977.2 1972.0 2329.1
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I have now attached a ADIC Fastor 7 Slot DLT 7000 (DLTtape IV) drive
And the backup times have went from approximately 2 hours to 23 hours.
STATISTICS: Total Full Daily -------- -------- -------- Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:25 Run Time (hrs:min) 24:04 Dump Time (hrs:min) 21:49 21:44 0:05 Output Size (meg) 16554.5 16422.1 132.4 Original Size (meg) 40713.0 40038.2 674.9 Avg Compressed Size (%) 40.7 41.0 19.6 (level:#disks ...) Filesystems Dumped 14 10 4 (1:1 2:1 3:2) Avg Dump Rate (k/s) 215.8 214.9 447.0
Tape Time (hrs:min) 23:18 23:07 0:11 Tape Size (meg) 16554.9 16422.4 132.5 Tape Used (%) 47.3 46.9 0.4 (level:#disks ...) Filesystems Taped 14 10 4 (1:1 2:1 3:2) Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) 202.1 202.1 198.8
Not only the tape seems slow, but almost everything! The estimate time went from 10 minutes to 25 minutes (that could still be normal). The dump time went from 2 1/2 hours to almost 22 hours!
Do you have networking problems (e.g. a duplex mismatch is a frequent problem). Try "netstat -i", and notice if you have a a large error count.
There was also one filesystem added? Maybe that the cause?
Or did you bypass the holdingdisk for one or more dumps?
What could be the problem? I think I have the right tapetype configuration in the Amanda.conf file.
I believe the tapetype is correct, but you generate one yourself. It takes about 6 hours. Insert a scratch tape and type:
amtapetype -e 35g -f /dev/your/tape
I also don’t have a changer.conf file?
If you don't have a changer, than you don't need one :-)
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