Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 10:36:36AM -0800, Kevin Dalley wrote: >> I'm using Amanda-2.4.5b1, with a couple of private patches. >> >> I recently set: >> >> reserve 100 >> >> from my usual value of: >> >> reserve 10 >> >> >> because I'm running archival backups with my single tape drive and >> won't have access to a tape as often. On my last run, I didn't have an >> appropriate tape in the drive, as planned. >> >> In the "INITIAL SCHEDULE", there is 1 lev 0 backup, probably because >> the incremental estimate failed. This is fine. >> >> However, I still reach "PROMOTING DUMPS IF NEEDED", with "total_lev0 >> 0, balanced_size 30594935" at the beginning. >> >> 1 DLE is promoted, bring resulting in "total_lev0 31049419". >> >> Should the "PROMOTING DUMPS IF NEEDED" section be skipped or modified >> if reserve is set to 100? planner.c seems to not care about the >> reserve value. > > Reserve deals with the holding disk. > > There is nothing in the fact that a dump is "planned" at level 0 > to say it will go to the holding disk rather than direct to tape.
In this case, there isn't a tape available; I didn't have the correct on in the drive. Some part of amanda knew this before the dump was started. The somewhat large level 0 dump did go to the holding disk. This dump was repeating a fairly recent one so that it would take up the required size. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
