On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 10:49:22PM +0200, Peter Kunst wrote: > Hi list, > > ever seen something like this in amstatus output ? > > matrix:/var/lib/backuppc 0 planner: [hmm, disk was stranded on waitq] > > This is a new debian box, which (guess it :) runs BackupPC, and was > taken into amanda's disklist today. This DLE should have around ~60GB. > > On this client, there is a "tar [foobar] --file /dev/null [barfoo]" > still running now, and i guess amanda runs into etimeout. However, never > seen this message since running amanda (~3 years now). Not an urgent > issue, since i'm just moving over amanda from an old amanda-server to a > new one with another robot attached. >
A tar run to output file "--file /dev/null" is part of the estimate phase. Tar senses the /dev/null output and only looks at directory blocks and inodes. Doesn't read the data blocks for other files. Never saw the "stranded" message. Wonder which tropical island it is on :) -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
