On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 05:44:15PM +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote: > On 2006-10-23 17:08, McGraw, Robert P. wrote: > > I am getting the following messages. > > > > planner: disk coriolis:/local, estimate of level 1 failed. > [...] > > > > My report shows: > > > > coriolis /local 0 0 0 -- 0:01 11.0 0:04 16.7 > [...] > > > > My question; since the estimate failed for level 1, my report show that it > > did a level 0. Is this in fact what happened. Since it could not do a level > > 1 it just went ahead and did a level 0? Just want to be sure I am reading > > the report correctly. > > The planner of Amanda will always estimate the size of level 0, > level N (the last level) and level N+1 (if "bumpdays" permits). > > Using all those numbers, the planner creates a plan for the backup. > Planner starts with all the level 0's that are due, and the level N > of all the rest (or N+1 if the "bump.*" parameters got triggered for > this DLE). > If the resulting total amount is too large for the output media, > then Amanda will postpone some full dumps, and schedule a level N > instead for some of those. > Aparently Amanda did not feel the need for such a reordering. > So the missing estimates for level 1 did not interfere with the > planner algorithm. > > To be complete, when there is enough space, and the total amount > of level 0 dumps is less than "balanced" (= total amount of level 0 > divided by runspercycle), then Amanda will schedule some full dumps > in advance to the due date. >
Robert, to support Paul's comments, did the report indicate these DLE's were "promoted". -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
