Hi,
In your dumptypes definition what do you have the maxdumps variable set to? I
had a
similar problem, I think even if you have inparallel set to a high number there
will
still only be one dumper per client unless you set the maxdumps to something
other then
1.
-Sergei
On (02/14/07 07:23), Dipl.Ing.Trompler Wilhelm wrote:
> Dear reader,
>
> I am using VERSION="Amanda-2.4.4p2" on a LINUX 2.6.5 with LTO-3 tapes. In
> general the performance is great, but on every forced, complete backup, the
> procedure takes almost 24 hours.
>
> I have to backup about 700 GB uncompressed, and supply the system with about
> 580 GB holding storage. The system starts with the requested 5 dumpers, but
> utilizes only 3, from which the third only works once. The others work along
> but never use more than about 25% of the available holding disk space. No
> error messages or other complaints.
>
> from my amanda.conf
> .
> .
> .
> inparallel 5 # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel
> #netusage 800 Kbps # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per sec
>
> dumpcycle 10 days # number of days in the normal dump cycle
> runspercycle 12 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days
> # (4 weeks * 5 amdump runs per week -- just
> weekdays)
> tapecycle 16 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation
> # 4 weeks (dumpcycle) times 5 tapes per week (just
> # the weekdays) plus a few to handle errors that
> # need amflush and so we do not overwrite the full
> # backups performed at the beginning of the previous
> # cycle
> ### ### ###
> .
> .
> .
> holdingdisk hd1 {
> comment "1. holding disk"
> directory "/amanda1" # where the holding disk is
> use -100 Mb # how much space can we use on it
> chunksize 5 Gb # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
> }
>
> holdingdisk hd2 {
> comment "2. holding disk"
> directory "/amanda2" # where the holding disk is
> use -100 Mb # how much space can we use on it
> chunksize 5 Gb # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
> }
>
> holdingdisk hd3 {
> comment "3. holding disk"
> directory "/amanda3" # where the holding disk is
> use -100 Mb # how much space can we use on it
> chunksize 5 Gb # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
> }
>
> holdingdisk hd4 {
> comment "4. holding disk"
> directory "/amanda4" # where the holding disk is
> use -100 Mb # how much space can we use on it
> chunksize 5 Gb # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
> }
>
> holdingdisk hd5 {
> comment "5. holding disk"
> directory "/amanda5" # where the holding disk is
> use -100 Mb # how much space can we use on it
> chunksize 5 Gb # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
> }
> .
> .
> .
>
> I would appreciate any comments.
>
> Regards W.Trompler
>
