My amanda is the following:
amandad: time 0.170: security_getdriver(name=bsd) returns ff2d8f20
amandad: version 2.5.2-20070523
amandad: time 0.170: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.5.2-20070523"
amandad: time 0.170: BUILT_DATE="Thu May 24 10:07:47 EDT 2007"
amandad: time 0.170: BUILT_MACH="SunOS zorn.math.purdue.edu 5.10
Generic_118833-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-
Fire-280R"
The following is a snapshop of the run using "amstatus --config daily -date"
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-a 0 26576m
dumping 1685m ( 6.34%) (10:14:44)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-b 1 13181m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-c 0 21907m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-d 0 18222m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-e 1 7708m
dumping 6968m ( 90.41%) (9:10:28)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-f 3 17580m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-g 1 15081m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-h 0 4566m
finished (10:17:46)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-i 1 24116m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-j 1 16123m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-k 1 3009m
finished (10:32:49)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-l 1 43566m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-m 1 89195m
dumping 7611m ( 8.53%) (9:00:02)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-n 3 51082m
dumping 6910m ( 13.53%) (9:06:15)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-o 1 3691m
dumping 2255m ( 61.11%) (10:16:57)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-p 0 18116m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-q 1 4376m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-r 1 21426m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-s 1 96170m
dumping 7368m ( 7.66%) (8:49:29)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-t 1 6859m
dumping 620m ( 9.04%) (10:30:34)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-u 1 4882m
finished (10:21:38)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-v 1 13377m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-w 1 74312m
dumping 7642m ( 10.28%) (9:03:03)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-x 2 22653m
wait for dumping
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-y 1 27700m
dumping 8363m ( 30.19%) (9:06:58)
20070525075123 zorn:/export/users-z 2 20292m
dumping 7456m ( 36.75%) (9:31:59)
I have the following in my amanda.conf file.
inparallel 10
taperalgo largestfit
dumporder "SSSSSSSSSS"
holdingdisk hd1 {
comment "main holding disk"
directory "/export/loc1/AMANDA_HOLD_AREA" # where the holding disk is
use 400 Gb # how much space can we use on it
chunksize 10GB
}
The problem that I am seeing is that amanda seems to be dumping the smaller
sizes first and my tape unit is sitting idle most of the time. What I would
like is have the biggest size dumped first so that it can start writing to
tape and my tape and dumper are working at the same time.
Does this look like how amanda should be running?
Is there a .debug file that shows the amanda.conf values used in a run? I
want to make sure tat it is using the amanda.conf values that I think it is
using.
Any other hints suggestions or is amanda doing what it is supposed to be
doing.
Thanks
Robert
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Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
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West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067
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