On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 09:37:17AM +0100, Johan Booysen wrote: > Hi, > > I got no reply so apologies if it was a stupid question. I'm now simply > using dumporder "Ssss", and Amanda seems to be dumping disklist entries > starting from largest to smallest, which will work just fine for me. > I'm doing level 0 backups each night, and know how long the largest DLE > takes, so can reasonably accurately work out when to start the backup > job. > > Anyways - I'll keep an eye on it just to make sure it keeps on doing > that. >
John, I didn't reply because I've never used the feature. As no one else has, I'll suggest you look at the "starttime" parameter. If specified in a dumptype the dump of DLEs using that dumptype will not begin until after the indicated time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan Booysen > Sent: 18 July 2008 21:20 > To: [email protected] > Subject: dumporder parameter > > I have a question about the dumporder parameter in amanda.conf. > > I want to back up 4 servers. The volumes of data on disk are as > follows: > > Server1 > /dir1 298G > /dir2 74G > /dir3 66G > Server2 > /dir4/backups/backup1 57G > Server3 > /dir5/backups/backup2 28G > Server4 > /dir6/backups/backup3 9.5G > > My problem is that all the data to back up on Server2, Server3, and > Server4 isn't necessarily ready to be backed up until around 7am each > morning (this could possibly be moved to as early as 5am, but not by > much more than that). Server1 can be backed up at any time I wish > during the night. The sizes of the data to be backed up are fairly > static - I don't anticipate massive sudden increases (touch wood). I > also now have the capacity to force full backups each night. The data > on Servers 2, 3, and 4 will change completely each night anyway, so I > know I'll be backing up the amounts as above, even if I used Amanda the > classic way of level 0s and level 1s. > > How can I configure the dumporder parameter to first back up Server1 (I > know how long a level 0 of that will take to dump) before doing the > other servers? Then I can plan more accurately when to actually start > the backup job. > > Something like "SSsS", if I want to back up Server1 first, then Server2, > then Server4, and then Server3 (Server3 takes the longest to create the > data to back up, so should come last)? > > No sooner had I gotten the backup server to work with two tape drives, > than one tape drive died. Now I have a fancy new tape drive with lots > of capacity, so I'm trying to consolidate backups that previously were > done seperately, i.e. previously Servers 2, 3, and 4 weren't part of the > Amanda backup routine at all. > > I'd appreciate any advice. > > Johan > >>> End of included message <<< -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 12027 Creekbend Drive (703) 787-0884 Reston, VA 20194 (703) 787-0922 (fax)
