* Jean-Louis Martineau <[email protected]> [20091211 15:48]:
> The dump is still on holding and will be flushed on the next run.
> The error is because amanda tried to flush it, but failed because the  
> tape was full and your flush_* criteria doesn't allowed amanda to use  
> another tape.
> You will et an error like this at every run, it is the latest dle amanda  
> tried to write to tape.
>
> You have 230GB of dump on holding disk, and your tape are 800GB, you  
> saved 570GB of tape space.

Thanks for the clarification Jean-Louis.
Maybe the `A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED' scary looking message
should be modified then.

regards,
jf

>
> Jean-Louis
>
> Jean-Francois Malouin wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've modified my amanda config (2.6.1p2) by adding:
>>
>> flush-threshold-dumped 100
>> flush-threshold-scheduled 100
>> taperflush 100
>> autoflush yes
>>
>> The run from last night ended with a failure but I'm not sure if it's 
>> really the case...
>> Is the dump of the DLE gloria:/raid/klein2 fubar or is valid?
>>
>> Also, do these values make any sense if
>> I want to maximize amanda tape usage?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> jf
>>
>> Here's the report:
>>
>>   
>>> These dumps were to tape av48-1_top_R00075L4.
>>> *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [flush-threshold-dumped criteria not met].
>>> There are 230324M of dumps left in the holding disk.
>>> They will be flushed on the next run.
>>>
>>> FAILURE DUMP SUMMARY:
>>>    gloria /raid/klein2 lev 0: partial taper:  No space left on device
>>>
>>> STATISTICS:
>>>                           Total       Full      Incr.
>>>                         --------   --------   --------
>>> Estimate Time (hrs:min)    4:58
>>> Run Time (hrs:min)        11:54
>>> Dump Time (hrs:min)        6:19       4:32       1:47
>>> Output Size (meg)      969430.1   836907.5   132522.6
>>> Original Size (meg)    969430.1   836907.5   132522.6
>>> Avg Compressed Size (%)     --         --         --    (level:#disks ...)
>>> Filesystems Dumped           43         10         33   (1:25 2:6 3:2)
>>> Avg Dump Rate (k/s)     43679.2    52564.6    21126.5
>>>
>>> Tape Time (hrs:min)        2:25       2:25       0:00
>>> Tape Size (meg)        802697.2   802697.2        0.0
>>> Tape Used (%)             104.0      104.0        0.0
>>> Filesystems Taped             4          4          0
>>>
>>> Chunks Taped                 81         81          0
>>> Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) 94265.8    94265.8        -- 
>>>
>>> USAGE BY TAPE:
>>>   Label                     Time      Size      %    Nb    Nc
>>>   av48-1_top_R00075L4       2:25   802697M  104.0     4    81
>>>
>>>     
>> [...]
>>   
>>> NOTES:
>>>   taper: tape av48-1_top_R00075L4 kb 819758290 fm 81 [OK]
>>>   taper: Will request retry of failed split part.
>>>   small estimate: gustav /raid/aces 1
>>>                   est: 13683M    out 26308M
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