* 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 -- <° >< Jean-François Malouin McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Systems/Network Administrator Montréal Neurological Institute 3801 Rue University, Suite WB219 Montréal, Québec, H3A 2B4 Phone: 514-398-8924 Fax: 514-398-8948
