Hello again,
I think I am starting to realize that something needs to be configured properly
in order to Fill the tapes to their MAX capacity. I'd like some advise on that.
I can create another thread for that however, it may be something to do with
existing configuration so I am continuing the discussion here.
I am doing below cron jobs currently (no manual amdumps)
#Amcheck
59 19 * * 1-5 su - amanda -c "/opt/csw/sbin/amcheck -a weeklyfull"
5 20 * * * su - amanda -c "/opt/csw/sbin/amcheck -a monthlyfull"
#amdump
01 00 * * 1-5 su - amanda -c "/opt/csw/sbin/amdump weeklyfull"
15 01 * * * su - amanda -c "/opt/csw/sbin/amdump monthlyfull"
weeklyfull- amanda.conf
inparallel 4
maxdumps 4
dumpcycle 7
runspercycle 5
tapecycle 9
runtapes 3
dumpuser "amanda"
tpchanger "chg-disk" # a virtual tape changer
tapedev "file:/bk/location/amanda/vtapes/weeklyfull/slots"
changerfile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/weeklyfull/changerfile"
labelstr "WF-.*"
#label_new_tapes "PLUTO-%%"
autolabel "WF-%%"
tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK
logdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/weeklyfull"
infofile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/weeklyfull/curinfo"
indexdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/weeklyfull/index"
tapelist "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/weeklyfull/tapelist"
#etimeout 600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates.
etimeout 3600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates.
#etimeout -600 # total number of seconds for estimates.
# a positive number will be multiplied by the number of filesystems on
# each host; a negative number will be taken as an absolute total time-out.
# The default is 5 minutes per filesystem.
#dtimeout 1800 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted.
dtimeout 3600 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted.
ctimeout 30 # maximum number of seconds that amcheck waits
# for each client host
holdingdisk hd1 {
directory "/random/amandahold/hold"
}
holdingdisk hd2 {
directory "/random1/amanda/holdingdisk2"
}
define dumptype comp-tar {
program "GNUTAR"
compress fast
index yes
record yes # Important! avoid interfering with production runs
# tape_splitsize 1 Gb
tape_splitsize 1024 mbytes
# fallback_splitsize 512 MB
fallback_splitsize 4096 MB
split_diskbuffer "/random/buffer"
}
define tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK {
filemark 1 KB
length 10240 MB
}
inparallel 5
maxdumps 5
dumpcycle 30 days
runspercycle 30
tapecycle 20
runtapes 9
dumpuser "amanda"
tpchanger "chg-disk" # a virtual tape changer
tapedev "file:/bk/location/amanda/vtapes/monthlyfull/slots"
changerfile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/changerfile"
labelstr "MF-.*"
#label_new_tapes "PLUTO-%%"
autolabel "MF-%%"
tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK
logdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull"
infofile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/curinfo"
indexdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/index"
tapelist "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/tapelist"
#etimeout 600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates.
etimeout 3600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates.
#etimeout -600 # total number of seconds for estimates.
# a positive number will be multiplied by the number of filesystems on
# each host; a negative number will be taken as an absolute total time-out.
# The default is 5 minutes per filesystem.
#dtimeout 1800 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted.
dtimeout 3600 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted.
ctimeout 30 # maximum number of seconds that amcheck waits
# for each client host
holdingdisk hd1 {
directory "/random/amandahold/hold"
}
holdingdisk hd2 {
directory "/random1/amanda/holdingdisk2"
}
define dumptype comp-tar {
program "GNUTAR"
compress fast
index yes
record yes # Important! avoid interfering with production runs
# tape_splitsize 1 Gb
tape_splitsize 1024 mbytes
#fallback_splitsize 512 MB
fallback_splitsize 4096 MB
split_diskbuffer "/random/buffer"
}
define tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK {
filemark 1 KB
length 10240 MB
}
monthlyfull amanda.conf
inparallel 5
maxdumps 5
dumpcycle 30 days
runspercycle 30
tapecycle 20
runtapes 9
dumpuser "amanda"
tpchanger "chg-disk" # a virtual tape changer
tapedev "file:/bk/location/amanda/vtapes/monthlyfull/slots"
changerfile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/changerfile"
labelstr "MF-.*"
#label_new_tapes "PLUTO-%%"
autolabel "MF-%%"
tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK
logdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull"
infofile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/curinfo"
indexdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/index"
tapelist "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/tapelist"
#etimeout 600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates.
etimeout 3600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates.
#etimeout -600 # total number of seconds for estimates.
# a positive number will be multiplied by the number of filesystems on
# each host; a negative number will be taken as an absolute total time-out.
# The default is 5 minutes per filesystem.
#dtimeout 1800 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted.
dtimeout 3600 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted.
ctimeout 30 # maximum number of seconds that amcheck waits
# for each client host
holdingdisk hd1 {
directory "/random/amandahold/hold"
}
holdingdisk hd2 {
directory "/random1/amanda/holdingdisk2"
}
define dumptype comp-tar {
program "GNUTAR"
compress fast
index yes
record yes # Important! avoid interfering with production runs
# tape_splitsize 1 Gb
tape_splitsize 1024 mbytes
#fallback_splitsize 512 MB
fallback_splitsize 4096 MB
split_diskbuffer "/random/buffer"
}
define tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK {
filemark 1 KB
length 10240 MB
}
weeklyfull/slots space usage
du -hk *
1K data
10G slot1
370M slot2
5.1G slot3
5.1G slot4
1.7G slot5
1.7G slot6
33K slot7
33K slot8
33K slot9
monthlyfull/slots space usage
du -hk *
10G slots/slot1
10G slots/slot2
10G slots/slot3
10G slots/slot4
10G slots/slot5
9.2G slots/slot6
10G slots/slot7
2.9G slots/slot8
10G slots/slot9
6.0G slots/slot10
6.4G slots/slot11
10G slots/slot12
2.3G slots/slot13
10G slots/slot14
8.1G slots/slot15
8.4G slots/slot16
33K slots/slot17
33K slots/slot18
33K slots/slot19
33K slots/slot20
133G slots
I haven't provided disklist file for both backup types. However, if needed I
can give you that or anything else.
I wonder what I can do to fill up these tapes to the full. May be use
'flush-threshold-dumped, flush-threshold-scheduled, or taperflush ' as they
mentioned here
http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Delay_writing_to_tape_for_better_tape_utilization
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