At Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:32:29 -0500 [email protected] wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 10:34:26AM -0500, Robert Heller wrote: > > I help admin some machines on a small LAN and a couple of what I believe > > are minor issues, but the guy I work for is worried about them. > > > > First of all, the backup server is an older 32-bit machine, with an IDE > > hard drive. Backups are to an external USB drive (2TB). The machine > > runs CentOS (5.9). We have Amanda version 3.2.0 installed. The machine > > is also the DNS, DHCP, and LDAP server for this LAN and it is used for > > little else. > > > > The first issue is when the daily amcheck is run, *sometimes* it gets a > > timeout when it checks itself -- I cannot manually reproduce this. > > This happens only ossasionally and it never has a problem backing > > itself up. The guy I manage this LAN for thinks there might be a > > problem. *I* don't think so, I think it is just a slow machine > > operating right on the edge of the timeout period. A typical message > > looks like: > > One additional possibility, the external USB drive. My pair > shut off the drive motors when unused. On next access attempt > the attempted read hangs while the drive wakes up. I can see > amcheck might abort this read due to some timeout. > > One possible way to avoid this is to combine the call to > amcheck with a preceeding action that accesses the drive > so it is already awake when amcheck is called. Maybe an > 'ls' of a directory on the drive.
We dealth with this issue by turning off the drive's 'sleep' option (a USB firmware option). > > > > From: "Amanda user" <[email protected]> > > Date: Feb 4, 2013 4:43 PM > > Subject: 60 Village Drive AMANDA PROBLEM: FIX BEFORE RUN, IF POSSIBLE > > To: <[email protected]> > > Cc: > > > > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > > ----------------------------- > > Holding disk /dumps/amanda: 98976 MB disk space available, using 98876 MB > > slot 25: volume '60villagedrive-025' is still active and cannot be > > overwritten > > slot 26: volume '60villagedrive-026' > > Will write to volume '60villagedrive-026' in slot 26. > > NOTE: skipping tape-writable test > > Server check took 2624.707 seconds > > > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > > -------------------------------- > > WARNING: bach: selfcheck request failed: timeout waiting for REP > > Client check: 3 hosts checked in 95.344 seconds. 1 problem found. > > > > (brought to you by Amanda 3.2.0) > > > > The second issue is what Amanda is stating about the tape(s) it is > > expecting in the amdump report: > > > > "These dumps were to tape 60villagedrive-027. > > The next tape Amanda expects to use is: 60villagedrive-vault-023. > > The next new tape already labelled is: 60villagedrive-028." > > > > The 'vault' tapes are on a *different* virtual changer (full backups > > are vaulted there weekly and these vault tapes are burned to DVD-Rs from > > time to time). The guy I manage this LAN for thinks Amanda might be > > confused, but I don't think so. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / [email protected] > > Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ > > () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail > > /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments > > > > > > > > > >>> End of included message <<< > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / [email protected] Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments
