Jean-Louis, I'm gonna send you a separate mail with the whole file, maybe you'll figure something out I can't.
Cheers Abe On Jun 7, 2013, at 8:10 PM, Jean-Louis Martineau <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/07/2013 11:02 AM, Abilio Carvalho wrote: >> Does this look familiar at all? The strace of "amflush BBPTape" at one point >> just becomes an endless (literally. I think it cycles endlessly, but I can't >> info the pattern, it's too large) series of these. Not only this machine, >> mind, every single DLE that's configured will show up in the log like this: >> >> >> stat("/amanda/holding/20130417171040/XXXX.bbp.ch._dev_mapper_igtgrp-igtlv.0.17120", >> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=1048576, ...}) = 0 >> stat("/amanda/holding/20130417171040/XXXX.bbp.ch._dev_mapper_igtgrp-igtlv.0.17120", >> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=1048576, ...}) = 0 >> open("/amanda/holding/20130417171040/XXXX.bbp.ch._dev_mapper_igtgrp-igtlv.0.17120", >> O_RDONLY) = 5 >> fcntl(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 >> read(5, "AMANDA: CONT_FILE 20130417171040"..., 32768) = 32768 >> close(5^C) = 0 > Can you print a little more so I can see what repeat, do the number (17120) > increase? > > You have a lot of file in the holding disk, you should use a larger chunksize. > Lot of files == slow, slower, ... > > Jean-Louis >> >> Thanks. This issue is driving me mad, and the point is fast approaching >> where my boss just nixes amanda. (not its fault, really, I'm just bad at >> this) >> >> Cheers >> Abilio >> >> On May 16, 2013, at 2:00 PM, Jean-Louis Martineau <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Not creating the debug files is strange as it is one of the first thing it >>> do. >>> >>> Use strace or a debugger (gdb) to find where it hang. >>> >>> Jean-Louis >>> >>> On 05/16/2013 05:16 AM, Abilio Carvalho wrote: >>>> Hi. still slowly trying to get my backup system to work, it's going OK but >>>> for some reason, whenever I get some dumps stuck in holding, I can't get >>>> those to tape at all. amflush just seems to hang immediately after I run >>>> it. amflush -fs also gives me exactly nothing to work with. Nothing in any >>>> logs anywhere that I can see. >>>> >>>> Similarly, amadmin holding list hangs in exactly the same way. >>>> >>>> I'm definitely not good enough yet to debug this by myself, can anyone >>>> help? with no logs or error messages or whatever I wouldn't even know >>>> where to start. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Abilio >>>> ********************************************************************** >>>> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >>>> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >>>> are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify >>>> the system manager. >>>> >>>> This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by >>>> Clearswift for the presence of computer viruses. >>>> >>>> www.clearswift.com >>>> ********************************************************************** >>>> >
