My version of amanda is a little older, but I don't believe I've
seen anything on rejecting a DLE because of size.
I have a user that just grew their directory/files and is now sitting
on close to 2 TBytes of data.
Amanda discovered this, determined it didn't have sufficient work area
and began a dump to tape.
As I don't have splitting enabled, I'd like to have amanda automatically
print a warning and then refuse to dump DLEs that are in excess of tape
capacity. Or for that matter, even if splitting is enabled and you are
dumping direct to tape, amanda could perhaps do the math.
If splitting is DISabled, ok to backup if DLE_SIZE <= tape_capacity
If splitting ENabled, ok to backup if DLE_SIZE <= tape_capacity * run_tapes
Or more sophisticated, capacity less the space already committed
to the other DLEs.
Else, with no splitting, amanda tries to dump, hits EOT, and tries
again on the next tape, fails, repeats until we hit the run tapes limit.
Even with splitting, amanda could pre-emptively fail a DLE greater than
total allowed tape capacity.
This could of course all be avoided with a better educated user base,
but even the more savvy users spend little or no time thinking about
the magic that the sys admins work for them.
thank you,
Brian
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Brian R Cuttler [email protected]
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