* Michael Stauffer <[email protected]> [20140227 15:10]:
> Amanda 3.3.4
>
> Hi,
>
> Seems like I'm having trouble getting amanda to use my holding disk.
>
> Here's my setup in amanda.conf:
>
> define holdingdisk holdingdisk1 {
> directory "/mnt/amanda-holdingdisk1/"
> use 4500Gb
> chunksize 100Gb
> }
Ah, been there, done that :)
You only defined the holdingdisk "holdingdisk1".
Now you must let amanda use it.
Add to amanda.conf:
holdingdisk "holdingdisk1"
and check with amcheck that the holdingdisk is recognized.
jf
>
> define dumptype gui-base {
> global
> program "GNUTAR"
> comment "gui base dumptype dumped with tar"
> compress none
> index yes
> maxdumps 2
> max-warnings 100
> allow-split true #Stauffer. Default is true.
> holdingdisk yes #Stauffer. Default is auto.
> }
>
>
> When I run amcheck, it's not giving me any msg regarding holding disk,
> positive or negative. A few things I've seen online have shown amcheck
> reporting on holding disk status.
>
> My tapetype has this:
>
> #settings for splitting/spanning
> part_size 190G # about 1/10 of tape size - should be used when using
> holding disk
> # these should be used when no holding disk is used - but cache size
> determines
> # part size (AFAIK), and lots of small parts in a dump is said to be
> inefficient
> part_cache_type memory
> part_cache_max_size 12G
>
>
> I ran a level 0 dump and saw this:
>
> USAGE BY TAPE:
> Label Time Size % DLEs Parts
> 000406-jet1 21:21 2152G 152.1 2 181
> 000407-jet1 7:17 660G 46.6 1 56
>
> which looks to me like parts of 12G, close to my 14G cache size.
>
> Do I need to do something else to tell amanda to use my holding disk?
> Thanks.
>
> -M
