At Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:46:37 -0400 Jean-Louis Martineau <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Robert, > > When not using a holding disk, amanda use the 'fallback-splitsize' Ah! I guess that makes sense. Question: when using a disk-based 'virtual tape changer', is there is any point in using a holding disk? I understand that a holding disk is a good idea when using real tapes, as this helps in keeping the tape drive streaming -- that is the holding disk smooths out the 'bumps' in the actual backup process. > > Jean-Louis > > On 06/09/2014 11:05 AM, Robert Heller wrote: > > I am using 2.6.1p2-8.el6 on a CentOS 6.5 system. I am using virtual tapes > > (chg-disk) as my backup device. I want to use 5G 'tapes' and a split size > > of > > 1G. But amanda is using a splitsize of 10meg. Why is it doing this? > > > > Here is my amanda config file (*I* cannot find the error): > > > > org "Wendell Free Library" # Organization name for reports > > mailto "[email protected]" # Email address to receive > > reports > > netusage 10000 Kbps # Bandwidth limit, 10M > > > > displayunit "m" > > > > runtapes 15 > > > > dumpcycle 4 weeks # Backup cycle is 28 days > > runspercycle 28 # Run 28 times every 28 days > > tapecycle 60 tapes # Dump to 60 different tapes during > > the cycle > > tpchanger "chg-disk" # The tape-changer glue script > > > > changerfile "/etc/amanda/wendellfreelibrary/changer" # The tape-changer > > file > > > > tapedev "file://backupdisk/wendellfreelibrary/slots" # The no-rewind tape > > device to be used > > tapetype HARDDISK # Define the type of > > tape > > > > infofile "/var/log/amanda/wendellfreelibrary/curinfo" # Database > > directory > > logdir "/var/log/amanda/wendellfreelibrary/logs" # Log directory > > indexdir "/var/log/amanda/wendellfreelibrary/index" # Index > > directory > > > > define tapetype HARDDISK { # Define our tape > > behaviour > > length 5001 Mb > > } > > > > > > define changer vault_changer { > > tpchanger "chg-disk:/backupdisk/wendellfreelibrary_vault/slots" > > changerfile "/etc/amanda/wendellfreelibrary/vault_changer" > > #length 5001 mbytes > > } > > > > amrecover_changer "changer" # Changer for > > amrecover > > > > define dumptype global { # The global dump definition > > maxdumps 2 # The maximum number of backups run in > > parallel > > estimate calcsize # Estimate the backup size before dump > > holdingdisk no # Don't dump to temp disk (holdingdisk) > > before backup to tape > > index yes # Generate index. For restoration usage > > } > > > > define dumptype root-tar { # How to dump root's directory > > global # Include global (as above) > > program "GNUTAR" # Program name for compress > > comment "root partitions dumped with tar" > > compress none # No compress > > index # Index this dump > > priority low # Priority level > > tape_splitsize 1 Gb > > } > > > > define dumptype comp-root-tar { > > root-tar > > compress client best > > tape_splitsize 1 Gb > > } > > > > define dumptype user-tar { # How to dump user's directory > > root-tar # Include root-tar (as > > above) > > comment "user partitions dumped with tar" > > priority medium # Priority level > > tape_splitsize 1 Gb > > } > > > > define dumptype comp-user-tar { # How to dump & compress user's > > directory > > user-tar # Include user-tar (as above) > > compress client fast # Compress in client side with less CPU > > (fast) > > tape_splitsize 1 Gb > > } > > > > > > > > -- 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
