On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 10:28:27PM +0000, Debra S Baddorf wrote:
> I agree with Alan’s comment. You shouldn’t need - - notaper. (But you
> CAN use it
> if you want - see below).
> Some comments below.
> Deb Baddorf
>
> > On Dec 1, 2015, at 3:18 PM, Chris Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > Running Amanda 3.3.3 on Ubuntu 14.04, with a simple LT04 tape drive.
> >
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> > localhost /fisher2 lev 0 FAILED [Skipping: new disk can't be dumped
> > in degraded mode]
>
> So then, why is it trying to use “degraded mode”, if the holding disk is
> big enough
> to fit all of the data? Check this parameter:
>
> reserve 02 # percent
> # This means save only 2% of the holding disk space for degraded
> # mode backups.
>
> I think the default may be 30%. Or at least, the value mine was initially
> set for
> was 30%. If your new disk takes up more than 70% of the holding disk,
> there would
> not be 30% left, and THAT could be why it is complaining.
> But you don’t care, so get rid of that default (or original) value,
> and set it to a value
> that YOU want. Mine is the 2% I’ve shown above.
>
> Once you get that value low enough, you certainly CAN use - - notaper
> to force the backup to sit on the holding disk until you are ready to back up
> the rest of
> the set. If you like.
>
> See if this fixes it. So I guess this was just one comment.
The default is actually 100%, i.e. only incrementals allowed in
degraded mode. Degraded mode is no tape available. I suspect
the OP's amanda.conf hasn't even set the 'reserve' value.
reserve int
Default: 100. The part of holding-disk space that should be reserved
for incremental backups if no tape is available, expressed as a
percentage of the available holding-disk space (0-100). By default,
when there is no tape to write to, degraded mode (incremental) backups
will be performed to the holding disk. If full backups should also be
allowed in this case, the amount of holding disk space reserved for
incrementals should be lowered.
jl
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