Re: Is there a log that tells me the block size of a Backup Job

2008-07-22 Thread Doyle Collings
Thank You for the info I entered: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/> /usr/local/sbin/amdump fullback -o tapetype:LTO4:blocksize=2048 results: argument "": an integer is expected argument "": Tape blocksize must be at least 32 KBytes ** (process:17472): CRITICAL **: parse error in configuration overwrites wher

Re: Is there a log that tells me the block size of a Backup Job

2008-07-22 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Doyle Collings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to manually define the tapetype from the command line and echo > the results of each command? amdump -o tapetype=mytapetype or maybe you mean amdump -o tapetype:LTO4:blocksize=2048 > Is there some kind o

Re: Is there a log that tells me the block size of a Backup Job

2008-07-22 Thread Doyle Collings
I tried just blocksize 2043 with the same result. Is there a way to manually define the tapetype from the command line and echo the results of each command? Is there some kind of config command to check a configuration status? >>> Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/22/2008 3:56 PM >>> On

Re: Is there a log that tells me the block size of a Backup Job

2008-07-22 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 at 3:06pm, Doyle Collings wrote I am using a Tandberg Data 1x7 Magnum LTO4 Autoloader. When I use gnutar with a block size of 2048 (tar -b 4096) I can back up a 2.6 gig iso file in 37 seconds. When I use amanda, the same file takes 4 minutes. I used the following configure

Is there a log that tells me the block size of a Backup Job

2008-07-22 Thread Doyle Collings
I am using a Tandberg Data 1x7 Magnum LTO4 Autoloader. When I use gnutar with a block size of 2048 (tar -b 4096) I can back up a 2.6 gig iso file in 37 seconds. When I use amanda, the same file takes 4 minutes. I used the following configure line when I compiled my amanda installation. /downloa

Re: amanda on Mac OS X (10.5.4) Leopard

2008-07-22 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:11 PM, myron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may take a while. I went to the step on setting up the amanda user and > the niutil command is no longer there. Read the whole page - there's a fix for that already. Dustin -- Storage Software Engineer http://www.zmanda.co

Re: amanda on Mac OS X (10.5.4) Leopard

2008-07-22 Thread myron
This may take a while. I went to the step on setting up the amanda user and the niutil command is no longer there. I guess I have to think more about this and learn more about my Mac. --myron = Myron Kowalski MoCoSIN Network/Systems Administrator Moravian College

Re: amanda on Mac OS X (10.5.4) Leopard

2008-07-22 Thread Telsin
Just an FYI for you all, since I didn't see a good place to put it on the wiki: Amanada has been working fine for me since 10.5 (now on 10.5.4) using SSH connections/authentication. I have not tested bsd auth, but the amanda client itself is fine. -Darrell On Jul 22, 2008, at 1:46 PM,

Re: Another dumporder parameter question.

2008-07-22 Thread Paul Bijnens
McGraw, Robert P wrote: When I backup I would like all my larger size files to be put on the first part of the tape and work down to the smaller size files toward the end of the tape. This I believe and hope will provide better tape usage. Yes, it does. If large size files are dumped last

Another dumporder parameter question.

2008-07-22 Thread McGraw, Robert P
When I backup I would like all my larger size files to be put on the first part of the tape and work down to the smaller size files toward the end of the tape. This I believe and hope will provide better tape usage. If large size files are dumped last to tape there is a good chance that it will h

Re: amanda on Mac OS X (10.5.4) Leopard

2008-07-22 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:42 PM, myron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I looked at > http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Installation/OS_Specific_Notes/Installing_Amanda_on_Mac_OS_X#Version-Specific_Notes > and it doesn't mention leopard. Do I follow the same instructions? As far as I know. My machines

amanda on Mac OS X (10.5.4) Leopard

2008-07-22 Thread myron
I just got a MacBook Pro (10.5.4) and I want to add it as a client on my Amanda server. I looked at http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Installation/OS_Specific_Notes/Installing_Amanda_on_Mac_OS_X#Version-Specific_Notes and it doesn't mention leopard. Do I follow the same instructions? I noticed

RE: dumporder parameter

2008-07-22 Thread Johan Booysen
Hi, No worries - I thought maybe my question was obvious to the point of not being worthy a reply... :) Paul Bijns did point out to me that the starttime parameter would be the one to try, so I will do that. Here's what he said: The dumpers are not spread in order of the disklist. You cannot

Re: dumporder parameter

2008-07-22 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 09:37:17AM +0100, Johan Booysen wrote: > Hi, > > I got no reply so apologies if it was a stupid question. I'm now simply > using dumporder "Ssss", and Amanda seems to be dumping disklist entries > starting from largest to smallest, which will work just fine for me. > I'm d

Re: dumporder parameter

2008-07-22 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2008-07-22 10:37, Johan Booysen wrote: Hi, I got no reply so apologies if it was a stupid question. I'm now simply using dumporder "Ssss", and Amanda seems to be dumping disklist entries starting from largest to smallest, which will work just fine for me. I'm doing level 0 backups each night

RE: dumporder parameter

2008-07-22 Thread Johan Booysen
Hi, I got no reply so apologies if it was a stupid question. I'm now simply using dumporder "Ssss", and Amanda seems to be dumping disklist entries starting from largest to smallest, which will work just fine for me. I'm doing level 0 backups each night, and know how long the largest DLE takes, s