Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 Thread Brandon Metcalf
I recently changed my config from dumpcycle 4 weeks runspercycle 20 tapecycle 25 tapes to dumpcycle 2 weeks runspercycle 12 tapecycle 50 tapes backups are working fine, but I'm confused by the following output which is just an example of one device: $ amadmin DailySet1 find

Re: Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
Small disk are often promoted to try to get a balanced schedule. If it is a problem, you can set the 'maxpromoteday' for this disk. Jean-Louis Brandon Metcalf wrote: I recently changed my config from dumpcycle 4 weeks runspercycle 20 tapecycle 25 tapes to dumpcycle 2 weeks

Re: Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 Thread Brandon Metcalf
m == martin...@zmanda.com writes: m Small disk are often promoted to try to get a balanced schedule. m If it is a problem, you can set the 'maxpromoteday' for this disk. Yep, this makes sense based on the notes from the planner. I guess the only reason it would be a problem is if I'm running

Re: Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Brandon Metcalf bran...@geronimoalloys.com wrote: Yep, this makes sense based on the notes from the planner.  I guess the only reason it would be a problem is if I'm running out of space on which I stored the backups? This is one of many reasons that

relabel (was Re: Amanda always doing full backup?)

2009-05-14 Thread Brandon Metcalf
d == dus...@zmanda.com writes: d On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Brandon Metcalf d bran...@geronimoalloys.com wrote: d Yep, this makes sense based on the notes from the planner. ??I guess d the only reason it would be a problem is if I'm running out of space d on which I stored the

Re: relabel (was Re: Amanda always doing full backup?)

2009-05-14 Thread Brandon Metcalf
b == bran...@cedar.geronimoalloys.com writes: b d == dus...@zmanda.com writes: b d On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Brandon Metcalf b d bran...@geronimoalloys.com wrote: b d Yep, this makes sense based on the notes from the planner. ??I guess b d the only reason it would be a problem

Re: relabel (was Re: Amanda always doing full backup?)

2009-05-14 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Brandon Metcalf bran...@geronimoalloys.com wrote: Do I need to relabel the tapes I deleted and then added back? You should use 'amrmtape' to remove the tapes you deleted with 'rm' Modern versions of Amanda have an --erase option to amrmtape that can do the

Re: Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 08:32:16AM -0500, Brandon Metcalf wrote: I recently changed my config from dumpcycle 4 weeks runspercycle 20 tapecycle 25 tapes to dumpcycle 2 weeks runspercycle 12 tapecycle 50 tapes backups are working fine, but I'm confused by the following

Re: Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 Thread Jeffrey D Anderson
On Thursday 14 May 2009 7:06:57 am Brandon Metcalf wrote: m == martin...@zmanda.com writes: m Small disk are often promoted to try to get a balanced schedule. m If it is a problem, you can set the 'maxpromoteday' for this disk. Yep, this makes sense based on the notes from the planner. I

Re: Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 14 May 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Brandon Metcalf bran...@geronimoalloys.com wrote: Yep, this makes sense based on the notes from the planner. I guess the only reason it would be a problem is if I'm running out of space on which I stored the

Re: Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
Jeffrey D Anderson wrote: Perhaps the solution is not in changing the planner behavior, but in taper options. It would be acceptible to me if amanda wrote most of the holding disk files to tape, but elected to save some for the next night if it meant better allocation of media. Look at

Re: Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 14 May 2009, Brandon Metcalf wrote: I recently changed my config from dumpcycle 4 weeks runspercycle 20 tapecycle 25 tapes to dumpcycle 2 weeks runspercycle 12 tapecycle 50 tapes backups are working fine, but I'm confused by the following output which is just an example

Re: Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Jeffrey D Anderson jdander...@lbl.gov wrote: I don't know if there is any real solution to that problem, though.  amanda tries to balance the load evenly among the runs in each dumpcycle.  But sometimes I'd rather she tried to keep me on a single tape, and then