High CPU running backup

2004-03-19 Thread Simon Lorenz
I have a Solaris 8 system running Amanda that ginds to a hault when the backups are running. Amanda and the sub processes take all avliable CPU. This is dispite having compression set to none (using tape device). It is primarily the snedbackup, dumper and ufsrestore processes that are causing trhe

Re: High CPU running backup

2004-03-19 Thread Frank Smith
--On Friday, March 19, 2004 18:00:01 + Simon Lorenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Solaris 8 system running Amanda that ginds to a hault when the backups are running. Amanda and the sub processes take all avliable CPU. This is dispite having compression set to none (using tape device).

Re: High CPU running backup

2004-03-19 Thread Jonathan Dill
I would guess that the ufsrestore is making an index of one of the dumps. If you don't care about interactive amrecover you could make a dumptype that doesn't do index that should eliminate the ufsrestore process. Running fewer dumps in parallel should help, too. I don't know a lot about

Re: High CPU running backup

2004-03-19 Thread Frank Smith
--On Friday, March 19, 2004 14:47:44 -0500 Jonathan Dill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would guess that the ufsrestore is making an index of one of the dumps. If you don't care about interactive amrecover you could make a dumptype that doesn't do index that should eliminate the ufsrestore