Re: Autoflush / Taper questions [was: How to priorize DLEs?]

2014-12-20 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
On 12/19/2014 05:28 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 03:20:09PM -0500, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: On 12/19/2014 02:39 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: Following and researching Debra Baddorf's thread raised some questions in my mind. In one posting, JLM said: On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at

Autoflush / Taper questions [was: How to priorize DLEs?]

2014-12-19 Thread Jon LaBadie
Following and researching Debra Baddorf's thread raised some questions in my mind. In one posting, JLM said: On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 01:16:32PM -0500, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: ... It autoflush is set, they should be flushed first. All flush are done in increasing dumptime order. 1. With

Re: Autoflush / Taper questions [was: How to priorize DLEs?]

2014-12-19 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
On 12/19/2014 02:39 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: Following and researching Debra Baddorf's thread raised some questions in my mind. In one posting, JLM said: On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 01:16:32PM -0500, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: ... It autoflush is set, they should be flushed first. All flush are

Re: Autoflush / Taper questions [was: How to priorize DLEs?]

2014-12-19 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 03:20:09PM -0500, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: On 12/19/2014 02:39 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: Following and researching Debra Baddorf's thread raised some questions in my mind. In one posting, JLM said: On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 01:16:32PM -0500, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-18 Thread Debra S Baddorf
). -Original Message- From: owner-amanda-us...@amanda.org [mailto:owner-amanda- us...@amanda.org] On Behalf Of Debra S Baddorf Sent: 16 December 2014 18:09 To: amanda-users Users Cc: Debra S Baddorf Subject: Re: How to priorize DLEs? I've often wondered (and then dropped

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-18 Thread Jon LaBadie
- From: owner-amanda-us...@amanda.org [mailto:owner-amanda- us...@amanda.org] On Behalf Of Debra S Baddorf Sent: 16 December 2014 18:09 To: amanda-users Users Cc: Debra S Baddorf Subject: Re: How to priorize DLEs? I've often wondered (and then dropped the idea) - is it possible

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-18 Thread Debra S Baddorf
to priorize DLEs? I've often wondered (and then dropped the idea) - is it possible force a particular DLE X to be first on the tape? For instance, it seems useful to have the backup machine's own backup to always be first, in case of catastrophe. My impression was that it was NOT possible

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-17 Thread Debra S Baddorf
: Debra S Baddorf Subject: Re: How to priorize DLEs? I've often wondered (and then dropped the idea) - is it possible force a particular DLE X to be first on the tape? For instance, it seems useful to have the backup machine's own backup to always be first, in case of catastrophe. My

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-17 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
On 12/17/2014 12:48 PM, Debra S Baddorf wrote: Expounding on Jon’s ideas: how about, after all the backups are done and finished for the day. Then, I run another job amdump config —no-taper dumphost all-its-DLEs This would leave them sitting on the holding disk, waiting for tonight’s

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-17 Thread Jon LaBadie
that the Amanda run starts at a fixed time of course). -Original Message- From: owner-amanda-us...@amanda.org [mailto:owner-amanda- us...@amanda.org] On Behalf Of Debra S Baddorf Sent: 16 December 2014 18:09 To: amanda-users Users Cc: Debra S Baddorf Subject: Re: How to priorize

How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-16 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Is it possible to define a behavior like: always start with dumping this DLE ? taperalgo only influences taping ... and starttime only decides *if* to dump the DLE at all ... right? Any other trick? A separate run of amdump comes to my mind ... but that's not ideal. Thanks, Stefan

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-16 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
starttime to is delay the dump of a dle. There is no way to order the dump of the dles. What kind or order do you want? 1 - dle A must start the dump after dle B started the dump. 2 - dle A must start the dump after dle B finished the dump. 3 - dle A must start the dump after dle B

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-16 Thread Dennis Benndorf
Hi Stefan, did you consider using dumporder T... in order start with those DLEs which take the longest time? Regards, Dennis 2014-12-16 11:29 GMT+01:00 Stefan G. Weichinger s...@amanda.org: Is it possible to define a behavior like: always start with dumping this DLE ?

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-16 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 16.12.2014 um 13:58 schrieb Jean-Louis Martineau: starttime to is delay the dump of a dle. There is no way to order the dump of the dles. What kind or order do you want? 1 - dle A must start the dump after dle B started the dump. 2 - dle A must start the dump after dle B finished

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-16 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 16.12.2014 um 14:42 schrieb Dennis Benndorf: Hi Stefan, did you consider using dumporder T... in order start with those DLEs which take the longest time? I *never* really understood that parameter! If that does the trick ... sure, we will try :-) Thanks, Stefan

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-16 Thread Debra S Baddorf
I’ve often wondered (and then dropped the idea) — is it possible force a particular DLE X to be first on the tape? For instance, it seems useful to have the backup machine’s own backup to always be first, in case of catastrophe. My impression was that it was NOT possible. Then again,

Re: How to priorize DLEs?

2014-12-16 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 06:08:47PM +, Debra S Baddorf wrote: I’ve often wondered (and then dropped the idea) — is it possible force a particular DLE X to be first on the tape? For instance, it seems useful to have the backup machine’s own backup to always be first, in case of