Re: sendbackup with dumplevel 0 takes a while to startup :-{

2002-04-04 Thread Uncle George
Problem with this is obtaining a definitive PROOF. you do the amanda process, and you notice that the tape is not spinning, even though you are in the sendbackup phase. You notice that the ethernet switch is not blinking. You can also notice the task(s) that are running. You also notice that the

Re: sendbackup with dumplevel 0 takes a while to startup :-{

2002-04-04 Thread John R. Jackson
Problem with this is obtaining a definitive PROOF. Welcome to my world. you do the amanda process, and you notice that the tape is not spinning, even though you are in the sendbackup phase. ... It might not be spinning if you have enough holding disk that the image is going there first.

sendbackup with dumplevel 0 takes a while to startup :-{

2002-04-03 Thread Uncle George
according to the tar docs, the --listed-incremental will check on the files listed in the file if the incremental file is not empty. I suppose the listed-incremental file got filled during the sendsize proceedure?! During the sendbackup step, tar is apparently going through and checking the

Re: sendbackup with dumplevel 0 takes a while to startup :-{

2002-04-03 Thread John R. Jackson
according to the tar docs, the --listed-incremental will check on the files listed in the file if the incremental file is not empty. I suppose the listed-incremental file got filled during the sendsize proceedure?! No. It got filled by the previous sendbackup run (e.g. yesterday). And, FYI,