Re: Tapes not reusing
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 05:23:22PM -0500, James Wilson wrote:
> Sorry, I will post my configs this time. I have them split up into 2
> separate backups. DailyTapes run from Monday-Saturday and WeeklyTapes
> run on Sunday which are always full backups. I meant the conf files by
> "Them".
>
> Here is my amanda.conf from DailyTape only.
>
> dumpcycle 7 # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
> runspercycle 7 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days
># (4 weeks * 5 amdump runs per week -- just
There are only 5 weekdays, so only 5 runs/dumpcycle, not 7.
> weekdays)
> tapecycle 15 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation
># 4 weeks (dumpcycle) times 5 tapes per week (just
># the weekdays) plus a few to handle errors that
># need amflush and so we do not overwrite the full
># backups performed at the beginning of the previous
># cycle
> runtapes 3 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of
> amdump
4 dumpcycle * 5 run/dumpcycle * 3 tapes/run is 60 tapes, not 15.
Plus a few extra?
> tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script
> tapedev "/dev/nst0" # the no-rewind tape device to be used
>
> changerfile "/etc/amanda/tape/changer"
> changerdev "/dev/sg0"
> tapetype IBM-LTO2# what kind of tape it is (see
> tapetypes below)
>
> holdingdisk hd2 {
>directory "/home/amandahold"
>use 5Mb
>}
>
> labelstr "^DailyTape-[0-9][0-9]*$" # label constraint regex: all
> tapes must match
> >>The next 3 tapes Amanda expects to use are: a new tape, a new tape,
> >>DailyTape-21.
> >>The next new tape already labelled is: WeeklyTape-14.
Somehow your tapelist shows an unused tape from the Weekly config
because amanda thought that was the "next labeled unused tape".
--
Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JG Computing
4455 Province Line Road(609) 252-0159
Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
Re: Tapes not reusing
Sorry, I will post my configs this time. I have them split up into 2
separate backups. DailyTapes run from Monday-Saturday and WeeklyTapes
run on Sunday which are always full backups. I meant the conf files by
"Them".
Here is my amanda.conf from DailyTape only.
dumpcycle 7 # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
runspercycle 7 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days
# (4 weeks * 5 amdump runs per week -- just
weekdays)
tapecycle 15 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation
# 4 weeks (dumpcycle) times 5 tapes per week (just
# the weekdays) plus a few to handle errors that
# need amflush and so we do not overwrite the full
# backups performed at the beginning of the previous
# cycle
runtapes 3 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of
amdump
tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script
tapedev "/dev/nst0" # the no-rewind tape device to be used
changerfile "/etc/amanda/tape/changer"
changerdev "/dev/sg0"
tapetype IBM-LTO2# what kind of tape it is (see
tapetypes below)
holdingdisk hd2 {
directory "/home/amandahold"
use 5Mb
}
labelstr "^DailyTape-[0-9][0-9]*$" # label constraint regex: all
tapes must match
dtimeout 1800 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted.
ctimeout 30 # maximum number of seconds that amcheck waits
# for each client host
etimeout 300# number of seconds per filesystem for estimates.
includefile "/etc/amanda/tape/advanced.conf"
includefile "/etc/amanda/tape/dumptypes"
includefile "/etc/amanda/tape/tapetypes"
Jon LaBadie wrote:
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 04:26:46PM -0500, James Wilson wrote:
Amanda is not reusing tapes in my library. I have them setup to overwrite
when it reaches the last tape but now I am getting this tape error. Any
ideas? Thanks in advance.
*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [No writable valid tape found].
Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk.
Run amflush again to flush them to tape.
The next 3 tapes Amanda expects to use are: a new tape, a new tape,
DailyTape-21.
The next new tape already labelled is: WeeklyTape-14.
Amanda doesn't seem to agree with you.
When you say "I have them setup", what is "them", the library or
the amanda config. What is your amanda config, particularly the
value of tapecycle? How many tapes are in the library? Why does
it think some of your tapes for the same config are called DailyTape...
and others are called WeeklyTape...? Is the tape WeeklyTape-14 in
the library?
Re: Tapes not reusing
James Wilson wrote: > Amanda is not reusing tapes in my library. I have them setup to overwrite > when it reaches the last tape but now I am getting this tape error. Any > ideas? Thanks in advance. > > > *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [No writable valid tape found]. > Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk. > Run amflush again to flush them to tape. > The next 3 tapes Amanda expects to use are: a new tape, a new tape, > DailyTape-21. > The next new tape already labelled is: WeeklyTape-14. > Perhaps your tapecycle is greater than the number of tapes you have labeled. Amanda won't label tapes automatically. How many tapes have you labeled, which ones are in your library, and what do you have tapecycle set to in your config? Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
Re: Tapes not reusing
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 04:26:46PM -0500, James Wilson wrote: > Amanda is not reusing tapes in my library. I have them setup to overwrite > when it reaches the last tape but now I am getting this tape error. Any > ideas? Thanks in advance. > > > *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [No writable valid tape found]. > Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk. > Run amflush again to flush them to tape. > The next 3 tapes Amanda expects to use are: a new tape, a new tape, > DailyTape-21. > The next new tape already labelled is: WeeklyTape-14. Amanda doesn't seem to agree with you. When you say "I have them setup", what is "them", the library or the amanda config. What is your amanda config, particularly the value of tapecycle? How many tapes are in the library? Why does it think some of your tapes for the same config are called DailyTape... and others are called WeeklyTape...? Is the tape WeeklyTape-14 in the library? -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road(609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
