Paul, A couple of things might help track down where the problem is coming from. First, if you can add a third tape to a run, that will indicate whether the problem is with AMANDA's tape size estimate or not. Next, do you have enough holding disk space for that backup? You can test this by configuring that entry in disklist to use a backup type that does not go to the holding disk.
That should help narrow down where the limitation is. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Lussier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Problems with dumps > > > > Hi all, > > I'm having trouble getting one of my clients backed up. There are 13 > file systems on the client which need to be dumped, totalling about > 12GB of data. > > I'm getting error messages like the following for several of the file > systems: > > hacluster1 /dev/sda12 lev 0 FAILED [dumps too big, but cannot\ > incremental dump skip-incr disk] > > I know that amanda seems to think that the dumps are too big, and > failing these file systems because I've dis-allowed incremental > backups. However, I've also specified the use of 2 tapes for the > backups, and amanda doesn't seem to be filling both: > > Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:10 > Run Time (hrs:min) 9:26 > Dump Time (hrs:min) 7:51 7:49 0:02 > Output Size (meg) 54711.4 54709.1 2.2 > Original Size (meg) 89777.2 89755.3 22.0 > Avg Compressed Size (%) 60.9 61.0 10.2 > (level:#disks ...) > Filesystems Dumped 33 28 5 (1:5) > Avg Dump Rate (k/s) 1981.3 1991.6 15.7 > Tape Time (hrs:min) 6:50 6:50 0:00 > Tape Size (meg) 54712.4 54710.0 2.4 > Tape Used (%) 156.3 156.3 0.0 > (level:#disks ...) > Filesystems Taped 33 28 5 (1:5) > > From the 'Tape Used' it appears that amanda is only filling 50% of > the second tape. The 'Tape Size' seems to indicate I'm only filling > about 55GB worth of tape. I'm using a DLT7000 drive with DLT4 tapes. > I should be able to get 70GBs worth of data across 2 tapes, no? So, I > should be able to get another 15GBs onto the second tape, by my > calculations, which is fine, since there's less than 12GB currently > failing. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > -- > > Seeya, > Paul > ---- > > God Bless America! > > ...we don't need to be perfect to be the best around, > and we never stop trying to be better. > Tom Clancy, The Bear and The Dragon > >
