Mark, You're touching on several different parts of Amanda here, so I'll try to answer all of them separately:
1. You have to specify /dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sda because Amanda is backing up a file system (aka partition), not a physical disk. You should list each file system you wish to back up as a line in disklist. This allows Amanda to back up file systems that are remote (NFS) or virtual (//ntserver/share), or parts of file systems that are too big for one tape (/home/ftp/public/mspatches). 2. I'm using EXB-8505 drives, I wouldn't worry about space, Amanda will use it as best she can. 3. To use the second drive, you will need to use the 'chg-multi' tape changer configuration. If you search the mailing list archives for 'chg-multi' and check out the FAQ-O-Matic, there will be more info (I don't have any more, because I don't use it here.) Amanda will handle EOT cleanly by redoing the partition that was interrupted by EOT on the next tape. You will also need to change the 'runtapes' parameter in amanda.conf to specify that you're using up to two tapes per backup. I would recommend getting your disk list straight and doing manual changes before messing with changers. Good Luck! > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Schoonover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:53 PM > To: Amanda-User (E-mail) > Subject: Confusion on Dumps & Configuration > > > Thanks for Reading!! > > I am having some difficulties on understanding dumps. I'm coming > from an Arkeia and ArcServe background and some of the terminology is > confusing me. My question is, how do I configure the disklist > file so I > don't hit EOT?? Am I on the right track here, or totally > off?? Here's my > setup: > > RH 7.2 with approx 180 GB of disk space available, with about > 25 GB used. > Two Exabyte Eliant 820s tape drives that are 8 GB native. ( I > know, get > bigger drives!! I will... ) > > Mount list: > > /dev/sda5 on / type ext3 (rw) > none on /proc type proc (rw) > usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) > /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) > /dev/sdb2 on /data type ext3 (rw) > none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) > /dev/sdb1 on /home type ext3 (rw) > none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) > /dev/sda2 on /usr type ext3 (rw) > /dev/sda6 on /var type ext3 (rw) > /dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro) > > In my disklist file, I've tried to do the following: > > localhost /dev/sda comp-high > > When I run amdump from the command line, it always reports that > /dev/sda is offline. When I put sda1, it works just fine. Yes > the amanda > user is in the disk group and that group has read access to > the device. The > last thing I'm confused on right now is how to use my second > tape drive. > What I'd like to do is when the first one finishes, Amanda > will run another > dump to the second drive. > > If there's other info you need, just ask and I will provide. > > Mark > > --{ Mark E Schoonover KA6WKE > --{ Senior Hacker, IS Gopher, Hardware Fiend > --{ American Geotechnical > --{ http://www.qsl.net/ka6wke > --{ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
