Hello fellow amanda users, I have been using amanda for some time, successfully backing up whole filsystems with dump. Now I'm trying to back up only parts of one (large) filesystem using gnutar and the exclude-list feature. The relevant config snippets are as follows (machine lissy is server and client in one, config name is "lissyDaily1"):
[/etc/amanda/lissyDaily1/disklist] lissy /disk-c1/martin comp-user-tar [/etc/amanda/lissyDaily1/amanda.conf] ... define dumptype comp-user-tar { program "GNUTAR" comment "partitions dumped with tar" options compress-fast, index exclude list "/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar" priority medium } [/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar] /disk-c1/martin/mac The results are not as I had expected. amanda seems to ignore the exclude list and tries to backup the whole filesystem below "/disk-c1/martin". Since this includes the rather large subdirectory "/disk-c1/martin/mac", the backup doesn't fit on the tape and fails: [lissyDaily1 AMANDA MAIL REPORT FOR September 21, 2002] FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: lissy /disk-c1/martin lev 1 FAILED [dump larger than tape, skipping incremental] The /var/log/amanda/lissyDaily1/amdump.1 log file show the estimated backup size as: got result for host lissy disk /disk-c1/martin: 0 -> 23243790K, 1 -> 23093150K, -1 -> -1K which is (give or take a few KB) the size of the whole /disk-c1/martin hierarchy INCLUDING the /disk-c1/martin/mac subdirectory: $ du -sk /disk-c1/martin /disk-c1/martin/mac 23298740 /disk-c1/martin 23133416 /disk-c1/martin/mac $ So, /disk-c1/martin EXCLUDING /disk-c1/martin/mac should be only 165324KB or about 160MBytes which would fit perfectly on the tape. Some more information on my system: - Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 on i386, using the distribiution binary packages (amanda-client 2.4.2p2-4, amanda-common 2.4.2p2-4, amanda-server 2.4.2p2-4) - single DDS2 SCSI tape drive (/dev/nst0), configured like this: define tapetype DDS2-120m { comment "WangTek DAT tape drive (DDS2)" length 3265 mbytes filemark 100 kbytes speed 300 kbytes } I have searched the mailing list archives and FAQ-O-Matic but still haven't got a clue about this. I will happily give more information on the setup if needed. Any help is very welcome! Many thanks in advance! Martin. [I am subscribed to amanda-users, so no need to Cc: to my address - thanks!]