>Hi, >now let's get some information to sort out varios things: >1.) what length are the tapes you use: 120 meter or 125 meter?
125m / 410 feet (12.0GB) >2.) how often do you want amanda to take level0 dumps of your data? > once a week? Does not matter, as long as at least one full dump is on one of the 6 tapes... >3.) how many data do you need to backup? ~15GB presently (2 Machines, 12 Partitions). Will not grow much. >4.) is hardwarecompression active in your tapedrive? No, disabled by using device /dev/rmt/0bn (b= berkley mode n= no compression) Urs >Christoph > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >>>From: Christoph Scheeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Hi, >>>first : >>>simple answer, simple question, and amanda is telling it to you: >>>amanda thinks the level 0 dump of this filesystem will not fit on a single >>>tape. >> >> >> That's understood. >> >> >>>Amanda can not span a single disk-list entry over multiple tapes. >>> you'll have to split it up using excludelists and tar. >>> >>>[...] >>> >>>>NOTES: >>>> planner: pbrazor1.tszrh.csfb.com /ora 20030226 0 [dump larger than tape, >>>>full dump delayed] >>> >>>[...] >>> second: these values will give you problems. >>> >>> >>>>There are 6 Tapes in the changer; >>>>dumpcycle 1 weeks >>>>runspercycle 5 >>>>tapecycle 6 tapes >>>>runtapes 3 >>> >>>you want 5 runs per week, each using up to 3 tapes. >>>This tells amanda: >>>do a level 0 for each filesystem at least every 15 tapes. >>> but a little later you tell her she only has 6 tapes in rotation. >>>this is a NoNo with amanda. >>>either lower your dump-cycle or get more tapes. >>>runtapes should be at least one tape bigger then runspercycle x runtapes, >>>or amanda will get confused about when to do a level 0 of your disks. >>> >> >> >> OK, I see the problem, but not the solution yet ;-) >> There are 6 Tapes in the changer and I dont want to swap these. It is supposed >> to be sort of "unmaintained forever". >> - If I put runtapes 1: will it still use more than one tape if needed? >> - If I put runspercycle 3 and runtapes 2 then I still would need 7 Tapes... >> - If I put runspercycle 2 and still call it 5 times: will it confuse amanda? >> >> I know I could find out trying but it would take ages. >> >> >>>if you want only level 0 backups, you should set dumpcycle to 0. >>>Christoph >>> >> >> > >