On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 02:05:15PM -0500, Allen Liu --- work wrote: > > > Thanks Jon. > I just want to see in case tape drive is not available for some reasons, if > amanda can store data in holding disk temparily. > My machine works find for normal backup, but i couldn't see data in holding > disk. > > Allen Liu > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon LaBadie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:20 PM > Subject: Re: Repost: ? holding disk contents > > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 12:49:16PM -0500, Allen Liu --- work wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks,, Frank. > > > How to force it to run in downgrade mode ? > > > > > > Allen Liu > > > > > > IP Application Design and Engineering > > > Bell Canada > > > (613) 781-7368, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 1240 -160 Elgin St, Ottawa,ON, K2P 2C4 > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Frank Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Allen Liu --- work" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 11:54 AM > > > Subject: Re: Repost: ? holding disk contents > > > > > > > > > > --On Friday, February 27, 2004 11:31:11 -0500 Allen Liu --- work > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just repost because I dodn't get any respose. > > > > > Is it true that amdump won't go on if tape device is not ready ? > > > > > > > > I haven't used chg-manual, but I assume it sits there waiting for > > > > you to put in a tape and say its ready. > > > > However, if you have adequate holdingdisk space, it could still > > > > do incrementals (and fulls if reserve isn't set too low) to disk, > > > > although perhaps it is waiting on the manual input before deciding > > > > on whether to run in normal or degraded mode. > > > > > > > > > > > > Frank > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > Allen Liu > > > > > > > > > > IP Application Design and Engineering > > > > > Bell Canada > > > > > (613) 781-7368, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > 1240 -160 Elgin St, Ottawa,ON, K2P 2C4 > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Allen Liu --- work" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 12:01 PM > > > > > Subject: ? holding disk contents > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi all, > > > > >> > > > > >> I ma trying to see what holding disk contents look like. > > > > >> My changer script is chg-manual. The drive didn't have tape in. > > > > >> When I ran amdump, it asked for putting tape in. at this moment I > check > > > my > > > > >> holding disk directory, it has timestamp but no contents. Does it > > > suppose > > > > > to > > > > >> have some data in holding disk ? is this situation so-callled > downgrade > > > > > mode > > > > >> ? > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> Thanks > > > > >> > > > > >> Allen Liu > > > > Not sure anyone has ever wanted to before. > > > > Degraded mode is a mode where no level 0, full dumps, > > are performed. Only incrementals are done. Of course > > it is not possible to do incrementals only on new, > > never dumped, DLE's. They must get a level 0 first. > > > > I guess, if you really wanted to mimic degraded mode > > you could set the dumptype options like "increment only" > > or strategy no-full. I forget the actual names. > > > > Why do you want to force degraded mode? > > > > Have you checked your holding disk for size, permissions, > > and the amanda.conf parameter "reserve"? It defaults to > > 100% (i.e. 100% for degraded mode, none for normal mode) > > which doesn't sound like what you want. > >
Degraded mode does not equate to being no tape available. I forgot to change my six tape cartridge a little while ago. Yet 5 days of backups collected normally, not degraded, in my holding disk spaces (plural). Degraded mode is not able to tape AND insufficient holding disk space for level 0 dumps. Both conditions must exist. Now, why aren't you seeing anything in your holding disk? -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)