Hi, Kevin, on Montag, 21. Juni 2004 at 19:19 you wrote to amanda-users:
KZ> Stefan, hi, thanks for your suggestions. KZ> Here's the output before any changes are made: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ >> amadmin DailySet1 disklist admin //db/ KZ> <snip of info for admin //db/c$ and admin //db/e$> KZ> line 100: KZ> host admin: KZ> interface default KZ> disk //db/f$: KZ> program "GNUTAR" KZ> exclude file "./inetsrv/" And now you modified it to the backslashes? KZ> [Why can't I enter 'amadmin DailySet1 disklist admin KZ> //db/f$'? I get "amadmin: no disk matched", unless I trim it back KZ> to "amadmin DailySet1 disklist admin //db/".] The character $ seems to be interpreted as the regex-metacharacter. KZ> As Paul points out, the problem is a flaw in the way KZ> estimated sizes are computed: it ignores the excluded files and KZ> directories. This way the estimates should be bigger than the actual dumps. KZ> Won't your suggestion to: KZ> amadmin DailySet1 force admin //db/f$ KZ> amdump DailySet1 admin //db/f$ KZ> just force admin //db/f$ to do a level 0 dump, but all the KZ> rest of the backup targets do whatever they were scheduled to do? KZ> This normally takes 4-6 hours on my system, and wouldn't complete KZ> before the normally scheduled backup. I am doing 'amadmin KZ> DailySet1 force admin //db/f$' for tonight's backup. the second line would just dump the DLE given, //db/f$. SYNOPSIS amdump config [ host [ disk ]* ]* Stefan.