On Wednesday 19 January 2005 16:13, Vicki Stanfield wrote: >On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 10:38 -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 09:57:22AM -0500, Vicki Stanfield wrote: >> > Thanks. I was unsure of whether this was a potential problem or >> > not. As long as Amanda tells me that there was a problem and >> > dumps to the spool, I am happy. >> >> Make sure your "holding disk" space is sufficiently large and >> that your "reserve" parameter is set to some value smaller >> than the default 100%. The reserve aspect is to reserve the >> holding disk for incrementals only when there are tape drive >> problems. If your holding disk is sufficiently large, you >> can also hold some full backups so the reserve should be >> decreased. I have enough holding disk for several days >> of normal dumps (> 1wk) and use a reserve of 20%. >> >> jl > >I'm not sure that I correctly understand the reserve parameter. I > have heard that it is used to get amanda to degrade full dumps to > merely incremental dumps if the holding disk gets full. I assume > the percentage refers to how full. So how does degrading to > incrementals help if the holding disk is 100% full? What am I > misunderstanding here? I can understand saying that if the holding > disk is 75% full, switch to incrementals though.
Thats precisely what a reserve of 25% would get you, Vicki. >Vicki -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.32% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.