Jon LaBadie wrote: >>"maxdumps" limits the number of dumper processes per DLE, while >>"inparallel" limits the overall number of dumper processes running in >>parallel. > > Is that dumper procs per DLE? Or per host? > Seems to me that any DLE should only have one dumper assigned.
dumper-procs per client, yes. > I also wonder about the section of amanda(1) that says: > > Note that this parameter may also be set in a specific > dumptype (see below). This value sets the default for > all dumptypes so must appear in amanda.conf before any > dumptypes are defined. > > As the poster is defining it inside a dumptype (not the first), > perhaps the default is taking effect rather than his "global" > definition. I interpret server-src/config.c in that way that the parameter "maxdumps" may be used in a "global" way as well as inside a dumptype-definition. If used in a global way it has to appear before the dumptypes, it then sets the default value for all following dumptypes, except for the ones with a "local" setting of maxdumps. I have tested this right now, after a quick look at the code, it works this way. Greets, Stefan.