On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Valeriu Mutu <vm...@pcbi.upenn.edu> wrote: > Next time 'amdump' runs, it will not be able to use the size of holding disk > specified and the warning will be printed: > NOTES: > driver: WARNING: /data3/amanda/holdingdisk/Daily1/: 880803840 KB requested, > but only 2351104 KB available. > > Does this mean that Amanda will use a holding disk of 2351104Kb? Or will it > flush the entire holding disk area to tape (880803840Kb) once the 2351104Kb > are used? Also, after the flush, will it use 880803840Kb of holding disk > space or just 2351104Kb?
Yes, Amanda will use whatever space it finds available. if autoflush is enabled, it will begin by flushing any existing dumps to tape, after which it will use the full available space. If autoflush is enabled, it would seem sensible to consider any existing holding files to be available space when deciding whether to print this warning, but this isn't currently done (that I can see, anyway). Dustin -- Open Source Storage Engineer http://www.zmanda.com
