Hello again, I think I am starting to realize that something needs to be configured properly in order to Fill the tapes to their MAX capacity. I'd like some advise on that. I can create another thread for that however, it may be something to do with existing configuration so I am continuing the discussion here.
I am doing below cron jobs currently (no manual amdumps) #Amcheck 59 19 * * 1-5 su - amanda -c "/opt/csw/sbin/amcheck -a weeklyfull" 5 20 * * * su - amanda -c "/opt/csw/sbin/amcheck -a monthlyfull" #amdump 01 00 * * 1-5 su - amanda -c "/opt/csw/sbin/amdump weeklyfull" 15 01 * * * su - amanda -c "/opt/csw/sbin/amdump monthlyfull" weeklyfull- amanda.conf inparallel 4 maxdumps 4 dumpcycle 7 runspercycle 5 tapecycle 9 runtapes 3 dumpuser "amanda" tpchanger "chg-disk" # a virtual tape changer tapedev "file:/bk/location/amanda/vtapes/weeklyfull/slots" changerfile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/weeklyfull/changerfile" labelstr "WF-.*" #label_new_tapes "PLUTO-%%" autolabel "WF-%%" tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK logdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/weeklyfull" infofile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/weeklyfull/curinfo" indexdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/weeklyfull/index" tapelist "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/weeklyfull/tapelist" #etimeout 600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates. etimeout 3600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates. #etimeout -600 # total number of seconds for estimates. # a positive number will be multiplied by the number of filesystems on # each host; a negative number will be taken as an absolute total time-out. # The default is 5 minutes per filesystem. #dtimeout 1800 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted. dtimeout 3600 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted. ctimeout 30 # maximum number of seconds that amcheck waits # for each client host holdingdisk hd1 { directory "/random/amandahold/hold" } holdingdisk hd2 { directory "/random1/amanda/holdingdisk2" } define dumptype comp-tar { program "GNUTAR" compress fast index yes record yes # Important! avoid interfering with production runs # tape_splitsize 1 Gb tape_splitsize 1024 mbytes # fallback_splitsize 512 MB fallback_splitsize 4096 MB split_diskbuffer "/random/buffer" } define tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK { filemark 1 KB length 10240 MB } inparallel 5 maxdumps 5 dumpcycle 30 days runspercycle 30 tapecycle 20 runtapes 9 dumpuser "amanda" tpchanger "chg-disk" # a virtual tape changer tapedev "file:/bk/location/amanda/vtapes/monthlyfull/slots" changerfile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/changerfile" labelstr "MF-.*" #label_new_tapes "PLUTO-%%" autolabel "MF-%%" tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK logdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull" infofile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/curinfo" indexdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/index" tapelist "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/tapelist" #etimeout 600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates. etimeout 3600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates. #etimeout -600 # total number of seconds for estimates. # a positive number will be multiplied by the number of filesystems on # each host; a negative number will be taken as an absolute total time-out. # The default is 5 minutes per filesystem. #dtimeout 1800 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted. dtimeout 3600 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted. ctimeout 30 # maximum number of seconds that amcheck waits # for each client host holdingdisk hd1 { directory "/random/amandahold/hold" } holdingdisk hd2 { directory "/random1/amanda/holdingdisk2" } define dumptype comp-tar { program "GNUTAR" compress fast index yes record yes # Important! avoid interfering with production runs # tape_splitsize 1 Gb tape_splitsize 1024 mbytes #fallback_splitsize 512 MB fallback_splitsize 4096 MB split_diskbuffer "/random/buffer" } define tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK { filemark 1 KB length 10240 MB } monthlyfull amanda.conf inparallel 5 maxdumps 5 dumpcycle 30 days runspercycle 30 tapecycle 20 runtapes 9 dumpuser "amanda" tpchanger "chg-disk" # a virtual tape changer tapedev "file:/bk/location/amanda/vtapes/monthlyfull/slots" changerfile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/changerfile" labelstr "MF-.*" #label_new_tapes "PLUTO-%%" autolabel "MF-%%" tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK logdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull" infofile "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/curinfo" indexdir "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/index" tapelist "/opt/csw/etc/amanda/monthlyfull/tapelist" #etimeout 600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates. etimeout 3600 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates. #etimeout -600 # total number of seconds for estimates. # a positive number will be multiplied by the number of filesystems on # each host; a negative number will be taken as an absolute total time-out. # The default is 5 minutes per filesystem. #dtimeout 1800 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted. dtimeout 3600 # number of idle seconds before a dump is aborted. ctimeout 30 # maximum number of seconds that amcheck waits # for each client host holdingdisk hd1 { directory "/random/amandahold/hold" } holdingdisk hd2 { directory "/random1/amanda/holdingdisk2" } define dumptype comp-tar { program "GNUTAR" compress fast index yes record yes # Important! avoid interfering with production runs # tape_splitsize 1 Gb tape_splitsize 1024 mbytes #fallback_splitsize 512 MB fallback_splitsize 4096 MB split_diskbuffer "/random/buffer" } define tapetype DVD_SIZED_DISK { filemark 1 KB length 10240 MB } weeklyfull/slots space usage du -hk * 1K data 10G slot1 370M slot2 5.1G slot3 5.1G slot4 1.7G slot5 1.7G slot6 33K slot7 33K slot8 33K slot9 monthlyfull/slots space usage du -hk * 10G slots/slot1 10G slots/slot2 10G slots/slot3 10G slots/slot4 10G slots/slot5 9.2G slots/slot6 10G slots/slot7 2.9G slots/slot8 10G slots/slot9 6.0G slots/slot10 6.4G slots/slot11 10G slots/slot12 2.3G slots/slot13 10G slots/slot14 8.1G slots/slot15 8.4G slots/slot16 33K slots/slot17 33K slots/slot18 33K slots/slot19 33K slots/slot20 133G slots I haven't provided disklist file for both backup types. However, if needed I can give you that or anything else. I wonder what I can do to fill up these tapes to the full. May be use 'flush-threshold-dumped, flush-threshold-scheduled, or taperflush ' as they mentioned here http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Delay_writing_to_tape_for_better_tape_utilization +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by upendra.gan...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +----------------------------------------------------------------------