* Debra S Baddorf <badd...@fnal.gov> [20130703 13:04]:
> This probably isn't applicable to your problem, but my backups were ignoring
> DLEs on the holding disk
> and not autoflushing them
> until I learned that AUTOFLUSH now has three options -- no, yes, and all.
> "yes" only means "flush thing with the same DLE as on your current amdump
> command" (paraphrased)
> "all" means autoflush from any DLE that you find on the holding disk.
> Deb
Thanks for the reply Debra.
I had autoflush set to yes and I get the same problem when I set it to
'all'.
cheers,
jf
>
> On Jul 3, 2013, at 11:03 AM, Jean-Francois Malouin wrote:
>
> > Replying to myself...
> >
> > * Jean-Francois Malouin <jean-francois.malo...@bic.mni.mcgill.ca> [20130627
> > 12:08]:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> It's been a while since I had to flush a dump from the holddisk to
> >> tape. I use a bash script that contains:
> >>
> >> amflush -f -b -oflush-threshold-dumped=0 -oflush-threshold-scheduled=0
> >> -otaperflush=0 $conf
> >>
> >> Whwn invoked as the amanda user I get the error:
> >>
> >> "/opt/amanda-3.3.2/etc/amanda/top/disklist", line 79: disk device name
> >> expected
> >> amflush: errors processing config file
> >>
> >> Line 79 is the 'app-amgtar' below:
> >>
> >> edgar /opt/amanda {
> >> # tar-calc
> >> app-amgtar
> >> estimate server
> >> record no
> >> index no
> >> strategy noinc
> >> }
> >>
> >> When invoked without any option overrides amflush runs ok.
> >>
> >> Any hint? It used to work prior to 3.x
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> jf
> >
> > I had time to investigate a little further this morning. Still no go.
> >
> > Here is an example using only 1 DLE in the disklist.
> >
> > ~# su amanda -c "~amanda/sbin/flush-and-log.sh down"
> > "/opt/amanda-3.3.2/etc/amanda/down/disklist", line 1: disk dumptype
> > 'app-amgtar-span' not found
> > amflush: errors processing config file
> > Use of uninitialized value $OF in ref-to-glob cast at
> > /opt/amanda/sbin/amtoc line 48, <IF> line 157.
> > ERROR: while ejecting volume: Tape device /dev/nst0 is not ready or is empty
> >
> > (btw, /opt/amanda-3.3.2 points to /opt/amanda, the homedir of the user
> > 'amanda'.
> >
> > The little flush script and other info follows∵
> >
> > ~# cat ~amanda/sbin/flush-and-log.sh
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > conf="$1"
> > if [ "$conf" = "" ]; then
> > echo "you must provide a config name as an argument!"
> > exit 1
> > else
> > /opt/amanda/sbin/amflush -f -b -oflush-threshold-dumped=0
> > -oflush-threshold-scheduled=0 -otaperflush=0 $conf
> > logdir=`/opt/amanda/sbin/amgetconf $conf logdir`
> > log=`ls -1t $logdir/log.*.[0-9] | head -1`
> > /opt/amanda/sbin/amtoc -t -a $log
> > /opt/amanda/sbin/amtape $conf eject
> > fi
> >
> > The disklist ~amanda/etc/amanda/down/disklist: (edited to include only one
> > DLE)
> >
> > tutor /raid/data8 app-amgtar-span
> >
> > The dumptype 'app-amgtar-span' is defined in the files included in
> > amanda.conf:
> >
> > includefile "/opt/amanda/common/applications.conf"
> > includefile "/opt/amanda/common/dumptype.conf"
> >
> > /opt/amanda/common/applications.conf:
> >
> > define application-tool "app-amgtar" {
> > plugin "amgtar"
> > property "CHECK-DEVICE" "NO"
> > property "IGNORE" ": Directory is new$"
> > property append "IGNORE" ": Directory has been renamed"
> > property append "IGNORE" ": file changed as we read it$"
> > property append "IGNORE" ": socket ignored$"
> > property append "IGNORE" ": Cannot stat: No such file or directory$"
> > }
> >
> > /opt/amanda/common/dumptype.conf:
> >
> > define dumptype "app-amgtar-span" {
> > "global"
> > program "APPLICATION"
> > application "app-amgtar"
> > priority high
> > allow-split
> > holdingdisk required
> > compress none
> > comment "tape-spanning user partitions dumped with amgtar"
> > }
> >
> > In the end it boils down to:
> >
> > ~# su amanda -c "~amanda/sbin/amadmin down disklist"
> > line 1 (/opt/amanda/etc/amanda/down/disklist):
> > host tutor:
> > interface default
> > disk /raid/data8:
> > program "APPLICATION"
> > application "app-amgtar"
> > COMMENT "tape-spanning user partitions dumped with
> > amgtar"
> > PROGRAM "APPLICATION"
> > SERVER-CUSTOM-COMPRESS ""
> > CLIENT-CUSTOM-COMPRESS ""
> > SERVER-ENCRYPT ""
> > CLIENT-ENCRYPT ""
> > AMANDAD-PATH ""
> > CLIENT-USERNAME ""
> > SSH-KEYS ""
> > AUTH "BSDTCP"
> > EXCLUDE LIST
> > EXCLUDE FILE
> > INCLUDE LIST
> > INCLUDE FILE
> > PRIORITY HIGH
> > DUMPCYCLE 10
> > MAXDUMPS 6
> > MAXPROMOTEDAY 10000
> > BUMPPERCENT 10
> > BUMPSIZE 10240K
> > BUMPDAYS 2
> > BUMPMULT 2.00000
> > STARTTIME 000
> > STRATEGY STANDARD
> > ESTIMATE CLIENT
> > COMPRESS NONE
> > ENCRYPT NONE
> > SERVER-DECRYPT-OPTION "-d"
> > CLIENT-DECRYPT-OPTION "-d"
> > COMPRATE 0.50000 0.50000
> > TAPE-SPLITSIZE 0K
> > FALLBACK-SPLITSIZE 10240K
> > SPLIT-DISKBUFFER ""
> > RECORD yes
> > SKIP-INCR no
> > SKIP-FULL no
> > HOLDINGDISK REQUIRED
> > KENCRYPT no
> > IGNORE no
> > INDEX yes
> > APPLICATION "app-amgtar"
> > CLIENT-PORT ""
> > DATA-PATH AMANDA
> > ALLOW-SPLIT yes
> > RECOVERY-LIMIT
> > DUMP-LIMIT SERVER
> > MAX-WARNINGS 20
> > spindle -1
> >
> >
> >
> > jf
>
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Jean-François Malouin | McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
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