You set runtapes to 1. Therefore, Amanda is only allowed to use one tape for a backup, and your backup doesn't fit on one tape.
On 2018-01-05 01:35 PM, Chris Miller wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I have followed these instructions > (http://docs.huihoo.com/zmanda/amanda-community-setup-15-minutes-ver13.pdf), > interpolating where necessary, and solved all the "computer" problems > along the way. I am now into "Amanda" problems, meaning things I don't > completely understand. (-: > > I have completed "amcheck <config>" successfully, and I have tried to > request a backup, "amdump <config>". I was enormously optimistic... > The email report arrived quickly and complained of what is probably a > configuration problem, but I don't understand what I need to do. I > could use some advice. I have included what I think is the relevant > config as an attachment. > > The e-mail reports that the problem is: > FAILURE DUMP SUMMARY: > planner: FATAL cannot fit anything on tape, bailing out > mail.tclc.org /var/log lev 0 FAILED [dump estimate ( 10051085 KB ) > is larger than available tape space ( 5120000 KB ), but cannot > incremental dump new disk] > > > Now, I recognize that the simple answer is I have made my vtapes too > small, but there is a larger confusion. Why didn't the backup use as > many vtapes as necessary? Somewhere there must be a good discussion of > how vtapes work and what Amanda does in response to various > situations. Can anybody advise me? > > Thanks for the help, > -- > Chris. > > V:916.974.0424 > F:916.974.0428 >
