My bad here. I should have inferred this from the man page for amplot, but I've been so wound up in the debug logs that I forgot there are others. This seems to work:
amplot /var/backups/campus/log/amdump.1 On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:54 AM Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH) <brian.cutt...@health.ny.gov> wrote: > > I think you need to provide the name of the amconfig. I believe it reads > amanda.conf. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Nighswonger <cnighswon...@foundations.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:51 AM > To: Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH) <brian.cutt...@health.ny.gov> > Cc: amanda-users@amanda.org > Subject: Re: dumporder > > ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments > or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. > > > Digging around a bit, it appears that it might be a reference to a file which > is missing. From amplot.g, line 62 we see: > > # file title has the parameters that this program needs load 'title' > plot "run_queue" title "Run Queue" with lines,\ > "tape_queue" title "Tape Queue" with lines,\ > "finished" title "Dumps Finished" with lines,\ > "bandw_free" title "Bandwidth Allocated" with lines, \ > "disk_alloc" title "%Disk Allocated" with lines, \ > "tape_wait" title "%Tape Wait" with lines,\ > "tape_idle" title "Taper Idle" with lines,\ > "dump_idle" title "Dumpers Idle" with lines > > Where is a developer when you need one? :-P > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:45 AM Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH) > <brian.cutt...@health.ny.gov> wrote: > > > > It has been a while, title might be the org string from amanda.conf? > > I'm sorry, it has been years since I ran it regularly. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Nighswonger <cnighswon...@foundations.edu> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:42 AM > > To: Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH) <brian.cutt...@health.ny.gov> > > Cc: amanda-users@amanda.org > > Subject: Re: dumporder > > > > ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments > > or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. > > > > > > The amplot utility is new to me. Here is what it says when I attempt to run > > it: > > > > root@scriptor:~# amplot > > /var/log/amanda/server/campus/amdump.20181106020001.debug > > Displaying graph on the screen, <CR> for next graph : MISSING SPACE > > DECLARATION "title", line 62: Cannot open script file 'title' > > > > I have both gnuplot and gawk installed on the backup server. > > > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:10 AM Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH) > > <brian.cutt...@health.ny.gov> wrote: > > > > > > Chris, > > > > > > There is an amplot utility that I used to run a lot, it would show me > > > what I was constrained on, often holding space, which if you are running > > > a bunch of large dumps to start off with could constrain dumping later on. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-amanda-us...@amanda.org <owner-amanda-us...@amanda.org> > > > On Behalf Of Chris Nighswonger > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:02 AM > > > To: amanda-users@amanda.org > > > Subject: Re: dumporder > > > > > > ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open > > > attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 1:31 PM Chris Nighswonger > > > <cnighswon...@foundations.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > Is there any wisdom available on optimization of dumporder? > > > > > > > > > > After looking over the feedback from Brian and Austin and reviewing the > > > actual sizes of the DLEs, I ended up with this sort of thing: > > > > > > inparallel 15 > > > dumporder "SSSSSTTTTTsssss" > > > > > > Which resulted in a reduced time over what I have been seeing. Here are > > > some stats from amstatus for this config. It looks like I could drop > > > about half of the dumpers and still be fine. Any idea what causes the > > > dumpers over the first five to be utilized less? > > > > > > dumper0 busy : 5:13:42 ( 97.98%) > > > dumper1 busy : 1:12:09 ( 22.54%) > > > dumper2 busy : 0:40:30 ( 12.65%) > > > dumper3 busy : 0:33:44 ( 10.54%) > > > dumper4 busy : 0:03:47 ( 1.19%) > > > dumper5 busy : 0:37:32 ( 11.73%) > > > dumper6 busy : 0:02:00 ( 0.62%) > > > dumper7 busy : 0:00:57 ( 0.30%) > > > dumper8 busy : 0:05:54 ( 1.85%) > > > dumper9 busy : 0:04:38 ( 1.45%) > > > dumper10 busy : 0:00:16 ( 0.08%) > > > dumper11 busy : 0:01:39 ( 0.52%) > > > dumper12 busy : 0:00:01 ( 0.01%) > > > 0 dumpers busy : 0:02:43 ( 0.85%) 0: 0:02:43 > > > (100.00%) > > > 1 dumper busy : 3:39:13 ( 68.47%) 0: 3:39:13 > > > (100.00%) > > > 2 dumpers busy : 0:23:10 ( 7.24%) 0: 0:23:10 > > > (100.00%) > > > 3 dumpers busy : 1:07:57 ( 21.22%) 0: 1:07:57 > > > (100.00%) > > > 4 dumpers busy : 0:02:09 ( 0.67%) 0: 0:02:09 ( > > > 99.99%) > > > 5 dumpers busy : 0:01:07 ( 0.35%) 0: 0:01:07 ( > > > 99.98%) > > > 6 dumpers busy : 0:00:03 ( 0.02%) 0: 0:00:03 ( > > > 99.59%) > > > 7 dumpers busy : 0:00:43 ( 0.22%) 0: 0:00:24 ( > > > 56.35%) > > > 5: 0:00:09 ( > > > 22.36%) > > > 4: 0:00:08 ( > > > 18.89%) > > > 1: 0:00:01 ( > > > 2.37%) > > > 8 dumpers busy : 0:00:20 ( 0.10%) 0: 0:00:19 ( > > > 96.50%) > > > 9 dumpers busy : 0:01:51 ( 0.58%) 0: 0:01:51 ( > > > 99.98%) > > > 10 dumpers busy : 0:00:41 ( 0.22%) 0: 0:00:37 ( > > > 89.71%) > > > 5: 0:00:02 ( > > > 7.13%) > > > 4: 0:00:01 ( > > > 3.09%) > > > 11 dumpers busy : 0:00:07 ( 0.04%) 5: 0:00:07 ( > > > 99.54%) > > > 12 dumpers busy : 0:00:00 ( 0.00%) > > > 13 dumpers busy : 0:00:00 ( 0.00%) > > > > > > I am going to give things another week or so and then try breaking up > > > some of the very large DLEs in the config.
