Re: [dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk]
Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote: #disklist file #server.domain.co.uk / comp-root-tar #Thought I was using tar. and I get the above error. Whats the best to tackle this still using DSS-4 150mm DAT tapes. and how to cannot incremental dump new disk as above error. Thus can I change from dump to tar I think you already are using tar, if you haven't modified the comp-root-tar dumptype yourself. Amanda still refers to the process of backing up and resulting image as 'dump', she won't say 'tar larger than tape' when you're using tar :-) --- ... Coffee -- n., a person who is coughed upon.
Re: [dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk]
Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote: server.domain.co.uk:/ 0 planner: [dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk] [..] Whats the best to tackle this still using DSS-4 150mm DAT tapes. and how to cannot incremental dump new disk as above error. I think you have a wrong value for tapecapacity in amanda.conf file. (or maybe still using some testvalues from the filedriver vtapes?) 2866960 KB is less than 3 Gbyte, and that even fits on a DDS-2 120mm tape. Or did I screw up the units again, ;-) Geert ? -- Paul Bijnens, XplanationTel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUMFax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6, * * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***
Re: [dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk]
Hi Just read the following about amanda? "Amanda can not back up filesystems that are larger than the tape will fit" Amanda can not back up filesystems that are larger than the tape will fit. I. e. Amanda can not span tapes. It is unclear whether this is a bug or a feature. :-) Allowing spanning would make it difficult to perform backup recovery with standard UNIX tools, i. e. without using Amanda. One workaround is to make sure that all file systems are smaller than the tape capacity. Another is to ask Amanda to back up individual large directories as seperate Disk List Entries (DLEs). This can AFAIK only be done using tar, not using dump. One tape per day, 5 (week)days per week. We were doing all level zeros, but one of the filesystems has grown too big to do this, so now we're doing incrementals as well, with a level zero every other day for each filesystem: Thus time to look at the exclude list. Cheers On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 16:26 +0100, Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote: > Hi all > > server.domain.co.uk:/ 0 planner: [dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but > cannot incremental dump new disk] > > I had changed the disklist from "/etc" to "/" and run amdump > > #disklist file > #server.domain.co.uk / comp-root-tar #Thought I was using tar. > > and I get the above error. > > Whats the best to tackle this still using DSS-4 150mm DAT tapes. > and how to cannot incremental dump new disk as above error. > > Thus can I change from dump to tar > > Chuck > > -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator Chuck Amadi The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Email chuck.smtl.co.uk Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830
[dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk]
Hi all server.domain.co.uk:/ 0 planner: [dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk] I had changed the disklist from "/etc" to "/" and run amdump #disklist file #server.domain.co.uk / comp-root-tar #Thought I was using tar. and I get the above error. Whats the best to tackle this still using DSS-4 150mm DAT tapes. and how to cannot incremental dump new disk as above error. Thus can I change from dump to tar Chuck -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator Chuck Amadi The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Email chuck.smtl.co.uk Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830
