Re: questions about tunning configuration

2005-09-15 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 07:42:36PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Matt Hyclak wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:41:34PM +0100, Rodrigo Ventura enlightened us: tapecycle is the total number of tapes; only these tapes are rotated, right? Not exactly. tapecycle is

Re: questions about tunning configuration

2005-09-15 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Jon LaBadie wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 07:42:36PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Matt Hyclak wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:41:34PM +0100, Rodrigo Ventura enlightened us: tapecycle is the total number of tapes; only these tapes are

poor documentation

2005-09-15 Thread Clive Galway
Is there any documentation other than the official manual ? The one I have (dated june 26 2005, so I presume it is recent) is woefully poor and has in some cases made the install harder, not easier. Some examples: Chapter 2.2.1 - last line of page 33, start of page 34: it talks about the $prefix

Re: poor documentation

2005-09-15 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 at 2:20pm, Clive Galway wrote Is there any documentation other than the official manual ? The one I have (dated june 26 2005, so I presume it is recent) is woefully poor and has in some cases made the install harder, not easier. Err, how many OSS projects do *you* know

Re: poor documentation

2005-09-15 Thread Gavin Henry
quote who=Clive Galway Is there any documentation other than the official manual ? The one I have (dated june 26 2005, so I presume it is recent) is woefully poor and has in some cases made the install harder, not easier. You can always offer to help? Here is something I put together:

Re: questions about tunning configuration

2005-09-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 15 September 2005 09:11, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Jon LaBadie wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 07:42:36PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Matt Hyclak wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:41:34PM +0100, Rodrigo Ventura enlightened us:

Re: poor documentation

2005-09-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 15 September 2005 09:49, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: [...] Myself, given your, err, complaints, I think that perhaps a quick-start chapter may be in order. Now where did I put those circular tuits? 'Circular tuits' Chuckle, Thats classic Joshua. Gotta love it. :-) Yup, I'm back

Configuration questions

2005-09-15 Thread Bernard_Wu
Hi Amanda gurus, This is my current environment: 4 Linux LPARS running on an IBM z890 mainframe. Our Linux LPARS currently do not have any tape drives attached to it. Once a week, we bring Linux down to run level 2 and then use the mainframe's backup mechanism ( DFDSS ) to do full volume backups

Re: Configuration questions

2005-09-15 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 04:13:56PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Amanda gurus, This is my current environment: 4 Linux LPARS running on an IBM z890 mainframe. Our Linux LPARS currently do not have any tape drives attached to it. Once a week, we bring Linux down to run level 2 and then

Wait for dumping

2005-09-15 Thread Lengyel, Florian
Title: Wait for dumping I have a new server I've added to my disklist. Unlike the other servers, each of the DLEs waits for dumping. The system is RH EL 4. amanda rpms on the client: amanda-client-2.4.4p3-1 amanda-2.4.4p3-1 on the amanda server: identical to the above (just checked to

Re: poor documentation

2005-09-15 Thread mindfuq
* Clive Galway [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-09-15 22:09]: Why is it that all linux documentation seems to be like this ? I know catering to the lowest common denominator sucks, but at least catering for the user with medium experience would be nice. 100+ man-hours and counting to set up AMANDA

RE: Wait for dumping

2005-09-15 Thread Lengyel, Florian
Title: RE: Wait for dumping A check of the log shows that the taper is complaining that a new tape isn't in the rack! But there are plenty of tapes (30)... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daily]$ more log.20050915.4 START driver date 20050915 DISK planner cml10 /home/moodle DISK planner m254.gc.cuny.edu

Re: Wait for dumping

2005-09-15 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 10:51:31PM -0400, Lengyel, Florian wrote: A check of the log shows that the taper is complaining that a new tape isn't in the rack! But there are plenty of tapes (30)... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daily]$ more log.20050915.4 START driver date 20050915 DISK planner cml10 /home

RE: Wait for dumping

2005-09-15 Thread Lengyel, Florian
that the taper is complaining that a new tape isn't in the rack! But there are plenty of tapes (30)... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daily]$ more log.20050915.4 START driver date 20050915 DISK planner cml10 /home/moodle DISK planner m254.gc.cuny.edu /home/m254/dmulcahey/ START planner date 20050915 WARNING

RE: Wait for dumping

2005-09-15 Thread Frank Smith
-0400, Lengyel, Florian wrote: A check of the log shows that the taper is complaining that a new tape isn't in the rack! But there are plenty of tapes (30)... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daily]$ more log.20050915.4 START driver date 20050915 DISK planner cml10 /home/moodle DISK planner m254.gc.cuny.edu