Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-03-05 Thread Urs Forster
Ok Guys You're so smart and kind. I do hope 'dude' is not too rude (since it's not my native language). I found it after disassembling the drive (some of you may have a notch at the bottom of the case, the SUN-Version does not). BTW it does work fine for days already, and I like it. Cheers Urs

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-03-03 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 04:39:05PM +0100, Urs Forster wrote: > Dear Jon > > Since you found out anyway, I give up lying; I gonna tell you frankly: > I don't know exactly what I have. > > 'dmesg' says: st18: > 'inquire' says: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:HP C1557A U709|Tape, /dev/rmt/0mbn OK,

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-03-03 Thread Urs Forster
Dear Jon Since you found out anyway, I give up lying; I gonna tell you frankly: I don't know exactly what I have. 'dmesg' says: st18: 'inquire' says: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:HP C1557A U709|Tape, /dev/rmt/0mbn I did believe that this is similar to a Surestore 12000e. Also I remember tha

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-28 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:06:56AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here is what I put to config. > I have no idea what that filemark is. So if its wrong, I am not lying ;) > > define tapetype SURESTORE-1200E { > comment "HP AutoLoader" > length 12000 mbytes > filemark 100 kbytes >

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-28 Thread forster
Here is what I put to config. I have no idea what that filemark is. So if its wrong, I am not lying ;) define tapetype SURESTORE-1200E { comment "HP AutoLoader" length 12000 mbytes filemark 100 kbytes speed 500 kbytes } >>>I believe the paramaters you give are not the real paramet

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-28 Thread forster
Hello Christoph Thanks a lot for advise. The only problem - as you call it - is easily solved ;-) Let's see what she says Cheers Urs >Hi >ok, with that data given i would suggest the following: >adjust your tapetype to match the size of your tapes, >set runtapes to 1, >leave tapecycle at 6,

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-28 Thread Christoph Scheeder
Hi ok, with that data given i would suggest the following: adjust your tapetype to match the size of your tapes, set runtapes to 1, leave tapecycle at 6, leave dumpcycle at one week and runspercycle at 5, and amanda will do nicely what you want her to do. Your only problem is the wrong length of yo

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thu February 27 2003 11:05, Matt Hyclak wrote: >On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:43:31AM -0500, Gene Heskett enlightened us: >> On Thu February 27 2003 07:53, Matt Hyclak wrote: >> >On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:20:41AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] >> >> NOTES: >> >> planner: pbrazor1.tszrh.csfb.com

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread forster
>Hi, >now let's get some information to sort out varios things: >1.) what length are the tapes you use: 120 meter or 125 meter? 125m / 410 feet (12.0GB) >2.) how often do you want amanda to take level0 dumps of your data? > once a week? Does not matter, as long as at least one full dump is

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread Christoph Scheeder
Hi, now let's get some information to sort out varios things: 1.) what length are the tapes you use: 120 meter or 125 meter? 2.) how often do you want amanda to take level0 dumps of your data? once a week? 3.) how many data do you need to backup? 4.) is hardwarecompression active in your tapedr

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread forster
>I believe the paramaters you give are not the real parameters >of the config that is running, or I must be very stupid. Ok, you got me. I never said it's 3.9G. Actually the tape holds 12.0G. Sorry Guys, I'm not joking, just trying hard. The config below was just the example and I did not change

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread Matt Hyclak
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:43:31AM -0500, Gene Heskett enlightened us: > On Thu February 27 2003 07:53, Matt Hyclak wrote: > >On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:20:41AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > enlightened us: > >> Hi all > >> > >> amanda keeps using only one tape per day but always delays full > >> dum

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thu February 27 2003 07:53, Matt Hyclak wrote: >On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:20:41AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us: >> Hi all >> >> amanda keeps using only one tape per day but always delays full >> dump for the same disk >> (/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s08758612 6866287 180473980%/ora)

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thu February 27 2003 04:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi all > >amanda keeps using only one tape per day but always delays full > dump for the same disk >(/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s08758612 6866287 180473980%/ora) If the above is in bytes, I'm stumped, if its in kilobytes, it looks as if its

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread Paul Bijnens
I believe the paramaters you give are not the real parameters of the config that is running, or I must be very stupid. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... tapetype SURESTORE-1200E define tapetype SURESTORE-1200E { comment "HP AutoLoader" length 3900 mbytes filemark 100 kbytes speed 500 kb

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread forster
>From: Christoph Scheeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Hi, >first : >simple answer, simple question, and amanda is telling it to you: >amanda thinks the level 0 dump of this filesystem will not fit on a single >tape. That's understood. > >Amanda can not span a single disk-list entry over multiple tapes.

Re: Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread Matt Hyclak
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:20:41AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us: > Hi all > > amanda keeps using only one tape per day but always delays full dump for > the same disk > (/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s08758612 6866287 180473980%/ora) > > Why cant it use a second tape? > > There are 6 T

Using only one tape, full dump delayed

2003-02-27 Thread forster
Hi all amanda keeps using only one tape per day but always delays full dump for the same disk (/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s08758612 6866287 180473980%/ora) Why cant it use a second tape? There are 6 Tapes in the changer; dumpcycle 1 weeks runspercycle 5 tapecycle 6 tapes runtapes 3 tapetype S