Internet Support wrote:
> 
> You can see that Amanda correctly estimates the size at estimated 4752738
> tape blocks
> But actually dumps  DUMP: 9029315 tape blocks

Yes, dump is actually dumping the holding area along with all
the other files on that partition.  If you were using tar
instead of dump, you could use an "exclude" to prevent tar from
considering the holding area.  Since you're using dump, your
only option is to let Amanda know that it's the holding disk by
adding the "holding-disk yes" option in a new dumptype.  This
is all from memory; do check the gory details in the supplied
amanda.conf file.

        Marty
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