Re: Files left on holding disk after successful dumps
2003-08-13 07:56:16
On Wednesday 13 August 2003 02:55, Toralf Lund wrote:
>I suddenly realised that I have a lot of dump directories on my
> holding disk, even though dumps have generally been successful. The
> below "amflush" output should illustrate this.
>
>
>-sh-2.05b$ /usr/sbin/amflush ks
>Scanning /dumps/amanda/hd...
> 20030731: found Amanda directory.
> 20030730: found Amanda directory.
> 20030725: found Amanda directory.
> 20030729: found Amanda directory.
> 20030728: found Amanda directory.
> 20030709: found Amanda directory.
> 20030812: found Amanda directory.
> 20030811: found Amanda directory.
> 20030801: found Amanda directory.
> 20030807: found Amanda directory.
> 20030806: found Amanda directory.
> 20030805: found Amanda directory.
> 20030804: found Amanda directory.
> 20030808: found Amanda directory.
> Multiple Amanda directories, please pick one by letter:
> A. 20030709
> B. 20030725
> C. 20030728
> D. 20030729
> E. 20030730
> F. 20030731
> G. 20030801
> H. 20030804
> I. 20030805
> J. 20030806
> K. 20030807
> L. 20030808
> M. 20030811
> N. 20030812
>Select directories to flush [A..N]: [ALL]
>
>
>When I say "generally successful", what I mean is that there haven't
> been any major problems lately, but DLEs will occasionally fail to
> fit on the current tape. If they do, they are flushed automatically
> via the "autoflush" option. In any case, closer inspection reveals
> that the directories don't contain real data; a full listing of the
> files is included below.
>
>Does anyone know what is causing this? I'm using amanda-2.4.4p1 on
> Red Hat Linux 9.
>
>-sh-2.05b$ ls -ltr */*
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 9 23:10
>20030709/fileserv._usr_freeware_apache.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 25 22:59
>20030725/fileserv._usr_freeware_var_openldap-ldbm.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 25 23:00
>20030725/fileserv._scanner3_images.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 28 23:31
>20030728/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 28 23:39
>20030728/fileserv._scanner3_images.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 29 22:32
>20030729/fileserv._scanner_Island.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 29 22:32
>20030729/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_amanda.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 29 23:50
>20030729/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 30 22:33
>20030730/fileserv._scanner_Island.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 30 22:34
>20030730/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_amanda.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 30 23:53
>20030730/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 31 22:25
>20030731/fileserv._scanner_Island.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 31 22:25
>20030731/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_amanda.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jul 31 23:47
>20030731/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 00:04
>20030731/fileserv._u.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 00:14
>20030731/fileserv._scanner2_Vann.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 00:17
>20030731/fileserv._scanner2_nijos.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 00:34
>20030731/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 23:37
>20030801/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 23:37
>20030801/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 1 23:47
>20030801/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 2 00:07
>20030801/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 2 00:07
>20030801/fileserv._u.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 2 00:17
>20030801/fileserv._scanner2_Vann.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 2 00:37
>20030801/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 2 00:47
>20030801/fileserv._u_people.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 4 23:35
>20030804/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 4 23:45
>20030804/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 4 23:50
>20030804/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 00:05
>20030804/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 00:15
>20030804/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 02:13
>20030804/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 22:53
>20030805/fileserv._scanner_Island.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 22:53
>20030805/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_amanda.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 5 23:23
>20030805/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 00:37
>20030805/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 00:46
>20030805/fileserv._u_project.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 01:08
>20030805/fileserv._scanner3_SMA.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 01:11
>20030805/fileserv._scanner2_Vann.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 01:16
>20030805/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 01:38
>20030805/fileserv._u_people.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 23:36
>20030806/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 23:38
>20030806/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 6 23:57
>20030806/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:06
>20030806/fileserv._archive.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:09
>20030806/fileserv._usr_freeware_apache.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:28
>20030806/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:36
>20030806/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:39
>20030806/fileserv._u_project.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 00:58
>20030806/fileserv._scanner3_SMA.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 01:09
>20030806/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 23:09
>20030807/fileserv._usr_freeware_var_openldap-ldbm.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 23:20
>20030807/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 7 23:50
>20030807/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 00:55
>20030807/fileserv._usr_freeware_apache.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 01:21
>20030807/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 01:23
>20030807/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 01:25
>20030807/fileserv._u_project.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 01:53
>20030807/fileserv._scanner_plankart.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:11
>20030808/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:22
>20030808/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:27
>20030808/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:42
>20030808/fileserv._archive.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:52
>20030808/fileserv._usr_freeware_apache.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 8 23:58
>20030808/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 9 00:12
>20030808/fileserv._usr_local.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 9 00:22
>20030808/fileserv._u_project.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:07
>20030811/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:09
>20030811/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:21
>20030811/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:37
>20030811/fileserv._archive.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:40
>20030811/fileserv._usr_freeware_apache.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 11 23:51
>20030811/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 12 22:23
>20030812/fileserv._var_www.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 12 23:43
>20030812/fileserv._usr_freeware_etc_openldap.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 12 23:49
>20030812/fileserv._scanner3.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 12 23:51
>20030812/fileserv._archive.0.tmp
>-rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Aug 13 00:13
>20030812/fileserv._scanner_golg.0.tmp
And they're all zero length files??
I'd assume that /dumps itself is also owned by amanda:disk?
In which case I've NDI Toralf. Delete them and see if they come back.
Is there anything odd in this mornings report for the dle's mentioned?
I just checked my /dumps, something I haven't in weeks, and its truely
empty, using 2.4.4p1-20030716.
I wonder if it would leave that behind if the dump was bigger than
that portion of the holding disk it is allowed to use, and that as a
result those particular dle's went straight to the tape?
--
Cheers, Gene
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