Amanda-Users

Re: Files left on holding disk after successful dumps

2003-08-13 07:56:16
Subject: Re: Files left on holding disk after successful dumps
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: Toralf Lund <toralf AT procaptura DOT com>, Amanda Mailing List <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 07:53:32 -0400
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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