Hello Amanda users,

Well, this is a first (for our site anyway).

>From amanda.conf

dumpuser "root"         # the user to run dumps under

inparallel 8            # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel
netusage  800           # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per sec

dumpcycle 1 weeks       # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
tapecycle 25 tapes      # the number of tapes in rotation

bumpsize 10 MB          # minimum savings (threshold) to bump level 1 -> 2
bumpdays     2          # minimum days at each level
bumpmult     2          # threshold = bumpsize * (level-1)**bumpmult

Ok, maybe bumpsize is a little small... still, if its a dumpcycle of
one week and we have bumpdays of 2 then I'd never expect to see 
anything above a level 3 dump.

I'd thought there was a parameter for dumps/dumpcycle, in our case 5
dumps during the weekly dump cycle.

Ok, maybe I'm not understanding how bumpmult is used.

I'm surprised that the dump level isn't reset, ie: 
        dumplevel = min(calculated_level, 9)

and that planner returned nothing (empty) for all other partitions.

----- Forwarded message from Super-User -----

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
  planner: FATAL error [planner askfor: lev out of range -1..10: 10]
  laksha     /dev/root RESULTS MISSING
  laksha     /usr1 RESULTS MISSING
  laksha     /usr2 RESULTS MISSING
  laksha     /usr3 RESULTS MISSING
  andaman    /dev/root RESULTS MISSING

NOTES:
  driver: WARNING: /amanda/work: 92160000 KB requested, but only 87586720 KB 
available.
  driver: WARNING: got empty schedule from planner
  taper: tape LAKSHA13 kb 0 fm 0 [OK]

DUMP SUMMARY:
                                      DUMPER STATS                TAPER STATS 
HOSTNAME DISK           L   ORIG-KB    OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS   KB/s MMM:SS   KB/s
------------------------ --------------------------------------- -------------
andaman /dev/root        MISSING ---------------------------------------------
laksha  /dev/root        MISSING ---------------------------------------------
laksha  /usr1            MISSING ---------------------------------------------
laksha  /usr2            MISSING ---------------------------------------------
laksha  /usr3            MISSING ---------------------------------------------

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----- End of forwarded message from Super-User -----

yah, I'm way missing my level 0 for /usr2

laksha 13# /usr/local/sbin/amadmin laksha find laksha /usr2
Scanning /amanda/work...

date       host   disk  lv tape or file file status
2003-06-26 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA14        3 OK
2003-06-27 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA15        3 OK
2003-06-30 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA16        2 OK
2003-07-01 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA17        3 OK
2003-07-02 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA18        2 OK
2003-07-03 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA19        3 OK
2003-07-04 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA20        4 OK
2003-07-07 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA21        2 OK
2003-07-08 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA22        3 OK
2003-07-09 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA23        2 OK
2003-07-10 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA24        3 OK
2003-07-11 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA25        3 OK
2003-07-14 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA01        1 OK
2003-07-15 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA02        3 OK
2003-07-16 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA03        2 OK
2003-07-17 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA04        3 OK
2003-07-18 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA05        3 OK
2003-07-21 laksha /usr2  6 LAKSHA06        2 OK
2003-07-22 laksha /usr2  7 LAKSHA07        3 OK
2003-07-23 laksha /usr2  7 LAKSHA08        2 OK
2003-07-24 laksha /usr2  8 LAKSHA09        3 OK
2003-07-25 laksha /usr2  8 LAKSHA10        4 OK
2003-07-28 laksha /usr2  9 LAKSHA11        4 OK
2003-07-29 laksha /usr2  9 LAKSHA12        3 OK


                                                thanks,

                                                Brian

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