Amanda-Users

Re: backup lasts forever on large fs

2003-11-11 13:01:18
Subject: Re: backup lasts forever on large fs
From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <monitor AT oops.co DOT at>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:59:08 +0100
Hi, Zoltan Kato,

on Dienstag, 11. November 2003 at 18:51 you wrote to amanda-users:

>> Is the holdingdisk the same physical disk as the on /home is on?

ZK> No, it is on another partition (/opt) and partly on the same physical
ZK> disk. Here are the relevant parts:

ZK> /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s5       20G   1.0G    18G     6%    /opt
ZK> /dev/md/dsk/d0         102G    51G    51G    51%    /home

ZK> Since /home is under lvm, it uses two disks. Out of the 102G, we have 30G
ZK> on the same disk as /opt. However, it is hard to tell how much of the 50G
ZK> is actually stored on the same disk as /opt. Anyway, the holding disk is
ZK> only 18G so it is not used for the backup of /home.

The files you showed me tell Amanda to use the holdingdisk as it is
default and you donŽt explicitly specify the holdingdisk parameter
anywhere.

ZK> OK, I'm going start it right now with these settings,

Let us know.

And look at it with amstatus ...

-- 
best regards,
Stefan

Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:monitor AT oops.co DOT at