Hi Listserve,
I am trying to configure Amanda to run incrementals only.  The full backups
are done outside Amanda.  Last night , I ran my first test.  I am trying to
backup just /etc.   Here are the results.

These dumps were to tape dump200.
The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape.
The next new tape already labelled is: dump300.

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
  lnxdev.ncc /etc lev 0 FAILED [dump larger than tape, -1 KB, but cannot
incremental dump new disk]
  planner: FATAL cannot fit anything on tape, bailing out


STATISTICS:
                          Total       Full      Daily
                        --------   --------   --------
Estimate Time (hrs:min)    0:00
Run Time (hrs:min)         0:00
Dump Time (hrs:min)        0:00       0:00       0:00
Output Size (meg)           0.0        0.0        0.0
Original Size (meg)         0.0        0.0        0.0
Avg Compressed Size (%)     --         --         --
Filesystems Dumped            0          0          0
Avg Dump Rate (k/s)         --         --         --

Tape Time (hrs:min)        0:00       0:00       0:00
Tape Size (meg)             0.0        0.0        0.0
Tape Used (%)               0.0        0.0        0.0
Filesystems Taped             0          0          0
Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s)     --         --         --

USAGE BY TAPE:
  Label         Time      Size      %    Nb
  dump200       0:00       0.0    0.0     0


NOTES:
  driver: WARNING: /amholdsk: not 4398046511104 KB free.
  planner: tapecycle (5) <= runspercycle (20)
  planner: Adding new disk lnxdev.ncci.com:/etc.
  driver: WARNING: got empty schedule from planner
  taper: tape dump200 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
-------------------------- --------------------------------- ------------
lnxdev.ncci. /etc        0 FAILED ---------------------------------------

(brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.4p2)


My questions follow;

1.  Why does Amanda think that /etc  is larger than 1 tape, or is it
because it does not have a level 0 dump to compare against ?

2.  Do I have to force a level 0 dump of /etc to jumpstart the process ?

3.  I am using vtapes as my tapes.

4.  Attached is my amanda.conf with all the comments stripped out.

(See attached file: amanda.conf)

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Bernie Wu
bernard_wu AT ncci DOT com




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