On Tuesday 21 March 2006 06:48, Chris wrote:
>hello there,
>
>ive got some problems with amanda (2.4.5).
>i use a hard disk with 250 gb space as backup media, no holding disk.
>
>the backup cycle lasts 14 days, with 14 runs. each sunday there is a
>full backup ( ~ 90 GB each), the other 12 days incremental (~100 mb
>each). the backups are working execellent. but after 14 days, when the
>dumpcycle restarts, slot1 (where the first full backup is placed) is
>used again. thats okay, but the old backups on the tapes are not
>deleted, so there is insufficient space.
>
>i want to have a tape cleared, before it is reused. how can i do that
> ?
>
>amanda.conf:
>
>org "testrun"
>mailto "root@localhost"
>tapedev "file:/usr/storage/amanda/testrun"
>dumpuser "amanda"
>tpchanger "chg-disk"
>
>
>labelstr "^testrun-[0-9]+$"
>tapetype HARDDISK
>changerfile "/etc/amanda/testrun/changer"
>inparallel 1
>
>diskfile "disklist"
>infofile "/var/lib/amanda/testrun/info"
>indexdir "/var/lib/amanda/testrun/index"
>logdir "/var/lib/amanda/testrun/log"
>
>dumpcycle 7
>runspercycle 7
>tapecycle 14
>
>define dumptype normal {
>comment "Normal backup"
>program "GNUTAR"
>srvcompress
>compress-best
>index yes
>strategy incronly
>}
>
>define tapetype HARDDISK {
>comment "Dump to disk (vtape)"
>length 230000 mbytes
>}
>
>define interface eth0 {
>comment "100 Mbps ethernet"
>use 80 Mbps
>}
>
>i hope someone can help me ;)
>
>thanks
>
>Chris

I've been using vtapes for over a year now annd have had no such 
problems.  From the above config, I see 'strategy incronly' so where is 
the full you mentioned taking place?

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