On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 03:30:45PM +0200, Luis Rodrigues wrote:
> > 
> > This seems to be a veeeeeeerrrrry old config.
> > It still uses parameter "diskdir" which is deprecated for
> > over 8 years now.  Moreover in 2.5.0 is does't exist anymore.
> > Also the comments about infofile being a database filename (which
> > is was in Amanda 2.3 or so -- it is a directory now), seems to
> > indicate that.
> > 
> > On the other hand, you are using "displayunit" which exists only
> > in very recent releases :-)
> > 
> > That said, you should inspect the debug files on the client
> > and see at which time each of those "double" backups is created.
> > And how that is possible???
> > Also in the server log file "amdump.X", you should find more info
> > where those double backup images are coming from.
> 
> Actually I just copied the script that comes with the Debian Sarge packages 
> (that is 2.5.0)
> and made the changes I needed. I've updated that, thanks.
> 
> On my dump logs reagards one of the DLE I have
> pondering acag.ess.co.at:/var/www... next_level0 2 last_level 1 (not due for 
> a full dump, picking an incr level)
>    pick: size 3257520 level 1 days 1 (thresh 20480K, 1 days)
>    pick: next size 51740... BUMPED
>   curr level 2 size 18826 total size 21552813 total_lev0 20827585 
> balanced-lev0size 49104002
> 
> then
> INITIAL SCHEDULE (size 97290001):
> ...
>   acag.ess.co.at /var/www pri 1 lev 2 size 18826
> ...
> 
> the it gets promoted:
> no try oldg.ess.co.at:/BACKUP/scripts 2 4 2 = -11
>    promote: moving acag.ess.co.at:/var/www up, total_lev0 118832423, 
> total_size 121480639
> 
> and dumped:
> DUMP acag.ess.co.at fffffeff9ffeffff07 /var/www 20060701 1 0 1970:1:1:0:0:0 
> 2130192 787 2 2006:6:28:22:2:5 18826 6
> 
> and gets to tape, so I don't see why in the report I receive by mail have
> acag.ess.co. /var/www    0    3438    2123   61.8   18:25 1968.6   6:36 5487.8
> acag.ess.co. /var/www      MISSING -------------------------------------------
> 
> and on amstatus have 
> acag.ess.co.at:/var/www        0     2123m finished (5:52:13)
> 
> Any more ideas whould be helpfull.


In the deep recesses of my dusty memory I recall getting duplicate
entries with one "MISSING" when I was testing the new server I was
using.  I no longer have those results so I can't confirm it and
at the time I may have ignored it thinking it was an artifact of
running multiple dumps in the same day.

Is this just a one-time event, or have you seen it regularly?

The only recent time I've seen "MISSING" messages was when I
intentionally made errors in my disklist.  The ones for which
I made errors showed up as MISSING, both in the "DUMP SUMMARY"
you show and in the "FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY" at the
beginning of the report.  But it only showed up as a single
line, not double.

Might your disklist have a nearly identical entry with non-printable
characters that is causing the "MISSING" line.

Just clutching at straws - sorry.

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