Re: No more holding disk space

Please don't use html.

I had trouble finding what you wrote.


On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:02:13AM -0500, James Wilson wrote:
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> I have a server with 60 GB of disk space left after installing
> everything. I thought I gave amanda the whole 60 gigs. Should it need
> more that that?<br>
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> Jon LaBadie wrote:
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>   <pre wrap="">On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 08:42:58AM -0500, James Wilson wrote:
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>     <pre wrap="">Hey All,
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> Lately I've been gettting the Failed [no more holding disk space] for 
> this one client. Is there something I can do to fix this? It has been 
> backing up fine until Sunday night and Monday night.
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> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
>  amanda.transolutions.net   //192.168.1.38/etc           lev 1  STRANGE
>  amanda.transolutions.net   //192.168.1.38/var           lev 1  STRANGE
>  vikings.transolutions.net  /opt                         lev 1  STRANGE
>  amanda.transolutions.net   //192.168.1.38/opt           lev 1  STRANGE
>  amanda.transolutions.net   //192.168.1.202/interfix     lev 1  STRANGE
>  amanda.transolutions.net   //192.168.1.26/Sessions      lev 1  STRANGE
>  amanda.transolutions.net   //192.168.1.133/ifxsessions  lev 1  STRANGE
>  amanda.transolutions.net   //192.168.1.23/Crescendo     lev 1  STRANGE
>  amanda.transolutions.net   //192.168.1.23/BK            lev 4  FAILED 
> [no more holding disk space]
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> At the risk of sounding pedantic,
> increase the amount of holding disk space.
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> It doesn't have to be a single space, I'm currently using two
> and my previous installation had four holding disks (HDs).
> Just empty directories on different file systems that I let
> amanda use all the available space except one or two GB.
> And I set the chunk size to one or two GB so it is easy to
> split a DLE among the various HDs.
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> You might also see if some junk is still in the HD.
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> You might also split up the DLE so it doesn't require so much HD.
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> It also sounds as if the estimate is incorrect as I don't think
> amanda will write to the HD if it expects the size to be bigger
> than the available space.  Instead it would send that DLE direct
> to tape.
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Depends on what you are backing up.  The entire DLE goes to the
holding disk before being taped.  So if you are backing up a
1 TB DLE, 60 GB is tiny.

If you are backing up a bunch of 30 GB DLEs, not many can fit
on the holding disk at the same time.

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