> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Heimbach [mailto:royh AT hpc.unm DOT edu]
> Sent: Thu 3/29/2007 5:48 PM
> To: Lee, Raymond
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Multiple tars in parallel?
>  
> The "maxdumps" parameter in amanda.conf sets a global upper bound
> on the number of dumps that can run concurrently on any given client.
> From the amanda.conf man page:
> 
>    maxdumps int
>        Default:  1.  The maximum number of backups from a single
>        host that AMANDA will attempt to run in parallel. See also
>        the inparallel option.

Ah, thanks.  When I first read this, I thought "maximum number of backups" 
meant the number of instances of amdump running to backup all the disks on a 
client.  But I guess that doesn't make much sense :)  It makes sense now.  I'll 
give it a shot.

Thanks,
Ray

> 
>        Note that this parameter may also be set in a specific dumptype
>        (see  below).  This  value  sets  the  default for all dumptypes
>        so must appear in amanda.conf before any dumptypes are defined.
> 
> HTH,
> Roy
> -- 
> Roy Heimbach <royh AT hpc.unm DOT edu> / 505-277-8348
> User Services / Center for High Performance Computing
> University of New Mexico
> 
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Lee, Raymond wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just started using Amanda 2.5.1p3 on Solaris with GNU tar as my
>> choice of program.  Is it possible for the Amanda client to run multiple
>> tars in parallel to speed up the backup?  The client that I'm currently
>> testing with has 11 filesystems that need to backed up.  So in my
>> disklist file, I have something like this:
>>
>> host.abc.com / {
>>      user-tar-span
>>      estimate calcsize
>> }
>>
>> host.abc.com /export/home {
>>      user-tar-span
>>      estimate calcsize
>> }
>>
>> host.abc.com /opt {
>>      user-tar-span
>>      estimate calcsize
>> }
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> host.abc.com /filesystem11 {
>>      user-tar-span
>>      estimate calcsize
>> }
>>
>>
>> When I run amdump on the Amanda server, the client tars up one
>> filesystem at a time.  I looked through many of the docs and man pages,
>> but I didn't see any parameter to specify parallel tars on the client.
>> Is it possible to do that?
>>
>> Thanks,
> Ray
>>
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