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How to empty holding disk

2007-05-25 19:36:22
Subject: How to empty holding disk
From: David Lynum <dlynum AT youthuprising DOT org>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 16:58:15 -0700
List,

I'm new to Amanda. It's running on a Fedora Core 2 server. Below is the message I receive from an amanda:

DailyBackup1 AMANDA PROBLEM: FIX BEFORE RUN, IF POSSIBLE

Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
WARNING: holding disk /AmandaBackup/HoldingDisk: only 476156 kB free (314572800 
kB requested)
amcheck-server: slot 3: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 3: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 4: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 5: date 20070302 label DailyBackup1-A0000005 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 6: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 7: date 20070314 label DailyBackup1-A0000007 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 8: date 20070316 label DailyBackup1-A0000008 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 9: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 1: date 20070323 label DailyBackup1-A0000001 (active tape)
amcheck-server: slot 2: not an amanda tape
ERROR: label DailyBackup1-A0000003 or new tape not found in rack
      (expecting tape DailyBackup1-A0000003 or a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Server check took 2641.589 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
Client check: 5 hosts checked in 10.302 seconds, 0 problems found

(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.5)


DailyBackup1 AMANDA MAIL REPORT FOR May 23, 2007

*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [label DailyBackup1-A0000003 or new tape not found 
in rack].
Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk.
Run amflush to flush them to tape.
The next 3 tapes Amanda expects to used are: DailyBackup1-A0000003, 
DailyBackup1-A0000004, DailyBackup1-A0000005.

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
 mail.insid /var/qmail lev 0 FAILED [no more holding disk space]
 file.insid /yu lev 6 FAILED [no more holding disk space]
 file.insid /yustaff lev 0 FAILED [no more holding disk space]


STATISTICS:
                         Total       Full      Incr.
                       --------   --------   --------
Estimate Time (hrs:min)    0:17
Run Time (hrs:min)         0:41
Dump Time (hrs:min)        0:01       0:01       0:00
Output Size (meg)          57.6       57.4        0.2
Original Size (meg)       250.4      248.9        1.5
Avg Compressed Size (%)    23.0       23.1       10.4   (level:#disks ...)
Filesystems Dumped            6          5          1   (1:1)
Avg Dump Rate (k/s)      1035.8     1042.5      311.1

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) -- -- --

NOTES:
 planner: Last full dump of backup.inside.youthuprising.org:/etc on tape  
overwritten in 1 run.
 driver: WARNING: /AmandaBackup/HoldingDisk: 314572800 KB requested, but only 
476196 KB available.
 planner: Last full dump of auth0.inside.youthuprising.org:/var/www on tape  
overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of auth1.inside.youthuprising.org:/etc on tape  
overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of mail.inside.youthuprising.org:/etc on tape  
overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of mail.inside.youthuprising.org:/var/qmail on tape  
overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of file.inside.youthuprising.org:/etc on tape  
overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of file.inside.youthuprising.org:/yu on tape  
overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of file.inside.youthuprising.org:/yustaff on tape  
overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: file.inside.youthuprising.org /yu 20070523 0 [dump larger than tape, 
98334802 KB, full dump delayed]

It looks as though I need to empty the holding disk.  How do I do that?

Thanks




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