I am running amanda 2.5.2p1 with "-o tpchanger= -o tapedev=" options, my
holding disk is 100GB. The server/client is on the same computer. After
amdump finished, I found there are still two "gtar" running. I checked
amanda log file, it says
"...
FAIL driver [host] [disk1] [date] 0 [no more holding disk space]
FAIL driver [host] [disk2] [date] 0 [no more holding disk space]
"
at the end, and the two disks are corresponding to the two "gtar"
processes.

Is this right? Is it should be automatically killed/aborted if this
happens?

I've seen and reported this problem many times, in this exact instance
(holddisk filled up) and also when there is a data timeout either
during the estimate phase or with amdump. Thing is that it's not 100%
reproducible in my local setup so I suspect that some other
condition(s) must be met for this to happen.

You don't specify your OS though...I've seen this on a server running
irix-6.5.19 (old!) and amanda 2.5.2p1.

jf

Thanks in advance.

CY


===========================================
Yu Chen
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chemistry Building, Rm 182
University of Maryland at Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250

phone:  (410)455-1728 (primary)
        (410)455-6347 (secondary)
fax:    (410)455-1174
email:  chen AT hhmi.umbc DOT edu
===========================================

===========================================
Yu Chen
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chemistry Building, Rm 182
University of Maryland at Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250

phone:  (410)455-1728 (primary)
        (410)455-6347 (secondary)
fax:    (410)455-1174
email:  chen AT hhmi.umbc DOT edu
===========================================