Another question:
How can I verify that those DLE entries were in fact only dumped after
05:00? In the Amanda email report I can see when the backups completed,
and can more or less work out from that when writing to tape started for
them. But I'd like to check when they actually started dumping.
I checked through the logs in /var/log/amanda/server/daily, but the only
relevant thing that may be what I'm looking for is from
dumper.20080722235901.debug (my job started at 23:59, and I set up those
disklist entries with starttime 0500):
1216790552.349935: dumper: getcmd: PORT-DUMP 00-00006 11003 server2
fffffeff9ffeffff070000 /dir4/backups/backup1 NODEVICE 0 1970:1:1:0:0:0
GNUTAR X X X
|;auth=BSD;compress-fast;index;exclude-list=/etc/amanda/exclude-list;
OPTIONS features=ffffffff9ffeffffffff00;hostname=server2;
1216790552.535954: dumper: name = 'server2'
Any ideas on where I can find this information?
Thank you.
Johan
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Johan Booysen
Sent: 22 July 2008 17:07
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: RE: dumporder parameter
Hi,
No worries - I thought maybe my question was obvious to the point of not
being worthy a reply... :)
Paul Bijns did point out to me that the starttime parameter would be the
one to try, so I will do that. Here's what he said:
The dumpers are not spread in order of the disklist. You cannot map
the third letter to the third server.
There is the disklist parameter "starttime":
starttime int
Default: none. Backups will not start until after this time of day.
The
value should be hh*100+mm, e.g. 6:30PM (18:30) would be entered as
1830.
e.g.
Server2 /dir4/backups/backup1 {
comp-user-tar
dumpcycle 0 # force a full backup each time
starttime 0700
}
Server3 /dir5/backups/backup2 {
comp-user-tar
dumpcycle 0
starttime 0705
}
So I've implemented his suggestions and will see what happens on the
next Amanda run.
Thanks!
Johan
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Jon LaBadie
Sent: 22 July 2008 15:10
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: dumporder parameter
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 09:37:17AM +0100, Johan Booysen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got no reply so apologies if it was a stupid question. I'm now
simply
> using dumporder "Ssss", and Amanda seems to be dumping disklist
entries
> starting from largest to smallest, which will work just fine for me.
> I'm doing level 0 backups each night, and know how long the largest
DLE
> takes, so can reasonably accurately work out when to start the backup
> job.
>
> Anyways - I'll keep an eye on it just to make sure it keeps on doing
> that.
>
John,
I didn't reply because I've never used the feature.
As no one else has, I'll suggest you look at the "starttime"
parameter. If specified in a dumptype the dump of DLEs using
that dumptype will not begin until after the indicated time.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Johan Booysen
> Sent: 18 July 2008 21:20
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: dumporder parameter
>
> I have a question about the dumporder parameter in amanda.conf.
>
> I want to back up 4 servers. The volumes of data on disk are as
> follows:
>
> Server1
> /dir1 298G
> /dir2 74G
> /dir3 66G
> Server2
> /dir4/backups/backup1 57G
> Server3
> /dir5/backups/backup2 28G
> Server4
> /dir6/backups/backup3 9.5G
>
> My problem is that all the data to back up on Server2, Server3, and
> Server4 isn't necessarily ready to be backed up until around 7am each
> morning (this could possibly be moved to as early as 5am, but not by
> much more than that). Server1 can be backed up at any time I wish
> during the night. The sizes of the data to be backed up are fairly
> static - I don't anticipate massive sudden increases (touch wood). I
> also now have the capacity to force full backups each night. The data
> on Servers 2, 3, and 4 will change completely each night anyway, so I
> know I'll be backing up the amounts as above, even if I used Amanda
the
> classic way of level 0s and level 1s.
>
> How can I configure the dumporder parameter to first back up Server1
(I
> know how long a level 0 of that will take to dump) before doing the
> other servers? Then I can plan more accurately when to actually start
> the backup job.
>
> Something like "SSsS", if I want to back up Server1 first, then
Server2,
> then Server4, and then Server3 (Server3 takes the longest to create
the
> data to back up, so should come last)?
>
> No sooner had I gotten the backup server to work with two tape drives,
> than one tape drive died. Now I have a fancy new tape drive with lots
> of capacity, so I'm trying to consolidate backups that previously were
> done seperately, i.e. previously Servers 2, 3, and 4 weren't part of
the
> Amanda backup routine at all.
>
> I'd appreciate any advice.
>
> Johan
>
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