Amanda-Users

Re: Amanda always doing full backup?

2009-05-14 12:42:49
Subject: Re: Amanda always doing full backup?
From: "Dustin J. Mitchell" <dustin AT zmanda DOT com>
To: Brandon Metcalf <brandon AT geronimoalloys DOT com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 12:28:36 -0400
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Brandon Metcalf
<brandon AT geronimoalloys DOT com> wrote:
> Yep, this makes sense based on the notes from the planner.  I guess
> the only reason it would be a problem is if I'm running out of space
> on which I stored the backups?

This is one of many reasons that oversubscribing your vtapes is a
problematic configuration.  If your vtapes are oversubscribed, you
need to pay *very* close attention to what Amanda is doing, and make
adjustments early, before Amanda finds a vtape with 0kb available.

Dustin

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