garbage collect: free orphaned chunks from disks?

Heiko Schlittermann <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Mar 2023 08:14:41 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.archivers.amanda.user
Organization	schlittermann -- internet & unix support
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Hi,

if I understand and observed well, then for a disk based backup we have the chunks as
single files in the slot* directories.

Given a series of dumps like

        a-host a-disk 1 1 1 0 1 1

the left most level 1 dumps are worthless, because we already dropped
the "base" level 0.

- Does amanda delete these files? From the output of `amadmin find` it
  does not look as if it does.
- Is there any pre-existing tool / procedure to do so?
  - If not: 
    - Would this be useful?
    - Where would you look for it?
    - Where would it fit best (amtape? amadmin? amcleanup?)

    Best regards from Dresden/Germany
    Viele Grüße aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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