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===Solutions===
===Solutions===


# Disable compression on the failing DLE (by putting <tt>compress none</tt> in disklist file)  
You can try one of these:
# Use the fast instead of best compression (by putting <tt>compress client fast</tt>  in disklist file)  
 
# Compress data on the tape host (by putting <tt>compress server fast</tt> or <tt>compress server best</tt> in disklist file).
* Disable compression on the failing DLE (by putting <tt>compress none</tt> in disklist file)  
# Increase the <tt>dtimeout</tt> parameter in amanda.conf
* Use 'fast' rather than 'best' compression (by putting <tt>compress client fast</tt>  in disklist file)  
* Compress data on the tape host (by putting <tt>compress server fast</tt> or <tt>compress server best</tt> in disklist file).
* Increase the <tt>dtimeout</tt> parameter in amanda.conf





Revision as of 08:56, 9 June 2006

Issue

The backup starts normally but the following message shows up in the report:

 myhost.com /disk1 lev 0 FAILED [data timeout]


Diagnose

The cause of this is usually a slow client host which has to compress a large disk. If compression takes a long time, the server does not receive any data from the client and generates a "data timeout".

Solutions

You can try one of these:

  • Disable compression on the failing DLE (by putting compress none in disklist file)
  • Use 'fast' rather than 'best' compression (by putting compress client fast in disklist file)
  • Compress data on the tape host (by putting compress server fast or compress server best in disklist file).
  • Increase the dtimeout parameter in amanda.conf



See more amdump issues.