Re: HP Ultrium LTO C7972A Tapetype parameters

2005-06-15 Thread Paul Bijnens
Tim Edwards wrote: Since it took almost 50 hours(!) for amtapetype to produce this I Reading the docs for 1 minute more :-) , would have reduced this to a much more reasonable value, like 6-8 hours. Just give the -e 200g parameter. On the other hand, it could also be that you have connected

Re: HP Ultrium LTO C7972A Tapetype parameters

2005-06-15 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Paul Bijnens wrote: Tim Edwards wrote: Since it took almost 50 hours(!) for amtapetype to produce this I Reading the docs for 1 minute more :-) , would have reduced this to a much more reasonable value, like 6-8 hours. Just give the -e 200g parameter. On the other

Re: I am correctly concluding I need only a tapecycle of 10 tapes - Using 10 tapes for fortnightly backup scheme.

2005-06-15 Thread Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator
Hi Again Would it be simplier to create a Monthly config for a monthly full backup that con exists with my Daily. If So is there and examples of this setup. Cheers On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 16:43 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 14 June 2005 09:03, Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote:

Re: I am correctly concluding I need only a tapecycle of 10 tapes - Using 10 tapes for fortnightly backup scheme.

2005-06-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 15 June 2005 05:21, Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote: Hi Again Would it be simplier to create a Monthly config for a monthly full backup that con exists with my Daily. If So is there and examples of this setup. Cheers Essentially yes, with (IIRC, please check me on that,

Re: I am correctly concluding I need only a tapecycle of 10 tapes - Using 10 tapes for fortnightly backup scheme.

2005-06-15 Thread Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator
Hi again From what I gathered I will more than likely go with labelling 22 tapes for 2 week cycle not including weekends and 12 DAT DDS-4 to pull out at the end on the month. When I pull the monthly tape i.e daily14 out can I just label a replacement tape daily14 as per the pulled tape or must

Re: Using 10 tapes for fortnightly DailySet backup scheme and for a Monthly Config 12 tapes.

2005-06-15 Thread Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator
Hi again If I run a Monthly config #'sudo -u amanda crontab -e # Backup check running amcheck at 4.30pm on the 2nd day of each and every month. 30 16 2 1-12 * /usr/sbin/amcheck MonthlySet1 Thus use 12 DSS-4 DAT Tapes and set the Monthly amanda.conf as below dumpcycle 4 weeks # the

Re: Using 10 tapes for fortnightly DailySet backup scheme and for a Monthly Config 12 tapes.

2005-06-15 Thread Martin Hepworth
Chuck on closer thought dumpcycle will need to be zero as the config assumes one run per day - ie the dumopcycle is really per invocation of this config, and doesn't count actual days -- Martin Hepworth Snr Systems Administrator Solid State Logic Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300 Chuck Amadi

Re: Using 10 tapes for fortnightly DailySet backup scheme and for a Monthly Config 12 tapes.

2005-06-15 Thread Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator
Hi Martin Please check over So create in /etc/amanda/MonthlySet1/amanda.conf dumpcycle 0 weeks # the number of days in the normal dump cycle runspercycle 1 # One run per month tapecycle 12 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation 12 per Year. In my crontab for amanda user

Re: Using 10 tapes for fortnightly DailySet backup scheme and for a Monthly Config 12 tapes.

2005-06-15 Thread Martin Hepworth
chuck yup assuming labelstr ^MonthlySet1[0-1][0-9]*$ -- Martin Hepworth Snr Systems Administrator Solid State Logic Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300 Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote: Hi Martin Please check over So create in /etc/amanda/MonthlySet1/amanda.conf dumpcycle 0 weeks # the

Files attributes

2005-06-15 Thread Montagni, Giovanni
Using amrecover is it possible to view files attributes without reestore data? For example, is possible to know the creation date of a file backed up 3 days ago? or if it was in read-only? thanks for any help, Giovanni

compile problems

2005-06-15 Thread khalid maqsudi
Hello, I am trying to re-install amanda 2.4.4p1 (also tried 2.4.5 and same error) and am getting the following error. make[1]: *** [libamanda.la] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/cust/home/amanda/amanda-2.4.5/common-src' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 My SMCgcc version 3.3.2 I'm

[dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk]

2005-06-15 Thread Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator
Hi all server.domain.co.uk:/ 0 planner: [dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk] I had changed the disklist from /etc to / and run amdump #disklist file #server.domain.co.uk / comp-root-tar #Thought I was using tar. and I get the above error. Whats the best to

Re: [dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk]

2005-06-15 Thread Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator
Hi Just read the following about amanda? Amanda can not back up filesystems that are larger than the tape will fit Amanda can not back up filesystems that are larger than the tape will fit. I. e. Amanda can not span tapes. It is unclear whether this is a bug or a feature. :-) Allowing

restore file from windows client

2005-06-15 Thread Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
Is there a document on how to restore files backed up via smbclient from a windows host? I'm looking through the docs and list archives, but can't seem to find it. :-/ -- Eric Dantan Rzewnicki | Systems Administrator Technical Operations Division | Radio Free Asia 2025 M Street, NW |

Re: GNUTAR exclude lists not working in Windows or Linux

2005-06-15 Thread Paul Bijnens
Paul Bijnens wrote on 2 June 2005: OK, I'll jump on this. Any progress on this problem? Can you reproduce the problem with a small setup, that I could duplicate here? -- Paul Bijnens, XplanationTel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM

Re: [dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk]

2005-06-15 Thread Paul Bijnens
Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote: server.domain.co.uk:/ 0 planner: [dump larger than tape, 2866960 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk] [..] Whats the best to tackle this still using DSS-4 150mm DAT tapes. and how to cannot incremental dump new disk as above error. I think you

Re: I am correctly concluding I need only a tapecycle of 10 tapes - Using 10 tapes for fortnightly backup scheme.

2005-06-15 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 01:29:29PM +0100, Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote: Hi again From what I gathered I will more than likely go with labelling 22 tapes for 2 week cycle not including weekends and 12 DAT DDS-4 to pull out at the end on the month. When I pull the monthly tape

Re: Files attributes

2005-06-15 Thread Paul Bijnens
Montagni, Giovanni wrote: Using amrecover is it possible to view files attributes without reestore data? using amrecover, no. For example, is possible to know the creation date of a file backed up 3 days ago? or if it was in read-only? Once you have located the tape, and filenumber, you

Re: Files attributes

2005-06-15 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 05:01:33PM +0200, Montagni, Giovanni wrote: Using amrecover is it possible to view files attributes without reestore data? For example, is possible to know the creation date of a file backed up 3 days ago? or if it was in read-only? Unix systems do not store a

lbrary error after compile.

2005-06-15 Thread khalid maqsudi
Solaris 8 Amanda version 2.4.5 ldd /usr/local/sbin/amcheck libamserver-2.4.5.so = /usr/local/lib/libamserver-2.4.5.so libamtape-2.4.5.so = /usr/local/lib/libamtape-2.4.5.so libamanda-2.4.5.so = /usr/local/lib/libamanda-2.4.5.so libgen.so.1 = /usr/lib/libgen.so.1 libm.so.1 =

Re: lbrary error after compile.

2005-06-15 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 12:26:07PM -0400, khalid maqsudi wrote: Solaris 8 Amanda version 2.4.5 ldd /usr/local/sbin/amcheck libamserver-2.4.5.so = /usr/local/lib/libamserver-2.4.5.so libamtape-2.4.5.so =/usr/local/lib/libamtape-2.4.5.so

Re: lbrary error after compile.

2005-06-15 Thread Paul Bijnens
khalid maqsudi wrote: Solaris 8 Amanda version 2.4.5 ldd /usr/local/sbin/amcheck [...] libgcc_s.so.1 = (file not found) [...] The file that says file not found is in /usr/lib Are you sure? -- Paul Bijnens, XplanationTel

Re: Planner timeout problem

2005-06-15 Thread Aazevedo
- Mensagem Original De: Matt Hyclak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: amanda-users@amanda.org amanda-users@amanda.org Assunto: Re: Planner timeout problem Data: 10/06/05 19:39 I'd be willing to be that there is a firewall running on matriz. amcheck can usually pass a firewall where

Fw: daily backups AMANDA MAIL REPORT FOR June 15, 2005

2005-06-15 Thread khalid maqsudi
I'm so close to a succesful back, yet not good enough. Can some help me figure out what the problem is . -Khalid -Original Message- From: amanda backup user [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 7:42 PM To: Khalid Maqsudi Subject: daily backups AMANDA MAIL REPORT