Configuration with IBM Ultrium Tape 2U Autoloader 3581

2005-06-24 Thread frank cheong
Anyone know how to config IBM Ultrium Tape 2U Autoloader 3581 with amanda ?

Simple backup tape encryption

2005-06-24 Thread Bruce Fletcher
I would like to propose an idea for the Amanda wishlist. Assuming there aren't enough items on that list already... What I would like to see is the option of simple encryption of backup tapes. I'm not looking for over-the-wire encryption or client side encryption, I just want my tapes to be

Re: Configuration with IBM Ultrium Tape 2U Autoloader 3581

2005-06-24 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 at 3:51pm, frank cheong wrote Anyone know how to config IBM Ultrium Tape 2U Autoloader 3581 with amanda ? Amanda schedule backups and coordinates running them. Period. All communication with loaders and tape drives is via standard OS utilties. So, get your OS talking

Re: AMANDA+Samba setup...

2005-06-24 Thread Paul Bijnens
boztr0n wrote: selfcheck: time 0.000: checking disk //rockwell/docs selfcheck: time 0.000: spawning /usr/bin/smbclient in pipeline selfcheck: argument list: smbclient \\rockwell\docs -U backup -E -W NETSETGOODS -c quit selfcheck: time 0.311: samba access error: //rockwell/docs: Error connecting

Re: AMANDA+Samba setup...

2005-06-24 Thread Matt Hyclak
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 03:51:13PM +0200, Paul Bijnens enlightened us: What is also strange is your statement just before the above paragraph: When I take a look at the Amanda logs in /var here is what I see: because the logs that contain the above lines is in /tmp/amanda/ unless you make

Re: AMANDA+Samba setup...

2005-06-24 Thread Jay Fenlason
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 10:04:49AM -0400, Matt Hyclak wrote: On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 03:51:13PM +0200, Paul Bijnens enlightened us: What is also strange is your statement just before the above paragraph: When I take a look at the Amanda logs in /var here is what I see: because the

Re: Configuration with IBM Ultrium Tape 2U Autoloader 3581

2005-06-24 Thread frank cheong
What should I set the below section ? tpchanger ? what about tapetype ? On 6/24/05, Joshua Baker-LePain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 at 3:51pm, frank cheong wrote Anyone know how to config IBM Ultrium Tape 2U Autoloader 3581 with amanda ? Amanda schedule backups and

amcheck is ok, but amdump is not good

2005-06-24 Thread Lei Zhong
It passed amcheck. When I ran amdump, there was no error reporting. However, when I ran amrestore, I got amrestore: reached end of tape error. So I went back to check the log file: DISK planner amandtest.applimation.com /amtest START planner date 20050624 INFO planner Adding new disk

Re: amcheck is ok, but amdump is not good

2005-06-24 Thread Matt Hyclak
amandtest.applimation.com /amtest START planner date 20050624 INFO planner Adding new disk amandtest.applimation.com:/amtest. START driver date 20050624 START taper datestamp 20050624 label DailySet101 tape 0 STATS driver startup time 0.038 FINISH planner date 20050624 time 1.297 FAIL dumper

amcheck is ok, but amdump is not good

2005-06-24 Thread Lei Zhong
Thanks. I changed my disklist file to amandtest.applimation.com /amtest comp-root-tar. Now it didn't pass the amcheck. Here is the error: ERROR: amandtest.applimation.com: [Can't open exclude file '/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar': No such file or directory] Client check: 1 host

Re: Configuration with IBM Ultrium Tape 2U Autoloader 3581

2005-06-24 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
frank cheong wrote: What should I set the below section ? tpchanger ? what about tapetype ? On 6/24/05, Joshua Baker-LePain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look at utlities like mt (for the tape drive) and mtx (for the loader), and, if you have problems, come back with *much more information*

Re: amcheck is ok, but amdump is not good

2005-06-24 Thread Matt Hyclak
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 12:00:44PM -0400, Lei Zhong enlightened us: Thanks. I changed my disklist file to amandtest.applimation.com /amtest comp-root-tar. Now it didn't pass the amcheck. Here is the error: ERROR: amandtest.applimation.com: [Can't open exclude file

Re: amcheck is ok, but amdump is not good

2005-06-24 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Lei Zhong wrote: Thanks. I changed my disklist file to amandtest.applimation.com /amtest comp-root-tar. Now it didn't pass the amcheck. Here is the error: ERROR: amandtest.applimation.com: [Can't open exclude file '/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar': No such file or directory]

Re: amcheck is ok, but amdump is not good

2005-06-24 Thread Lei Zhong
You guys rock. I put exclude.gtar on the client machine. It works perfectly. Thanks so much. Lei Zhong Applimation, Inc. 242 W. 36th St. New York, NY 10018 212.500.1149

Re: amcheck is ok, but amdump is not good

2005-06-24 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Lei Zhong wrote: You guys rock. Sure we do ;) -- Stefan G. Weichinger AMANDA core team member mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- oops! linux consulting implementation http://www.oops.co.at --

Re: [off-topip] Better Backup Media

2005-06-24 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 at 3:56pm, Mitch Collinsworth wrote On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: Actually, with LTO3, I'm a bit worried about keeping the tape streaming when writing from staged dumps. Native transfer rate of LTO-3 is stated as 288 GB/hr, which is about 76 MiB/s.

Question of Use (-or- Am I trying to use an Uzi to kill gnats)

2005-06-24 Thread Roger Wilber
I've been looking for software that will allow me to backup my large amount of data as simple tar archives on DLT tapes for permanent archival. This will happen only once and will be the final backup of the data EVER. I do not get to choose the type or format of tapes used nor do I get to choose

Re: Question of Use (-or- Am I trying to use an Uzi to kill gnats)

2005-06-24 Thread Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 03:47:55PM -0400, Roger Wilber wrote: I've been looking for software that will allow me to backup my large amount of data as simple tar archives on DLT tapes for permanent archival. This will happen only once and will be the final backup of the data EVER. I do not get

Re: Question of Use (-or- Am I trying to use an Uzi to kill gnats)

2005-06-24 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 03:47:55PM -0400, Roger Wilber wrote: I've been looking for software that will allow me to backup my large amount of data as simple tar archives on DLT tapes for permanent archival. This will happen only once and will be the final backup of the data EVER. I do not get