Double check that you don't have a file size limit for anybody in /etc/security/limits.conf. Note that if your personal account has a file size limit and you "su" and "su amanda -c ..." the file size limit is carried forward through the "su"s.
If this is reproducible, you could try running an strace -p on one of the dumper processes. That's how I figured out what the problem was in my case - strace showed that it was being killed by SIGXFSZ. Hmm, could you be hitting a time limit? Try increasing your 'etimeout' setting. The phoenix-new messages could be a firewall issue. Sam Johnston wrote: > > Hello all, > > I recently ran into trouble after installing bastille, but thought I had > it resolved after successfully getting a level 0 of all the filesystems > I need dumped (local, remote and smb). Apparently not: > > dumper: stream_client: our side is 0.0.0.0.3626 > driver: result time 4294.126 from dumper3: > driver: dumping svr-new:/export/a directly to tape > driver: no idle dumpers for svr-new:/export/a. > driver: state time 4294.293 free kps: 8000 space: 3741552 taper: idle > idle-dumpe > rs: 4 qlen tapeq: 0 runq: 0 roomq: 0 wakeup: 86400 driver-idle: > no-dumpers > driver: interface-state time 4294.293 if : free 2500 if ETH0: free 3000 > if LOCAL > : free 2500 > driver: hdisk-state time 4294.293 hdisk 0: free 3741552 dumpers 0 > driver: QUITTING time 4294.293 telling children to quit > driver: send-cmd time 4294.293 ignored to down dumper dumper0: QUIT > driver: send-cmd time 4294.293 ignored to down dumper dumper1: QUIT > driver: send-cmd time 4294.293 ignored to down dumper dumper2: QUIT > driver: send-cmd time 4294.293 ignored to down dumper dumper3: QUIT > driver: send-cmd time 4294.293 to taper: QUIT > taper: DONE [idle wait: 4222.655 secs] > taper: writing end marker. [TAPE0007 OK kb 53984 fm 3] > > gzip: stdout: Broken pipe > driver: FINISHED time 4307.955 > amdump: end at Wed Nov 21 01:56:49 EST 2001 > > this results in the following output: > > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: > phoenix-ne /var/qmail lev 0 FAILED [Request to phoenix-new timed out.] > phoenix-ne /var lev 0 FAILED [Request to phoenix-new timed out.] > phoenix-ne /export/software lev 0 FAILED [Request to phoenix-new timed > out.] > phoenix-ne /export/public lev 0 FAILED [Request to phoenix-new timed > out.] > phoenix-ne /home lev 0 FAILED [Request to phoenix-new timed out.] > phoenix-ne / lev 0 FAILED [Request to phoenix-new timed out.] > svr-new /home lev 0 FAILED [dumper2 died] > svr-new //office-new/backup$ lev 1 FAILED [dumper3 died] > svr-new /export/a lev 1 FAILED [dump to tape failed] > <snip> > NOTES: > planner: Full dump of svr-new:/home promoted from 3 days ahead. > driver: dumper0 pid 5949 is messed up, ignoring it. > driver: dumper0 died while dumping svr-new:/home lev 0. > driver: dumper1 pid 5950 is messed up, ignoring it. > driver: dumper1 died while dumping svr-new://office-new/backup$ lev 1. > driver: dumper2 pid 5951 is messed up, ignoring it. > driver: dumper3 pid 5952 is messed up, ignoring it. > driver: no idle dumpers for svr-new:/export/a. > taper: tape NEWC0007 kb 53984 fm 3 [OK] > > I could spend all day staring at this and not know what's going on... > I'm hoping someone here has more of an idea. > > Sam
