Hi Mike - I think there might be a problem with that version of gtar. Try getting the most recent version (even though it's still labeled "alpha", that's the one you want). You will need to recompile the client to point Amanda to the correct gtar.
HTH -Doug On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Mike Heller wrote: > I am getting further with Amanda. I ran a backup last night but had a > problem: > > error [/bin/tar returned 2] > > This problem has come up in the past (searched the group) but there > seems to be no specific reason for this. I'm using tar version: > > tar (GNU tar) 1.13.11 > > I'm trying to backup: > > /boot always-full > / comp-root-tar > /big comp-root-tar > > With the result: > > DUMP SUMMARY: > DUMPER STATS TAPER STATS > HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s > -------------------------- --------------------------------- ------------ > 216.13.244.1 / 0 FAILED --------------------------------------- > 216.13.244.1 /big 0 1216126011274432 92.7 144:011304.7 144:021304.7 > 216.13.244.1 /boot 0 14560 14592 -- 0:027555.8 0:111374.2 > > > I'm not exactly sure why I can backup two partitions but not the third > (root). Is this a permissions issue? I exclude the following: > > ./mnt > ./proc > ./no_backup > ./backup > ./download > ./usr/doc > ./usr/man > ./usr/src > ./var/spool/mqueue > > Thanks for any help or direction you can provide. > Mike > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doug Silver 619 235-2665 Network Manager Urchin Software Corp. http://www.urchin.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
