On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 10:19:31AM +0100, Angie Yee wrote: > Hello there, > > I have a problem with the amanda backup. > > Amanda is totally stop working after I amflush all the logfiles in > /usr/am_dump.
?Logfiles? I presume you mean dump files. Why did you have to amflush them? Did you get a good report from amflush? > When I execute amcleanup, the messages shown as below: > amcleanup: no unprocessed logfile to clean up. > Scanning /usr/am_dump... Why did you have to do an amcleanup? > When I execute amcheck, here is the message: > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > ----------------------------- > Holding disk /usr/am_dump: 6291244 KB disk space available, that's plenty > NOTE: skipping tape-writable test > Tape fs3_3 label ok <----***I have put this tape on Wednesday and this is > still OK on Friday!!!*** Yes, but have any amdumps run since then? What did your amdump reports say? > Server check took 3.831 seconds > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > Client check: 1 host checked in 0.033 seconds, 0 problems found > > When I execute amrecover, here is the message: > AMRECOVER Version 2.4.2p2. Contacting server on fs3 ... > 220 fs3 AMANDA index server (2.4.2p2) ready. > 200 Access OK > Setting restore date to today (2003-07-04) > 200 Working date set to 2003-07-04. > 200 Config set to FS3. > 200 Dump host set to fs3. > Can't determine disk and mount point from $CWD > > Then I setdisk to /vol0, the error message is: > Scanning /usr/am_dump... > 200 Disk set to /vol0. > No index records for disk for specified date > If date correct, notify system administrator Maybe there were no amdumps between Tuesday 7/1 and 7/4. Thus there were no index records for 7/4. What if you set the date to earlier? > Please find an attachment of amanda.conf file. Would you please advise > where is it gone wrong? I'd rather see the reports. But looking at your first few lines of amanda.conf I suspect you are not getting any. > org "abc" # your organization name for reports Is that the name of your organization? > mailto "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" # space separated list of operators at your site Is that your email address? You can't get the reports mailed to you if it is not. > dumpuser "root" # the user to run dumps under Do you really run your dumps as root? Most don't. > dumpcycle 2 weeks > runspercycle 10 > tapecycle 10 tapes DANGER! DANGER! DANGER! tapecycle equals runspercycle > runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of amdump > tapedev "/dev/nst0" # the no-rewind tape device to be used > rawtapedev "/dev/null" # the raw device to be used (ftape only) > > tapetype DLT # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below) > labelstr "^fs3_[0-9]" # label constraint regex: all tapes must match this won't allow for tapes numbered with more than one digit. > > holdingdisk sda5 { > comment "main holding disk" > directory "/usr/am_dump" # where the holding disk is > use 3 Gb # how much space can we use on it > chunksize 1Gb # size of chunk if you want big dump to be > } > > # reserve 30 # percent You are not using your holding disk unless you set a reserve value. The default is to reserve all of the holding disk for degraded mode. > infofile "/usr/am_log/FS3/curinfo" # database DIRECTORY > logdir "/usr/am_log/FS3" # log directory > indexdir "/usr/am_log/FS3/index" # index directory Just to be sure, /usr/am_log/FS3/ is where your amanda.conf file is? > define tapetype DLT { > comment "DLT tape drives" > length 35025 mbytes # 80 Gig tapes > filemark 2528 kbytes # I don't know what this means > speed 2534 kbytes # 1.5 Mb/s > } > > > # dumptypes which are you using? > > define dumptype global { > comment "Global definitions" > index yes > } > > define dumptype always-full { > global > comment "Full dump of this filesystem always" > compress none > priority high > index yes > dumpcycle 0 > } > > define dumptype root-tar { > global > program "GNUTAR" > comment "root partitions dumped with tar" > compress none > index yes > exclude list "/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar" > priority low > } > > define dumptype user-tar { > define dumptype user-tar { This doesn't look right. Is it in your amanda.conf like that? > root-tar > comment "user partitions dumped with tar" > index yes > priority medium > } > > define dumptype high-tar { > root-tar > comment "partitions dumped with tar" > index yes > priority high > } > > define dumptype comp-root-tar { > root-tar > comment "Root partitions with compression" > compress client fast > index yes > } > > define dumptype comp-user-tar { > user-tar > compress client fast > index yes > } > > define dumptype holding-disk { > global > comment "The master-host holding disk itself" > holdingdisk no # do not use the holding disk > index yes > priority medium > } > > define dumptype comp-user { > global > comment "Non-root partitions on reasonably fast machines" > compress client fast > compress client fast > index yes > priority medium > } > > define dumptype nocomp-user { > comp-user > comment "Non-root partitions on slow machines" > index yes > program "GNUTAR" > compress client fast > } > > define dumptype comp-root { > global > comment "Root partitions with compression" > compress client fast > index yes > priority low > } > > define dumptype nocomp-root { > comp-root > comment "Root partitions without compression" > index yes > compress none > } > > define dumptype comp-high { > global > comment "very important partitions on fast machines" > compress client best > index yes > priority high > } > > define dumptype nocomp-high { > comp-high > comment "very important partitions on slow machines" > comment "very important partitions on slow machines" > index yes > compress none > } > > define dumptype nocomp-test { > global > comment "test dump without compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording" > compress none > record no > index yes > priority medium > } > > define dumptype comp-test { > nocomp-test > comment "test dump with compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording" > index yes > compress client fast > } > > > define interface local { > comment "a local disk" > > define dumptype comp-test { Again, this doesn't look syntactically correct. Is it in your amanda.conf? > nocomp-test > comment "test dump with compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording" > index yes > compress client fast > } > > > define interface local { > comment "a local disk" Duplicates what was started above. > use 1000 kbps > } > > define interface le0 { > comment "10 Mbps ethernet" > use 400 kbps > } > What do your amdump reports show? -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)