On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:12:02AM -0600, Yogish wrote: > Hi > I am a newbie with amanda, I have configured amanda according to a book, However > when I try to amdump it gives me following error.I have also attached the > amanada.conf and disklist files.Can anyone please help me
That is a very long single line. Spliting it is appreciated by some mail readers. > This was the error I ran into when I checked the log files > START planner date 20030722 > INFO planner Adding new disk localhost:/home/. Not a factor here, but it is strongly recommended that you NOT use localhost, but use machine names instead. > START driver date 20030722 > WARNING driver WARNING: ignoring holding disk /home/tmp: Permission denied Obvious permission/ownership problem on what you plan to use as a holding disk. > FINISH planner date 20030722 > STATS driver startup time 14.803 > ERROR taper no-tape [not an amanda tape] Sounds like you did not "amlabel" the tape. Each tape you use must first be labelled. > FAIL driver localhost /home/ 0 [can't switch to incremental dump] I'll guess your amanda.conf setting for reserve is the default 100%. Unless you lower it, your holding disk will not be used. Because of the ownership/permission problem this was not a factor. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)