On Saturday 20 March 2004 06:26, James Tappin wrote: >Sorry I can't thread this with a related thread a day or 2 back, but > I hadn't subscribed then and the e-groups interface won't allow a > reply by mail. > >I've been having a similar problem in that as of 14 March all > dump-based backups on my main machine have been failing because of > an all estimate filed error. Tar-based backups are working > correctly. > >The disklist file has (inter alia) >xena / comp-root -1 local >localhost /usr high-tar >localhost /usr/local comp-user -1 local >localhost /opt comp-root >localhost /var comp-user -1 local >localhost /home comp-high -1 local >localhost /software comp-user -1 local >localhost /data4 comp-user -1 local >localhost /data5 comp-user -1 local >localhost /data7 comp-user -1 local > >gabrielle / comp-root >gabrielle /home comp-high >.. >.. >.. > >Initially all the localhost lines had the same form as the one for >/usr/local the variations are things I've tried to see if they have > any effect. xena is the local machine. All the disks on the remote > hosts are dumping correctly. > >The logs for one of the failing disks have: > >localhost:/var overdue 5 days for level 0 >setup_estimate: localhost:/var: command 0, options: > last_level 2 next_level0 -5 level_days 4 > getting estimates 0 (376905) 2 (83135) 3 (0) >.. >.. >.. >planner: time 151.784: got result for host localhost disk /var: 0 -> > -1K, 2 -> -1K, 3 -> -1K > >The timing of the problem does not appear to correspond with updated >versions of either amanda or dump in the Debian repository. > >James
1: Do NOT use localhost in your disklist, use FQDN's only 2: AFAIK, dump doesn't do subdirs, only partitions, so if zena /usr/local is just a subdir of zena /, dump is probably dead although I'll be the first to admit I'm not a dump expert. 3: Because of 2, we're personally bent toward tar, version 1.13-19 or later. It does all that stuff just fine. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
