Hi, I'm sure the tape was loaded because I checked it by running amtape and the files are restored when I comment out the tapedev "0". Please have a look at the amidxtaped* file attached. It seems that parameter for the tape device argv [7]="0" is not what amrecover wants. Thank you very much,
Co Quoting Eric Schnoebelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > - I've got the following error when I run amrecover: > - > - --------- > - amrecover> add dumpdates > - Added /etc/dumpdates > - amrecover> extract > - > - Extracting files using tape drive 0 on host typha.nmsu.edu. > - The following tapes are needed: Biology-1 > - > - Restoring files into directory /home/cngo > - Continue [?/Y/n]? y > - > - Extracting files using tape drive 0 on host typha.nmsu.edu. > - Load tape Biology-1 now > - Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? y > - EOF, check amidxtaped.<timestamp>.debug file on typha.nmsu.edu. > - amrecover: short block 0 bytes > - UNKNOWN file > - amrecover: Can't read file header > - extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1 > - Continue [?/Y/n/r]? y > - amrecover> > - ------------ > > What are the contents of amidxtaped.<timestamp>.debug? > That'd probably be most enlightening. > > As a guess, I'd say that the tape `Biology-1' wasn't > loaded when amidxtaped went to try and read from it. Did you > see (hear?) the robot load the tape at the after you answered > yes, and before the above error message occurred. > > - That error disappears if I comment out the 'tapedev "0" 'in my amanda.conf > > - file > > The error disappears, but are you able to restore the > file? > > -- > Eric Schnoebelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cirr.com > If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four > tellers? >
amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 3582 ruid 5555 euid 5555: start at Thu Jul 8 08:13:53 2004 amidxtaped: version 2.4.4p2 amidxtaped: time 0.190: > SECURITY USER root amidxtaped: time 0.190: bsd security: remote host typha.nmsu.edu user root local user backup amidxtaped: time 0.190: amandahosts security check passed amidxtaped: time 0.190: > CONFIG=backup amidxtaped: time 0.190: > LABEL=Biology-1 amidxtaped: time 0.190: > FSF=1 amidxtaped: time 0.190: > HEADER amidxtaped: time 0.190: > DEVICE=0 amidxtaped: time 0.190: > HOST=^typha$ amidxtaped: time 0.190: > DISK=^sd0a$ amidxtaped: time 0.190: > DATESTAMP=20040707 amidxtaped: time 0.191: > END amidxtaped: time 0.192: amrestore_nargs=0 amidxtaped: time 0.192: Ready to execv amrestore with: path = /usr/pkg/sbin/amrestore argv[0] = "amrestore" argv[1] = "-p" argv[2] = "-h" argv[3] = "-l" argv[4] = "Biology-1" argv[5] = "-f" argv[6] = "1" argv[7] = "0" argv[8] = "^typha$" argv[9] = "^sd0a$" argv[10] = "20040707" amrestore: could not stat 0: No such file or directory amidxtaped: time 0.195: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2 amidxtaped: could not stat 0: No such file or directory amidxtaped: time 0.195: could not stat 0: No such file or directory amidxtaped: time 0.195: pid 3582 finish time Thu Jul 8 08:13:53 2004
