Hi PB I reverted back to ./var, ./tmp as you So suggested and added ./media to the exclude list.
I run amdump and It looks like it's working accordingly as per the Dump Summary. Here's my output Sorry for the constant mails I now have a better understanding on whats going on and by next week will start my Monthly config. These dumps were to tape DailySet102. The next tape Amanda expects to use is: DailySet103. FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: greenbottl / lev 0 STRANGE STATISTICS: Total Full Daily -------- -------- -------- Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:00 Run Time (hrs:min) 0:32 Dump Time (hrs:min) 0:31 0:31 0:00 Output Size (meg) 5606.4 5606.4 0.0 Original Size (meg) 5606.4 5606.4 0.0 Avg Compressed Size (%) -- -- -- Filesystems Dumped 1 1 0 Avg Dump Rate (k/s) 3052.3 3052.3 -- Tape Time (hrs:min) 0:31 0:31 0:00 Tape Size (meg) 5606.4 5606.4 0.0 Tape Used (%) 28.7 28.7 0.0 Filesystems Taped 1 1 0 Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) 3052.0 3052.0 -- USAGE BY TAPE: Label Time Size % Nb DailySet102 0:31 5606.4 28.7 1 FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: /-- greenbottl / lev 0 STRANGE sendbackup: start [greenbottle.smtl.co.uk:/ level 0] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/tar sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/tar -f... - sendbackup: info end | gtar: ./dev/log: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.ICE-unix/19580: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop19563-1118847061: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.X11-unix/X0: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/ksocket-root/kdeinit-\:0: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/ksocket-root/kdeinit__0: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/ksocket-root/klaunchermrw2tb.slave-socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/mcop-root/linux_site-28b2-423ab4ee: socket ignored ? gtar: ./tmp/ssh-PFKtU17880/agent.17880: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory | gtar: ./tmp/ssh-TQywwj4017/agent.4017: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/lib/ntp/dev/log: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/run/.nscd_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/run/.resmgr_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/run/powersave_socket: socket ignored ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00757: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00758: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00759: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00760: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00761: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00762: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00763: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00764: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00765: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00766: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00767: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00768: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00769: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/cups/c00770: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/anvil: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bounce: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bsmtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/defer: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/error: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/ifmail: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/local: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/maildrop: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/procmail: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/proxymap: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/relay: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/smtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/trace: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/uucp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/verify: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/virtual: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/vscan: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/flush: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/showq: socket ignored | Total bytes written: 5878773760 (5.5GB, 3.0MB/s) sendbackup: size 5740990 sendbackup: end \-------- NOTES: planner: Last full dump of greenbottle.smtl.co.uk:/ on tape overwritten in 1 run. taper: tape DailySet102 kb 5741024 fm 1 [OK] DUMP SUMMARY: DUMPER STATS TAPER STATS HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s -------------------------- --------------------------------- ------------ greenbottle. / 0 57409905740990 -- 31:213052.3 31:213052.0 (brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.4p2) On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 14:52 +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote: > Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote: > > My fstab is as follows but when using Yast and floppy I have had no > > issues. > > > > /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom subfs > > fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 > > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs > > fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0 > > > > Aha, it's the subfs kernel module that notices access to these > dirs, and magically mounts the stuff. > > You need indeed to add "./media" to the excludes for that DLE. > > see: > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Submount > > I use mostly CentOS (and good old Slackware!) and they don't use > subfs. That's why I could not reproduce it. > > > -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator Chuck Amadi The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Email chuck.smtl.co.uk Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830