I checked the amanda.conf file, and yes, I am indexing. Thanks, Steve
--- Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 29 September 2005 21:26, Steve H wrote: > >I am on a Red Hat 9 box. Pervious tar verion was 1.13, just upgraded to > > 1.15 and it didn't fix the issue. What do you mean by indexing DLE? > > > >Thanks, > >Steve > > > I think he was referring to the DLE (DiskList Entry) pointing to a > dumptype that had a line saying "index yes". > > You can set this once in the global section of your amanda.conf as > long as the final dumptype chosen does an "include global" > > >--- Vera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I do not remember exactly what was a reason for this error, but I saw > >> it before :-) > >> > >> 1. Are you indexing this DLE? > >> 2. What OS are you using? FC3 distributive had tar 1.14 with a bug - > > >> check the amrecover log file and if error happens at the "tar" point, > >> then simple upgrade your tar RPM or reinstall it from sources > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Steve H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:42 PM > >> Subject: Using amrecover - strange happenings > >> > >> > Guys, > >> > > >> > I would appreciate some help with this one, as it's freaking me > >> > out. I have > >> > been getting backups for a while now of a particular host and file > >> > system. I > >> > have tested the recovery before and it worked great. > >> > This time, I put the necessary tape in, and run amrecover and it > >> > will only > >> > restore the directories. The files will not restore, and I keep > >> > getting the > >> > error: > >> > > >> > ./laptopBackups/Documents and Settings/My Documents/ > >> > tar: Unexpected EOF in archive > >> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > >> > extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 2 > >> > Continue [?/Y/n]? > >> > > >> > so I started looking at the actual index for that and their are no > >> > files listed > >> > in the index, only directories. > >> > > >> > I started checking the dates, and it seems like the directories have > >> > been backed up, and they all have the same date of backup, but the > >> > actual documents > >> > have a different date. It's like they were backed up once, but > >> > never got backed up again. > >> > > >> > Does this have to do with the tape rotation? what am I missing? I > >> > have the > >> > tape that lists the documents, and it even lists them when I browse > >> > the tape > >> > with amrecover, but I can't extract them, I get the error above. > >> > > >> > Please help, > >> > Steve > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > __________________________________ > >> > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > >> > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >__________________________________ > >Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > 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) > 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly > Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above > message by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
