This failure is due to a change in tar behavior (in tar 1.16) Amanda was updated for this new behavior in amanda-2.5.1p3. You need amanda-2.5.1p3 or 2.5.2.
Jean-Louis Freels, James D. wrote:
Hello, I am running amanda-server 2.5.1p1-2.1 on several clients of the same version; all under linux/debian/stable (etch). This new version (from debian/sarge of v2.4.x vintage, have been using AMANDA for years) has a few new features, including different messages, so I need help interpreting it. In the "FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:" section, I now often the messages "FAILED [/bin/tar returned 1]" Below this message in the "FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:" the failed filesystem indicates "file changed as we read it". In almost every instance, it seems that this error message in the previous version would not have shown up as a failure, but perhaps a "strange" error was the wording that used to be used. For example, the AMANDA dump messages themselves will change during a backup, so sure it will change, but is this an failure ? What can be done to remove these error messages if they are not really a failure ? James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED]