On Wednesday, April 27, 2011 05:33:53 PM Oscar Ricardo Silva did opine:
> On 04/27/2011 04:10 PM, gene heskett wrote:
> > On Wednesday, April 27, 2011 05:00:34 PM Oscar Ricardo Silva did opine:
> >> I've been using amanda for awhile but because of some "index not
> >> found" issues decided to try 3.2.2 (currently using 2.6.1p2). Right
> >> now backups on the new version work fine. The backup runs, files
> >> are created on the "virtual tapes" (writing backups to disk), mail
> >> is sent, etc. The problem comes when I try to recover a file and it
> >> appears to be an issue with the tape changer.
> >>
> >>
> >> On the client I see:
> >>
> >> Continue [?/Y/n/s/d]? Y
> >> Got no header and data from server, check in amidxtaped.*.debug and
> >> amandad.*.debug files on server
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> When I check the debug files on the server, I get:
> >>
> >>
> >> [amanda@amanda tmp]$ cat
> >> ./amanda/server/newbktest/amidxtaped.20110427135604.debug
> >> 1303930564.513325: amidxtaped: pid 933 ruid 511 euid 511 version
> >> 2.6.1p2: start at Wed Apr 27 13:56:04 2011
> >> 1303930564.513380: amidxtaped: amidxtaped: version 2.6.1p2
> >> 1303930564.514121: amidxtaped:> FEATURES=ffffffff9ffeffffffff7f
> >> 1303930564.555152: amidxtaped:> CONFIG=newbktest
> >> 1303930564.555165: amidxtaped:> LABEL=newbktape-10:2
> >> 1303930564.555174: amidxtaped: append_to_tapelist(tapelist=(nil),
> >> label='newbktape-10', file=-1, partnum=-1, isafile=0)
> >> 1303930564.555185: amidxtaped: append_to_tapelist(tapelist=0xc855a80,
> >> label='newbktape-10', file=2, partnum=-1, isafile=0)
> >> 1303930564.555198: amidxtaped:> FSF=2
> >> 1303930564.555208: amidxtaped:> HEADER
> >> 1303930564.555217: amidxtaped:>
> >> DEVICE=chg-disk:/amandatapes/newbktapes 1303930564.555225:
> >> amidxtaped:> HOST=^networking.its.utexas.edu$ 1303930564.555237:
> >> amidxtaped:> DISK=^/boot$
> >> 1303930564.555245: amidxtaped:> DATESTAMP=20110427132216
> >> 1303930564.555252: amidxtaped:> END
> >> 1303930564.555971: amidxtaped: pid 933 ruid 511 euid 511 version
> >> 2.6.1p2: rename at Wed Apr 27 13:56:04 2011
> >> 1303930564.556098: amidxtaped: Restoring from changer, checking
> >> labels 1303930564.556108: amidxtaped: Locking devices
> >> 1303930564.556215: amidxtaped: Sending output to file descriptor 52
> >> 1303930564.558009: amidxtaped: changer:>> -info
> >> 1303930564.660259: amidxtaped: changer:<< EXITSTATUS 0
> >> 1303930564.660277: amidxtaped: changer:<< current 25 0 1
> >> 1303930564.660314: amidxtaped: changer:>> -slot current
> >> 1303930564.661268: amidxtaped: changer:<< EXITSTATUS 1
> >> 1303930564.661279: amidxtaped: changer:<< <error> Slot current not
> >> found 1303930564.661286: amidxtaped: changer: ERROR<error> Slot
> >> current not found 1303930564.661303: amidxtaped: changer:>> -info
> >> 1303930564.661602: amidxtaped: changer:<< EXITSTATUS 0
> >> 1303930564.661611: amidxtaped: changer:<< current 25 0 1
> >> 1303930564.661619: amidxtaped: changer_query: changer return was 25 0
> >> 1 1303930564.661628: amidxtaped: changer_query: searchable = 1
> >> 1303930564.661635: amidxtaped: changer_find: looking for
> >> newbktape-10 changer is searchable = 1
> >> 1303930564.661642: amidxtaped: changer_search: newbktape-10
> >> 1303930564.661651: amidxtaped: changer:>> -search newbktape-10
> >> 1303930564.663498: amidxtaped: changer:<< EXITSTATUS 0
> >> 1303930564.663510: amidxtaped: changer:<< 10
> >> 1303930564.663523: amidxtaped: changer:>> -slot current
> >> 1303930564.664820: amidxtaped: changer:<< EXITSTATUS 1
> >> 1303930564.664831: amidxtaped: changer:<< <error> Slot current not
> >> found 1303930564.664838: amidxtaped: changer: ERROR<error> Slot
> >> current not found 1303930564.664856: amidxtaped: critical (fatal):
> >> loadlabel_slot: assertion `rc> 1 || device_name != NULL' failed
> >> amidxtaped: loadlabel_slot: assertion `rc> 1 || device_name != NULL'
> >> failed /usr/local/amanda/lib/libamanda-2.6.1p2.so[0x2b935a2b84e2]
> >> /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_logv+0x26f)[0x32df634d5f]
> >> /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_log+0x83)[0x32df634f33]
> >> /usr/local/amanda/lib/librestore-2.6.1p2.so(loadlabel_slot+0x3f5)[0x2
> >> b93 59c54b25]
> >> /usr/local/amanda/lib/libamserver-2.6.1p2.so(changer_find+0x1b8)[0x2b
> >> 93 59e61f58]
> >> /usr/local/amanda/lib/librestore-2.6.1p2.so(search_tapes+0x413)[0x2b9
> >> 35 9c570f3]
> >> /usr/local/amanda/libexec/amidxtaped(main+0xbd3)[0x403213]
> >> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4)[0x32db61d994]
> >> /usr/local/amanda/libexec/amidxtaped[0x4020a9]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> In amanda.conf I define this:
> >>
> >> tapedev "chg-disk:/amandatapes/newbktapes"
> >> tapetype vtape
> >>
> >> define tapetype vtape {
> >>
> >> length 500 mbytes
> >>
> >> }
> >
> > 500 megs???? How many of these virtual tapes do you allow it to use
> > per run? That is "runtapes" in the amanda.conf.
> >
> > I am a home usr, using a commodity 1 terrabyte drive for the vtapes,
> > and my tapetype is set for about 30Gb. I am backing up this machine,
> > and pieces of the one out in the shop that runs my cnc milling
> > machine, on a 5 day cycle, so each days runs vary from 12Gb to 25Gb.
> > 500 megs I outgrew by 1998. ;-)
>
> This is just a test and I'm backing up /boot on a single system. Since
> this is currently a test I didn't want to wait too long for a backup to
> complete. My production backups are generally 400-500GB per night.
>
>
>
> Oscar
Chuckle, details do help. So that makes everything fit.
So your real problem then is likely that somehow, the 2.6.1p2 stuff is
still running and it doesn't know about a lot of things the newer one can
do.
How did you install the 3.2.2? From the tarball, locally built, or from
the distributions repo?
--
Cheers, Gene
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