Oops — sorry:
$ amrecover <config> -d /dev/nstX
man amrecover -d tape-device
-t tape server (for a different tape host node)
Deb
> On Jan 27, 2020, at 2:08 PM, Debra S Baddorf <badd...@fnal.gov> wrote:
>
> You change it at the operating system command prompt:
>
> $ amrecover <config> -t /dev/nst36 # or some such! (kidding with
> the number)
> I had to use this command just last week.
>
> Deb Baddorf
> Fermilab
>
>> On Jan 27, 2020, at 1:44 PM, Chris Hoogendyk <hoogen...@bio.umass.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I'm running into some confusion running amrecover with Amanda version 3.5.1.
>>
>> I have a slightly complex amanda.conf with storage definitions that I
>> originally set up when I was running two tape libraries, one with an LTO6
>> drive and one with two LTO7 drives. I've decommissioned the LTO6 now, but I
>> still have the storage definition that is used for the LTO7. The backups
>> seem to be running just fine and sometimes will overlap with parallel
>> instances. I don't quite understand how Amanda keeps its brain straight when
>> this is happening, and maybe it doesn't entirely.
>>
>> When I use the amtape command, I will typically do something like "amtape -o
>> storage=research daily slot 24". The two drives show up as /dev/nst0 and
>> /dev/nst1. I have amanda-client.conf set to /dev/nst0, knowing that I can
>> change that on the fly to /dev/nst1.
>>
>> With amrecover, apparently there is no facility to indicate the storage.
>> I've tried and I've looked at the man page. When I simply do the amrecover
>> without that specified, I keep getting
>>
>> amrecover> extract
>>
>> Extracting files using tape drive tape:/dev/nst0 on host marlin.
>> The following tapes are needed: Bio-Research-027
>>
>> Extracting files using tape drive tape:/dev/nst0 on host marlin.
>> Load tape Bio-Research-027 now
>> Continue [?/Y/n/s/d]? y
>> Error reading Amanda header: block size too small
>> Load tape Bio-Research-027 now
>> Continue [?/Y/n/d]?
>>
>> I'm not sure where to go with this. Unfortunately, I have to get it ironed
>> out pretty quickly. I'm retiring at the end of this week, and I need to
>> provide documentation on how to do everything. This works on my other Amanda
>> servers, but this server is more complicated.
>>
>> I am copying the amanda.conf below. The tail of the amrecover log is at the
>> very end.
>>
>>
>> --
>> ---------------
>>
>> Chris Hoogendyk
>>
>> -
>> O__ ---- Systems Administrator
>> c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geosciences Departments
>> (*) \(*) -- 315 Morrill Science Center
>> ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
>>
>> <hoogen...@bio.umass.edu>
>>
>> ---------------
>>
>> Erdös 4
>>
>>
>>
>> # amanda.conf - sample Amanda configuration file. See amanda.conf(5) for
>> # details
>>
>> org "Biology (Marlin)" # your organization name for reports
>> #mailto "amanda" # space separated list of operators at your site
>> mailto "amanda"
>> mailer "/usr/bin/mailx"
>> dumpuser "amanda" # the user to run dumps under
>>
>> inparallel 10 # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel
>> (max 63)
>>
>> maxdumps 4
>> dumporder "tttTTTTTTT" # specify the priority order of each dumper
>>
>> taperalgo first # The algorithm used to choose which dump image
>> to send
>>
>> displayunit "k" # Possible values: "k|m|g|t"
>>
>> netusage 250000 Kbps # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per
>> sec
>>
>> dumpcycle 1 weeks # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
>> runspercycle 7 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days
>>
>> bumpsize 200 Mb # minimum savings (threshold) to bump level 1
>> -> 2
>> bumppercent 20 # minimum savings (threshold) to bump level 1
>> -> 2
>> bumpdays 1 # minimum days at each level
>> bumpmult 4 # threshold = bumpsize * bumpmult^(level-1)
>>
>> etimeout 2000 # number of seconds per filesystem for
>> estimates.
>> dtimeout 3600 # number of idle seconds before a dump is
>> aborted.
>> ctimeout 60 # maximum number of seconds that amcheck waits
>> # for each client host
>> device_output_buffer_size 10240k
>> # amount of buffer space to use when writing to devices
>>
>> storage "research"
>> #storage "research" "daily"
>>
>> flush-threshold-dumped 0
>> flush-threshold-scheduled 0
>> taperflush 0
>> autoflush yes
>>
>> tapetype "PSEUDO"
>> runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of
>> amdump
>>
>> maxdumpsize 15336444416 kbytes # Maximum number of bytes the
>> planner will schedule
>>
>> # To use a tape library, uncomment this definition. See amanda-changers(7)
>> # for more configuration options.
>> #
>> #<>define changer NEO200 {
>> #<> tpchanger
>> "chg-robot:/dev/tape/by-id/scsi-1IBM_3573-TL_00L2U78AB542_LL0" # your
>> changer device file (T24)
>> #<> property "tape-device" "0=tape:/dev/nst0" # your tape drive
>> device file
>> #<> property "use-slots" "1-22" # UPDATE WHEN TAPES ADDED
>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>> #<> }
>>
>> #define policy daily {
>> #
>> ## initially (8/30/2017) set this up to mimic the old global tapecycle
>> ## later can check out more refined options, such as retention-recover
>> # retention-tapes 15
>> #
>> #}
>>
>> #define storage daily {
>> #
>> # tpchanger "NEO200"
>> #
>> # tapetype "LTO6" # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below)
>> #
>> # policy "daily"
>> #
>> # eject-volume yes
>> #
>> # labelstr "^Bio-Daily-[0-9][0-9][0-9]*$" # label constraint regex: all
>> tapes must match
>> #
>> # tapepool "daily"
>> #
>> # dump-selection "daily" ALL
>> #
>> #}
>>
>> define changer NEO200x48 {
>> tpchanger
>> "chg-robot:/dev/tape/by-id/scsi-1BDT_FlexStor_II_00MX64200626_LL0" # your
>> changer device file (T48)
>> property "tape-device" "0=tape:/dev/nst1" # your tape drive device file
>> property append "tape-device" "1=tape:/dev/nst2" # your tape drive
>> device file
>> property "use-slots" "1-40" # UPDATE WHEN TAPES ADDED
>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>> }
>>
>> amrecover-changer "NEO200x48" # amrecover will use the changer if you
>> restore
>> # from this device. It could be a string like 'changer' and amrecover will
>> use your
>> # changer if you set your tape to 'changer' with 'setdevice changer' or via
>> # 'tapedev "changer"' in amanda-client.conf
>>
>> define policy research {
>>
>> retention-tapes 24
>>
>> }
>>
>> define storage research {
>>
>> tpchanger "NEO200x48"
>>
>> tapetype "LTO7"
>>
>> policy "research"
>>
>> eject-volume yes
>>
>> labelstr "^Bio-Research-[0-9][0-9][0-9]*$"
>>
>> tapepool "research"
>>
>> dump-selection "research" ALL
>>
>> }
>>
>> holdingdisk hd1 {
>> comment "holding disk #1"
>> directory "/amanda3" # where the holding disk is
>> use -100 Gb # how much space can we use on it
>> chunksize 1Gb # size of chunk if you want big dump to be
>> }
>>
>> holdingdisk hd2 {
>> comment "holding disk #2"
>> directory "/amanda4"
>> use -100 Gb
>> chunksize 1GB
>> }
>>
>>
>> reserve 10 # percent
>>
>> infofile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/curinfo" # database DIRECTORY
>> logdir "/usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/log" # log directory
>> indexdir "/usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/index" # index directory
>> #tapelist "/usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/tapelist" # list of used tapes
>>
>> define tapetype global {
>> part_size 3G
>> part_cache_type none
>> }
>>
>> define tapetype HP-DAT {
>> global
>> comment "DAT tape drives"
>> # data provided by Rob Browning <r...@cs.utexas.edu>
>> length 1930 mbytes
>> filemark 111 kbytes
>> speed 468 kbytes
>> }
>>
>> define tapetype DAT {
>> global
>> comment "DAT tape drives"
>> length 1000 mbytes # these numbers are not accurate
>> filemark 100 kbytes # but you get the idea
>> speed 100 kbytes
>> }
>>
>> define tapetype SEAGATE-ULTRIUM-LTO {
>> global
>> comment "SEAGATE ULTRIUM 06242 LTO, compression off"
>> length 99584 mbytes
>> filemark 0 kbytes
>> speed 11288 kps
>> }
>>
>> define tapetype LTO6 {
>> comment "IBM ULTRIUM HH6"
>> comment "Created by amtapetype; compression disabled"
>> length 2459953152 kbytes
>> filemark 3289 kbytes
>> speed 157014 kps
>> blocksize 2048 kbytes
>> }
>>
>> define tapetype LTO7 {
>> comment "IBM Ultrium HH7"
>> comment "unable to turn off compression"
>> comment "Created by amtapetype; compression enabled"
>> comment "Have fudged amtapetype's length to account for compression on the
>> tape drive"
>> length 12876491264 kbytes
>> filemark 10570 kbytes
>> speed 204805 kps
>> blocksize 512 kbytes
>> }
>>
>> define tapetype PSEUDO {
>> comment "IBM Ultrium HH7"
>> comment "unable to turn off compression"
>> comment "Created by amtapetype; compression enabled"
>> comment "Have fudged amtapetype's length to account for compression on the
>> tape drive"
>> length 15336444416 kbytes
>> filemark 10570 kbytes
>> speed 204805 kps
>> blocksize 512 kbytes
>> }
>>
>>
>> define dumptype global {
>> comment "Global definitions"
>> # tag "daily"
>> auth "ssh"
>> ssh_keys "/usr/local/etc/amanda/.ssh/id_rsa_amdump"
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype always-full {
>> global
>> comment "Full dump of this filesystem always"
>> compress none
>> priority high
>> dumpcycle 0
>> }
>>
>> # Dumptypes for gnutar
>> define dumptype root-tar {
>> global
>> program "GNUTAR"
>> comment "root partitions dumped with tar"
>> compress none
>> index
>> # exclude list "/usr/local/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar"
>> priority low
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype user-tar {
>> root-tar
>> comment "user partitions dumped with tar"
>> priority medium
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype user-tar-span {
>> root-tar
>> comment "tape-spanning user partitions dumped with tar"
>> priority medium
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype high-tar {
>> root-tar
>> comment "partitions dumped with tar"
>> priority high
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype comp-root-tar {
>> root-tar
>> comment "Root partitions with compression"
>> compress client fast
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype comp-user-tar {
>> user-tar
>> # tag "daily"
>> compress client fast
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype comp-server-user-tar {
>> user-tar
>> compress server fast
>> # added following 1/22/2015, CGH, this dump type applies to T5220 snapper
>> and marlin only
>> estimate calcsize
>> }
>>
>> ## CGH ##
>> define dumptype local-comp-user-tar {
>> user-tar
>> # tag "daily"
>> auth "local"
>> compress client fast
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype comp-user-tar-span {
>> user-tar-span
>> compress client fast
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype holding-disk {
>> global
>> comment "The master-host holding disk itself"
>> holdingdisk never # do not use the holding disk
>> priority medium
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype comp-user {
>> global
>> comment "Non-root partitions on reasonably fast machines"
>> compress client fast
>> priority medium
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype comp-user-span {
>> global
>> comment "Tape-spanning non-root partitions on reasonably fast machines"
>> compress client fast
>> priority medium
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype nocomp-user {
>> comp-user
>> comment "Non-root partitions on slow machines"
>> compress none
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype nocomp-user-span {
>> comp-user-span
>> comment "Tape-spanning non-root partitions on slow machines"
>> compress none
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype comp-root {
>> global
>> comment "Root partitions with compression"
>> compress client fast
>> priority low
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype nocomp-root {
>> comp-root
>> comment "Root partitions without compression"
>> compress none
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype comp-high {
>> global
>> comment "very important partitions on fast machines"
>> compress client best
>> priority high
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype nocomp-high {
>> comp-high
>> comment "very important partitions on slow machines"
>> compress none
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype nocomp-test {
>> global
>> comment "test dump without compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording"
>> compress none
>> record no
>> priority medium
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype comp-test {
>> nocomp-test
>> comment "test dump with compression, no /etc/dumpdates recording"
>> compress client fast
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype custom-compress {
>> global
>> program "GNUTAR"
>> comment "custom client compression dumped with tar"
>> compress client custom
>> client_custom_compress "/usr/bin/bzip2"
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype server-encrypt-fast {
>> global
>> program "GNUTAR"
>> comment "fast client compression and server symmetric encryption"
>> compress client fast
>> encrypt server
>> server_encrypt "/usr/sbin/amcrypt"
>> server_decrypt_option "-d"
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype client-encrypt-nocomp {
>> global
>> program "GNUTAR"
>> comment "no compression and client symmetric encryption"
>> compress none
>> encrypt client
>> client_encrypt "/usr/sbin/amcrypt"
>> client_decrypt_option "-d"
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> define interface local {
>> comment "local disk"
>> use 250000 kbps
>> }
>>
>> define interface server-rm {
>> comment "client in server room"
>> use 50000 kbps
>> }
>>
>>
>> define application-tool app_amgtar {
>> comment "amgtar"
>> plugin "amgtar"
>> property "IGNORE" "removed before we read it$"
>> property append "IGNORE" "changed as we read it$"
>> property append "IGNORE" "socket ignored$"
>> property append "IGNORE" "different filesystem; not dumped$"
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype dt_amgtar {
>> program "APPLICATION"
>> application "app_amgtar"
>> }
>>
>> ## CGH ##
>> define dumptype gnutar-lto7-local {
>> tag "research"
>> auth "local"
>> program "APPLICATION"
>> application "app_amgtar"
>> compress none
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype gnutar-lto7 {
>> tag "research"
>> program "APPLICATION"
>> application "app_amgtar"
>> auth "ssh"
>> ssh_keys "/usr/local/etc/amanda/.ssh/id_rsa_amdump"
>> compress none
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype gnutar-data-local {
>> # aimed at LTO6
>> # tag "daily"
>> auth "local"
>> program "APPLICATION"
>> application "app_amgtar"
>> compress client fast
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype gnutar-data {
>> # aimed at LTO6
>> # tag "daily"
>> program "APPLICATION"
>> application "app_amgtar"
>> auth "ssh"
>> ssh_keys "/usr/local/etc/amanda/.ssh/id_rsa_amdump"
>> compress client fast
>> }
>>
>> define application-tool app_amstar {
>> comment "amstar"
>> plugin "amstar"
>> }
>>
>> define dumptype dt_amstar {
>> program "APPLICATION"
>> application "app_amstar"
>> }
>>
>> #define a script-tool to send an email
>> define script-tool sc-email {
>> comment "script-email"
>> plugin "script-email"
>> execute_on pre-dle-amcheck, pre-host-amcheck, post-dle-amcheck,
>> post-host-amcheck, pre-dle-estimate, pre-host-estimate, post-dle-estimate,
>> post-host-estimate, pre-dle-backup, pre-host-backup, post-dle-backup,
>> post-host-backup
>> execute_where server # or client
>> property "mailto" "martinea"
>> }
>>
>> define interactivity inter_tty {
>> plugin "tty"
>> }
>> define interactivity inter_email {
>> plugin "email"
>> property "mailto" "amanda"
>> property "resend-delay" "0"
>> property "check-file" "/tmp/email_input"
>> #property "check-file-delay" "10"
>> property "check-file-delay" "1800"
>> }
>> define interactivity inter_tty_email {
>> plugin "tty_email"
>> property "mailto" "amanda"
>> property "resend-delay" "0"
>> property "check-file" "/tmp/email_input"
>> property "check-file-delay" "1800"
>> }
>>
>> define taperscan taper_traditional {
>> comment "traditional"
>> plugin "traditional"
>> }
>> define taperscan taper_oldest {
>> comment "oldest"
>> plugin "oldest"
>> }
>> define taperscan taper_lexical {
>> comment "lexical"
>> plugin "lexical"
>> }
>> taperscan "taper_lexical"
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:38.957679650 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> user command: 'extract'
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:38.957783190 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> append_to_tapelist(tapelist=(nil), storage='research',
>> label='Bio-Research-027', file=-1, partnum=-1, isafile=0)
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:38.957808716 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> append_to_tapelist(tapelist=0x1e19b90, storage='research',
>> label='Bio-Research-027', file=103, partnum=-1, isafile=0)
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:38.957859611 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> append_to_tapelist(tapelist=(nil), storage='research',
>> label='Bio-Research-027', file=-1, partnum=-1, isafile=0)
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:38.957874994 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> append_to_tapelist(tapelist=0x1e19b90, storage='research',
>> label='Bio-Research-027', file=103, partnum=-1, isafile=0)
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:38.957898867 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> Requesting tape Bio-Research-027 from user
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:51.461147197 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> User prompt: 'Continue [?/Y/n/s/d]? '; response: 'y'
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:51.461223044 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> security_getdriver(name=local) returns 0x7ff5f183da00
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:51.462157053 2020: pid 1497: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> Executing: /usr/bin/lsb_release '--id' '-s'
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:51.524414022 2020: pid 1498: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> Executing: /usr/bin/lsb_release '--description' '-s'
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:51.585432242 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dfc050: amrecover:
>> security_handleinit(handle=0x7ff5e8001500, driver=0x7ff5f183da00 (LOCAL))
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:51.585719929 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dfc050: amrecover:
>> security_streaminit(stream=0x7ff5e800b000, driver=0x7ff5f183da00 (LOCAL))
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:52.585536741 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> tcpm_send_token: data is still flowing
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.223727019 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> security_streaminit(stream=0x1e21c00, driver=0x7ff5f183da00 (LOCAL))
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.223770682 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> amidxtaped_streams[0].fd = 0x1e21c00
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.223828406 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> security_streaminit(stream=0x1e29ca0, driver=0x7ff5f183da00 (LOCAL))
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.223848206 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> amidxtaped_streams[1].fd = 0x1e29ca0
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.223898299 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> security_streaminit(stream=0x1e31d40, driver=0x7ff5f183da00 (LOCAL))
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.223916410 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> amidxtaped_streams[2].fd = 0x1e31d40
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.223932163 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> security_close(handle=0x7ff5e8001500, driver=0x7ff5f183da00 (LOCAL))
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.223949242 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> security_stream_close(0x7ff5e800b000)
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224006823 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> send_to_tape_server: FEATURES=ffffffff9efefbfffffffffffffff3fffbf71f
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224052534 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> ignoring close stream 2
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224611885 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> send_to_tape_server: CONFIG=daily
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224645659 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> send_to_tape_server: LABEL=research:Bio-Research-027:103
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224668915 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> send_to_tape_server: FSF=103
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224689511 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> send_to_tape_server: HEADER
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224710364 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> send_to_tape_server: DEVICE=tape:/dev/nst0
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224754444 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> send_to_tape_server: HOST=^localhost$
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224775499 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> send_to_tape_server: DISK=^/etc$
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224794892 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> send_to_tape_server: DATESTAMP=20191027233002
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:53.224813898 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> send_to_tape_server: END
>>
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:55.315762129 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover: get
>> amidxtaped line: MESSAGE Error reading Amanda header: block size too small
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:55.315898183 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover: get
>> amidxtaped line: FEEDME Bio-Research-027
>> Mon Jan 27 14:05:55.315935689 2020: pid 22004: thd-0x1dede00: amrecover:
>> Requesting tape Bio-Research-027 from user
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>>
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