Re: Please, help me! I don`t know what to do?
Thank George... I don't know how to understand. The content of amanda.debug: amandad: debug 1 pid 7562 ruid 11 euid 11 start time Wed May 2 15:29:01 2001 ./amandad: version 2.4.1p1 ./amandad: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.4.1p1" ./amandad:BUILT_DATE="Sun Oct 29 17:03:58 EST 2000" ./amandad:BUILT_MACH="Linux mapi2.distro.conectiva 2.2.17-9clsmp #1 SMP seg out 16 23:05:24 EST 2000 i686 unknown" ./amandad:CC="gcc-stackguard" ./amandad: paths: bindir="/usr/bin" sbindir="/usr/sbin" ./amandad:libexecdir="/usr/lib/amanda" mandir="/usr/man" ./amandad:CONFIG_DIR="/etc/amanda" DEV_PREFIX="/dev/" ./amandad:RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/" DUMP="/sbin/dump" ./amandad:RESTORE="/sbin/restore" GNUTAR="/bin/gtar" ./amandad:COMPRESS_PATH="/usr/bin/gzip" ./amandad:UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/usr/bin/gzip" MAILER="/usr/bin/Mail" ./amandad:listed_incr_dir="/var/lib/amanda/amanda/gnutar-lists" ./amandad: defs: DEFAULT_SERVER="localhost" DEFAULT_CONFIG="DailySet1" ./amandad:DEFAULT_TAPE_SERVER="localhost" ./amandad:DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE="/dev/null" HAVE_MMAP HAVE_SYSVSHM ./amandad:LOCKING=POSIX_FCNTL SETPGRP_VOID DEBUG_CODE BSD_SECURITY ./amandad:USE_AMANDAHOSTS CLIENT_LOGIN="operator" FORCE_USERID ./amandad:HAVE_GZIP COMPRESS_SUFFIX=".gz" COMPRESS_FAST_OPT="--fast" ./amandad:COMPRESS_BEST_OPT="--best" UNCOMPRESS_OPT="-dc" please, if someone can help me... Leandro Melo de Sales. CEFET/AL - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Alagoas GTI - Gerência de Tecnologia da Informação - Original Message - From: "George Herson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Leandro Sales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 9:19 PM Subject: Re: Please, help me! I don`t know what to do? > Leandro Sales wrote: > > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > > - > > WARNING: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? -> Why this problem > > occur? > > Client check: 1 host checked in 30.041 seconds, 1 problem found. > > > > Please, I have been trying to configure this software for about two weeks, > > but until now, I didn`t get success. I really need to fix this problem. > > Maybe look thru the debug files in /tmp/amanda if you haven't. > > > I have other question: > > Why this occur? > > [root@monet /root]# amcheck /etc/amanda/amanda.conf > > amcheck: could not cd to confdir /etc/amanda//etc/amanda/amanda.conf: File > > or directory not found > > > > I have to do: > > [root@monet /root]# amcheck ../../etc/amanda/amanda.conf > > with ../../ this eliminate the first /etc/amanda and the program (amcheck) > > interprets the correct directory > > The way i run amcheck is just "amcheck Dell-Full". I don't think > amcheck wants a path. It will seek the config (eg, "Dell-Full") folder > where it expects it, based on, eg, the --prefix spec to ./configure. > > Sorry i can't help you more, but that may give you something to work on > until someone more knowledgable appears. > > > Leandro. > > George
Please, help me! I don`t know what to do?
Hello folks... I need some help. I`m configuring Amanda on a server running linux kernel 2.2.17. I have a SCSI device and tapetype DDS-3 Sony. When I check the configuration with amcheck I got the following: Amanda Tape Server Host Check NOTE: skipping tape-writeble test. Tape completo label ok. Server check took 5.317 seconds. Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check - WARNING: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? -> Why this problem occur? Client check: 1 host checked in 30.041 seconds, 1 problem found. Please, I have been trying to configure this software for about two weeks, but until now, I didn`t get success. I really need to fix this problem. PS: I was reading the FAQ that cover this problem in amanda.org but I didn`t get success. When I install AMANDA, in the inet.conf I put the following lines: amanda dgram udp tcp wait amanda /usr/lib/amanda/amandad amandad amandaidx stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd amindexd amidxtape stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped amidxtaped I have the following rpm packeges: amanda-client-2.4.1p1-7cl amanda-2.4.1p1-7cl amanda-server-2.4.1p1-7cl linuxconf-amandaconf-1.21r8-7cl I have other question: Why this occur? [root@monet /root]# amcheck /etc/amanda/amanda.conf amcheck: could not cd to confdir /etc/amanda//etc/amanda/amanda.conf: File or directory not found I have to do: [root@monet /root]# amcheck ../../etc/amanda/amanda.conf with ../../ this eliminate the first /etc/amanda and the program (amcheck) interprets the correct directory Ok... I'm waiting some anwsers. Thanks... Leandro.
Please, help me! I don`t know what to do?
Hello folks... I need some help. I`m configuring Amanda on a server running linux kernel 2.2.17. I have a SCSI device and tapetype DDS-3 Sony. When I check the configuration with amcheck I got the following: Amanda Tape Server Host Check NOTE: skipping tape-writeble test. Tape completo label ok. Server check took 5.317 seconds. Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check - WARNING: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? -> Why this problem occur? Client check: 1 host checked in 30.041 seconds, 1 problem found. Please, I have been trying to configure this software for about two weeks, but until now, I didn`t get success. I really need to fix this problem. PS: I was reading the FAQ that cover this problem in amanda.org but I didn`t get success. When I install AMANDA, in the inet.conf I put the following lines: amanda dgram udp tcp wait amanda /usr/lib/amanda/amandad amandadamandaidx stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd amindexdamidxtape stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped amidxtaped I have the following rpm packeges: amanda-client-2.4.1p1-7clamanda-2.4.1p1-7clamanda-server-2.4.1p1-7cllinuxconf-amandaconf-1.21r8-7cl I have other question: Why this occur? [root@monet /root]# amcheck /etc/amanda/amanda.conf amcheck: could not cd to confdir /etc/amanda//etc/amanda/amanda.conf: File or directory not found I have to do: [root@monet /root]# amcheck ../../etc/amanda/amanda.conf with ../../ this eliminate the first /etc/amanda and the program (amcheck) interprets the correct directory Ok... I'm waiting some anwsers. Thanks.. Leandro.
Re: missing files
>Is the actual (eg, tar) command used by amdump recorded? Where? /tmp/amanda/sendsize*debug and /tmp/amanda/sendbackup*debug on the client. >george John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: missing files
"John R. Jackson" wrote: > > >But I just archived that dir to disk using tar and it got all the files > >fine. > > And did you do it the same way Amanda does, i.e. with all the listed > incremental type flags it hands to GNU tar? That's where a lot of the > problems are, not in just basic tar operations. Is the actual (eg, tar) command used by amdump recorded? Where? > >I downgraded my (gnu) tar to v1.12 last week because > >http://www.amanda.org/patches.html says "there are a couple of other > >problems in release 1.13 ... so its use is not recommended." > > As I understand it (I don't use GNU tar), the latest (.17 or .19) > versions are probably OK. We should probably update the web page. > > But going back to 1.12 plus the Amanda patch (you did apply them, didn't > you?) is also OK. Yes, patch applied. > In my (very public :-) opinion, you should **NOT** rewind or reload an > Amanda tape, fsf to the "end" and then write some information, unless > you really, really know what you're doing and can verify at least 10 > different ways that you're actually at the end of tape. Good to know, thx. > >george > > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble with amrecover (gtar in fact)
>John, here is a sample of the right index files, with the big >numbers you were talking about, I guess: > >07274015541/./ Yup. Those are the evil ones. >setting up gnutar 1.13.19 on both my server & clients seems to >have solved the problem, that is, amrecover not showing all the >backed up files. Good. You might as well throw away all those files that look like above. They are worthless and will just confuse things. That also means you'll need to get another dump cycle started (a level 0) before you have good index data. You can use "amadmin force" to get that going early, if you need to. >Pierre. John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: missing files
>But I just archived that dir to disk using tar and it got all the files >fine. And did you do it the same way Amanda does, i.e. with all the listed incremental type flags it hands to GNU tar? That's where a lot of the problems are, not in just basic tar operations. >I downgraded my (gnu) tar to v1.12 last week because >http://www.amanda.org/patches.html says "there are a couple of other >problems in release 1.13 ... so its use is not recommended." As I understand it (I don't use GNU tar), the latest (.17 or .19) versions are probably OK. We should probably update the web page. But going back to 1.12 plus the Amanda patch (you did apply them, didn't you?) is also OK. >Also, is it safe to directly tar to an amanda-written tape w/o amanda or >might that mess up later attempts to amrestore from that tape? What do you mean? Amanda deliberately leaves the tape positioned at the end when it is done, i.e. it does not do a rewind. This is in case you want to append some more data in the same run, which should be reasonably safe (although I'd certainly do a couple of experiments before I committed to this). I don't know what amrestore will have to say about that if it bangs into your file(s). But by that time, it will have gone past all the Amanda data anyway and so you could ignore whatever whining it does. In my (very public :-) opinion, you should **NOT** rewind or reload an Amanda tape, fsf to the "end" and then write some information, unless you really, really know what you're doing and can verify at least 10 different ways that you're actually at the end of tape. >george John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble with amrecover (gtar in fact)
"John R. Jackson" wrote: > > >here is a sample of the gnutar list for 1.13 (looks bad) : > > > >2555905 43008 ./kretzsch/mail/communication_OBS > >2555905 40960 ./kretzsch/mail/SOHO-news > > That's the wrong file. I'm talking about the index files. Those look > like the incremental list file. Look up the indexdir value from > amanda.conf and check down in there. > John, here is a sample of the right index files, with the big numbers you were talking about, I guess: 07274015541/./ 07274015536/./_amanda/ 07274015536/./_amanda/amanda-2.4.2/ 07274015536/./_amanda/amanda-2.4.2/amplot/ 07274015536/./_amanda/amanda-2.4.2/changer-src/ setting up gnutar 1.13.19 on both my server & clients seems to have solved the problem, that is, amrecover not showing all the backed up files. Pierre.
Re: missing files
"John R. Jackson" wrote: > >But i have a question as to why, according to a tar on the tape afterwards, > >only four out of the nine items in the directory to dump were actually > >backed up. ... > > What version of GNU tar are you using? If it's not at least 1.13.17 > (and probably 1.13.19 would be better), you should upgrade. But I just archived that dir to disk using tar and it got all the files fine. I downgraded my (gnu) tar to v1.12 last week because http://www.amanda.org/patches.html says "there are a couple of other problems in release 1.13 ... so its use is not recommended." > Did Amanda do a full dump (level 0) or an incremental (level > 0)? According to the email summary, L is 0. > >george > > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, is it safe to directly tar to an amanda-written tape w/o amanda or might that mess up later attempts to amrestore from that tape? thx, george
Re: holding space estimates
* John R. Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Fri, May 04, 2001 at 08:39:24PM -0500) > >Ideally amanda should look every time a chunk is written to disk how much > >space ios free ... > > That's probably a good idea. I've added it to the TODO list. thanks
