no incremental backups when using gnu tar
Hello
I do not want to run any incremental backup using gnu tar. How would I do
this ?
Excerpt from amanda.conf
define dumptype high-tar {
root-tar
comment "partitions dumped with tar"
priority high
dumpcycle 0
compress none
index
}
excert from disklist
localhost /etc/mrtg high-tar
ns01/home/nfsuser high-tar
Excerpt from a log
SUCCESS dumper ns01 /home/nfsuser 20031230 2 [sec 0.355 kb 530 kps 1489.2
orig-kb 530]
SUCCESS taper ns01 /home/nfsuser 20031230 2 [sec 2.763 kb 576 kps 208.4 {wr:
writers 18 rdwait 0.000 wrwait 0.176 filemark 2.
586}]
SUCCESS dumper localhost /etc/mrtg 20031230 1 [sec 3.650 kb 1060 kps 290.4
orig-kb 1060]
SUCCESS taper localhost /etc/mrtg 20031230 1 [sec 1.569 kb 1120 kps 713.8
{wr: writers 35 rdwait 0.000 wrwait 0.368 filemark
1.200}]
The backup level of these directories is certainly >0 .
regds
madhvi
Re: The Top Ten
Hi, Allen Liu, on Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2004 at 01:30 you wrote to amanda-users: ALw> I can decompress it, I got a file 'TOP-TEN-0.5' without any suffix. ALw> What type file is it ? how to read it ? This is commonly called ASCII-text. Use a text-editor of your choice. Even MS Notepad will help. -- best regards, Stefan Stefan G. Weichinger mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The Top Ten
I can decompress it, I got a file 'TOP-TEN-0.5' without any suffix. What type file is it ? how to read it ? Thanks Allen Liu IP Application Design and Engineering Bell Canada (613) 781-7368, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1240 -160 Elgin St, Ottawa,ON, K2P 2C4 - Original Message - From: "Jon LaBadie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:02 PM Subject: Re: The Top Ten > On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 09:53:20PM +0100, Paul Bijnens wrote: > > Allen Liu --- work wrote: > > >I can't open your file after winrar decompress it. > > > > It's not winrar. It's bzip2. > > I'm not even sure there exists a decompressor for windows > > (aside from the one with cygwin). > > > There is a GnuWin32 project on sourceforge.net. > > They have bzip2 for windows. > Requires some dll (msvcrt.dll) that should be there with any > Internet Explorer after version 4. > > > I'm not a windows geek, I just play one on this list ;) > > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road(609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) >
enable backup xp through samba after amanda installed
Hi experts, I didn't have samba installed when I installed amanda, is there any way to add it without re-configure/make amanda ? Thanks Allen Liu
Re: The Top Ten
on Dienstag, 10. Februar 2004 at 22:13, Santiago Flores wrote to amanda-users:
SF> I use winrar to un-bzip2 ('bzip2 -d' for non-windows users) things all of
SF> the time. It should work just fine to decompress it. I don't know of any
SF> bzip2 compression programs for Window
how a thread can mutate ;)
seems like question 12 is gonna be "howto bunzip2 under MS Windows".
--
best regards,
Stefan
Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: The Top Ten
I use winrar to un-bzip2 ('bzip2 -d' for non-windows users) things all of
the time. It should work just fine to decompress it. I don't know of any
bzip2 compression programs for Window
Santiago
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jon LaBadie
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: The Top Ten
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 09:53:20PM +0100, Paul Bijnens wrote:
> > Allen Liu --- work wrote:
> > >I can't open your file after winrar decompress it.
> >
> > It's not winrar. It's bzip2.
> > I'm not even sure there exists a decompressor for windows
> > (aside from the one with cygwin).
>
>
> There is a GnuWin32 project on sourceforge.net.
>
> They have bzip2 for windows.
> Requires some dll (msvcrt.dll) that should be there with any
> Internet Explorer after version 4.
>
>
> I'm not a windows geek, I just play one on this list ;)
>
> --
> Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> JG Computing
> 4455 Province Line Road(609) 252-0159
> Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
>
Re: The Top Ten
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 09:53:20PM +0100, Paul Bijnens wrote: > Allen Liu --- work wrote: > >I can't open your file after winrar decompress it. > > It's not winrar. It's bzip2. > I'm not even sure there exists a decompressor for windows > (aside from the one with cygwin). There is a GnuWin32 project on sourceforge.net. They have bzip2 for windows. Requires some dll (msvcrt.dll) that should be there with any Internet Explorer after version 4. I'm not a windows geek, I just play one on this list ;) -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road(609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
Re: The Top Ten
Allen Liu --- work wrote: I can't open your file after winrar decompress it. It's not winrar. It's bzip2. I'm not even sure there exists a decompressor for windows (aside from the one with cygwin). -- Paul Bijnens, XplanationTel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUMFax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6, * * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ...* * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***
Re: The Top Ten
I can't open your file after winrar decompress it. Thanks Allen Liu - Original Message - From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 11:32 AM Subject: Re: The Top Ten > > On Saurday, 07. Februar 2004 at 14:28 I wrote to amanda-users: > > SGW> As I don't want to waste bandwidth without asking, I don't attach the > SGW> 6k-bz2-file right now. Please let me know if you want to have it > SGW> posted to the list. I assume it won't hurt too much. > > As I received requests to post the document, I do ;) > > This is review 0.5 of this doc. > > Let me know what you think. > > -- > best regards, > Stefan > > Stefan G. Weichinger > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
Re: The Top Ten
Sorry, I missed the original message, only saw part of it. My mistake. On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Paul Bijnens wrote: > Yu Chen wrote: > > > I think it is easier just modify the amdump script to run scirpts > > before/after backups, so no recompiling, no testing, plain shell > > scripting. Just put whatever you want at the beginning and end of amdump. > > Yes, but amdump runs on the server, not on the client. > > And if it's only one machine where server = client, > then why don't you just execute this from crontab: > > #!/bin/sh > dbstop > amdump TheConfig > dbstart > > No need at all to change amdump in this case. > Or did I miss something? > > -- > Paul Bijnens, XplanationTel +32 16 397.511 > Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUMFax +32 16 397.512 > http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** > * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6, * > * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * > * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * > * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * > * kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ...* > * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * > *** >
Re: The Top Ten
Our solution for (client != server) has been to still use a cron job to stop/restart the database. Since I manage amanda (usually as user=amanda) and can restart (Oracle) from a script running as root I can easilly shutdown - because I schedule the amanda job on the server; startup is slighly more difficult but only in that we have to schedule a fairly wide window ie: dbase can't come up as soon as amanda finishes, we have to leave 'in-case' time. Actually this is the same for us when client == server. There is no direct tie from amanda to root, though I suppose I could... root cron - dump.sh --- su - oracle -c dbshutdown.sh su - amanda -c amdump config su - oracle -c dbstartup.sh and tie it together that way. > Yu Chen wrote: > > > I think it is easier just modify the amdump script to run scirpts > > before/after backups, so no recompiling, no testing, plain shell > > scripting. Just put whatever you want at the beginning and end of amdump. > > Yes, but amdump runs on the server, not on the client. > > And if it's only one machine where server = client, > then why don't you just execute this from crontab: > > #!/bin/sh > dbstop > amdump TheConfig > dbstart > > No need at all to change amdump in this case. > Or did I miss something? > > -- > Paul Bijnens, XplanationTel +32 16 397.511 > Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUMFax +32 16 397.512 > http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** > * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6, * > * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * > * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * > * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * > * kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ...* > * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * > *** >
Re: The Top Ten
Yu Chen wrote: I think it is easier just modify the amdump script to run scirpts before/after backups, so no recompiling, no testing, plain shell scripting. Just put whatever you want at the beginning and end of amdump. Yes, but amdump runs on the server, not on the client. And if it's only one machine where server = client, then why don't you just execute this from crontab: #!/bin/sh dbstop amdump TheConfig dbstart No need at all to change amdump in this case. Or did I miss something? -- Paul Bijnens, XplanationTel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUMFax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6, * * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ...* * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***
Re: an annoyance from amdump...
Allen K. Bailey wrote: amdump: amdump or amflush is already running, or you must run amcleanup Needless to say there are no other instances of amdump or amflush running. Running amcleanup does not fix the troublem. If you verified there is indeed nothing running, you must run amcleanup to clean up the half-finished logfiles and statusfiles (it's these left over files that amdump complains about.) Just run "amcleanup TheConfig" as indicated. -- Paul Bijnens, XplanationTel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUMFax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6, * * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ...* * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***
Re: The Top Ten
I think it is easier just modify the amdump script to run scirpts before/after backups, so no recompiling, no testing, plain shell scripting. Just put whatever you want at the beginning and end of amdump. Chen On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Paul Bijnens wrote: > Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > This is review 0.5 of this doc. > > About how to run scripts before/after amanda backups, see also: > > http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/348.html > > somehow this fom entry does not show up in the menu (as are > all the entries from the last year or so -- cleaning up the > FOM would be nice too). > > > > > Let me know what you think. > > > > Nice work already... > > -- === Yu Chen Howard Hughes Medical Institute Chemistry Building, Rm 182 University of Maryland at Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 phone: (410)455-6347 (primary) (410)455-2718 (secondary) fax:(410)455-1174 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
an annoyance from amdump...
Hello Group, I am new to amanda-users. I've search the mailing list archive and have not been able to find an answer. Please forgive me is a new question with an old answer. What is happening here? The configuration: Server:Solaris 2.8 Amanda Version:2.4.2p2 clients: IRIX and Solaris dumphardware: OverLand LibPro Changer with a SONY SDX-400C This configuration had been working very well until someone inadvertently pushed the Changer offline. I have gotten amdump to work again work again except now every entry in the disklist send an email stating: > Your "cron" job on amanda.server.name.goes.here > > su bin -c "/usr/local/amanda-2.4.2p2/sbin/amdump backup" > > produced the following output: > > amdump: amdump or amflush is already running, or you must run amcleanup Needless to say there are no other instances of amdump or amflush running. Running amcleanup does not fix the troublem. Else wise amdump is working. I've done a test restore to be sure there is data on the tape. Can someone explain how to fix this? most respectfully !"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"! Allen Bailey The University of Michigan ITCS Contract Services/GPCC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Making two copies of a backup
New Amanda conf -> yes Hardlink HD and so on -> no (quite dirty / heavy solution; in France we call that "using a power hammer to crush a fly") I think about 2 solutions: 1. RAIT that would allow you to point 2 different tape devices to write onto 2. if you're using 'disk' driver, you may find some solutions concerning replicating filesystems (DRBD, NBD, Intermezzo...) without completely noticing Amanda about that stuff :) On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:01:21 -0500 Eric Siegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [I'm CCing amanda-hackers because the answer to my question might > depend heavily on Amanda internals; but the discussion doesn't > belong there, so please reply to amanda-users.] > > I want to make two identical copies of an Amanda backup. This is > a one-off thing -- archival backups of a client that's about to > be wiped clean and repurposed. If it were an ongoing need, I'd > ask for budget for a second tape drive and learn about rait. > > I have enough holding-disk space to hold all of the client's DLEs > at once, so what I'm thinking is this: > > 1. Build a new Amanda configuration that backs up only the client > in question (reserve=0; also record=no to be on the safe side) > > 2. Run the configuration with no tape in the drive, forcing all > the (full) backups to holding disk > > 3. Hard-link the holding-disk files to another directory that > Amanda doesn't know about > > 4. Run amflush > > 5. Hard-link the holding-disk files back to the Amanda spool > directory (it's pure paranoia that I choose not to mv them > instead and thus dispense with step 7) > > 6. Run amflush again > > 7. Delete the holding-disk files from the other directory > > Does this look like a reasonable approach? My main worry is that > the curinfo database and multiple amflush's of the same data > won't get along with each other. Is that likely to be a problem? > > -- > > | | /\ > |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont.[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | | / > It must be said that they would have sounded better if the singer > wouldn't throw his fellow band members to the ground and toss the > drum kit around during songs. > - Patrick Lenneau
Re: amcheck auth problem (was: amcheck Host Down?????)
* Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-10 11:39]: [snip > remove the mailing address and @ sign, all you want is the FQDN and > the user. And I don't think you need the localhost entry, which is > best not to use around amanda because its not unique to that machine. > So you want: > > zampo.edzen.net amanda > zampo.edsen.net root > > only. [/snip] > I hpoe this does it since I'm about to go warm up the car for the trip > to pittsburg. I'll be out of pocket till 03/01/2004. > > -- > Cheers, Gene Tanks alot. It did the trick. Sören -- Sören Edzen, Sjöfartsgatan 22A, 97437 Luleå, Sweden Phone: 0920-255133, Cell: 070-6531975 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: amcheck auth problem (was: amcheck Host Down?????)
On Tuesday 10 February 2004 04:41, Sören Edzen wrote: >* Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-09 22:02]: > >Hi! >I'm a newbee on amanda and haven't yet managed to get amanda to >work. The problem in this thread is similar to the one I have. I've >tried the solution sugested by Gene Haskett. >I have made the changes you sugested in the files amanda, amandaidx >and amidxtape located in /etc/xinetd.d/ . I have the following in >[amanda home]/.amandahosts(indented here only for visability): >localhost amanda >[EMAIL PROTECTED] amanda >[EMAIL PROTECTED] root >[EMAIL PROTECTED]root remove the mailing address and @ sign, all you want is the FQDN and the user. And I don't think you need the localhost entry, which is best not to use around amanda because its not unique to that machine. So you want: zampo.edzen.net amanda zampo.edsen.net root only. >In /etc/hosts I have the following(there's more entries by I don't > think it's relavent): >127.0.0.1 localhost >192.168.0.10zampo.edzen.net zampo > >The linuxbox is on a private network. I'm running Suse Linux 9 >kernel 2.4.21-166-athlon. >Amanda is the rpm that comes with the Suse distro. >When I run amcheck as the amanda user I get the following: > >Amanda Tape Server Host Check >- >Holding disk /amanda_dump: 14451456 KB disk space available, > using 14430976 KB >amcheck-server: slot 1: date 20040206 label zampo-01 (exact > label match) >NOTE: skipping tape-writable test >Tape zampo-01 label ok >Server che(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1) >Server check took 10.709 seconds > >Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > >ERROR: zampo: [access as amanda not allowed from >[EMAIL PROTECTED] amandahostsauth failed >Client check: 1 host checked in 0.056 seconds, 1 problem found > >(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1) > >As you can see the user amanda is not allowed access from >[EMAIL PROTECTED] What does this error point to? >Is it the holding disk, the files to backup or what? > >If you need any futher info just tell me and I suppliy it. >By the way, is it really so that there's problems with the rpm >versions of Amanda? If it is I'll try to locate the script you >mentioned and install from source. > >TIA >Sören I hpoe this does it since I'm about to go warm up the car for the trip to pittsburg. I'll be out of pocket till 03/01/2004. -- 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) 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
Re: amcheck auth problem (was: amcheck Host Down?????)
Hi, Sören, on Dienstag, 10. Februar 2004 at 10:41 you wrote to amanda-users: SE> I have the following in SE> [amanda home]/.amandahosts(indented here only for visability): SE> localhost amanda SE> [EMAIL PROTECTED] amanda SE> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root SE> [EMAIL PROTECTED]root SE> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check SE> SE> ERROR: zampo: [access as amanda not allowed from SE> [EMAIL PROTECTED] amandahostsauth failed Change your .amandahosts to have the line: zampo.edzen.net amanda The other lines are wrong. -- best regards, Stefan Stefan G. Weichinger mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: amcheck auth problem (was: amcheck Host Down?????)
* Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-09 22:02]: Hi! I'm a newbee on amanda and haven't yet managed to get amanda to work. The problem in this thread is similar to the one I have. I've tried the solution sugested by Gene Haskett. I have made the changes you sugested in the files amanda, amandaidx and amidxtape located in /etc/xinetd.d/ . I have the following in [amanda home]/.amandahosts(indented here only for visability): localhost amanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] amanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] root [EMAIL PROTECTED]root In /etc/hosts I have the following(there's more entries by I don't think it's relavent): 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.10zampo.edzen.net zampo The linuxbox is on a private network. I'm running Suse Linux 9 kernel 2.4.21-166-athlon. Amanda is the rpm that comes with the Suse distro. When I run amcheck as the amanda user I get the following: Amanda Tape Server Host Check - Holding disk /amanda_dump: 14451456 KB disk space available, using 14430976 KB amcheck-server: slot 1: date 20040206 label zampo-01 (exact label match) NOTE: skipping tape-writable test Tape zampo-01 label ok Server che(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1) Server check took 10.709 seconds Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check ERROR: zampo: [access as amanda not allowed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] amandahostsauth failed Client check: 1 host checked in 0.056 seconds, 1 problem found (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1) As you can see the user amanda is not allowed access from [EMAIL PROTECTED] What does this error point to? Is it the holding disk, the files to backup or what? If you need any futher info just tell me and I suppliy it. By the way, is it really so that there's problems with the rpm versions of Amanda? If it is I'll try to locate the script you mentioned and install from source. TIA Sören -- Sören Edzen, Sjöfartsgatan 22A, 97437 Luleå, Sweden Phone: 0920-255133, Cell: 070-6531975 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
