Re: Problems getting client to work.
+ John R. Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [07.04.02 20:24]: > >Of course... I've tried 2.4.2p2 too, with no luck. So I updated to the > >"bleeding-edge" version. > > OK. Just wanted to make sure you understood what you were running. I've downgraded to 2.4.2p2 again, since the beta did not work either. Another thing I did was touching /home/balu/.amanda.exclude, selfcheck ignored it, but the admin told me that it was listed as an ERROR in the amcheck mail... I've also redone the config, checked the amanda-user (who had /bin/false as shell for whatever reason) and all rights (I didn't have to change them though). And now it suddenly works. :-) Thanks for you suggestions Balu
Re: Problems getting client to work.
+ John R. Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [07.04.02 19:13]:
> >I've got a|some problem|s ;) getting amanda 2.4.3b3 running as client.
>
> First, you do understand that the 'b' in that name means you're running
> beta test code, and as such should be prepared to help debug any problems,
> right?
Of course... I've tried 2.4.2p2 too, with no luck. So I updated to the
"bleeding-edge" version.
>
> >One problem is that I don't know how the backup-server is set up, so I
> >wonder if anyone here can see sthg in the logs below.
>
> You didn't say why you think you're having a problem. What makes you
> think this client is not happy?
As far as I can see the client is happy, but the administrator of the
backup-server is not. He told me that there has to be a problem with my
client, because the same setup works with other machines. We have tried
some scenarios with no result and the only idea left was asking here.
> The only thing I see that's odd is that the sendsize log does not appear
> to have completed. Is anything still running as your Amanda user?
There are no processes running as amanda anymore, nor any tars or
similar.
> What's in the runtar*.debug file?
There is no such file.
> What version of GNU tar are you using (gtar --version)?
# tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.13.17
> How big is /home/balu? How many files (e.g. from "df")?
du /home/balu/ -s
140 /home/balu
It is a very small dir, just to make sure it is not the filesize-limit
or the like that prevents the backup from working.
BTW - does amanda store the archive-files on the client before sending
them to the server (then I'd have to watch for the 2GB-limit of my
2.2-kernel)? Or does it transfer the archive to the server "on the fly"?
> >... The homedir contains the following files:
> >
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 Mar 1 16:39 .amandahosts
>
> This would not affect whatever problem you're having, but .amandahosts
> should be owned by your Amanda user ("amanda") and mode 0400 or 0600.
Fixed that.
I've asked the admin of the server to send me the amcheck-output.
Balu
Re: Problems getting client to work.
+ Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03.04.02 18:51]: > On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 at 6:28pm, Thomas -Balu- Walter wrote > > > I've got a|some problem|s ;) getting amanda 2.4.3b3 running as client. > > One problem is that I don't know how the backup-server is set up, so I > > wonder if anyone here can see sthg in the logs below. > *snip* > > Err, it would help if you told us what the problem was, i.e. send us the > amanda email report that notes the problem or the problematic amcheck > output. The problem is, that I don't get an email report or the amcheck output... As stated above, I only set up the client. The backup-server itself is not under my control - the admin of that server told me that it has to be something with my client-setup. And I wanted to see if you can see any problem on my side in those logs. > Those logs looked fine, except for the missing exclude list. Ok, thanks. So I'll have to kick the other admin to get it working ;-) Balu -- "Linux is like a fractal: No matter how deep you go, there's always more!" [Casey Bralla, 24.01.2001 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Problems getting client to work.
Hi all, I've got a|some problem|s ;) getting amanda 2.4.3b3 running as client. One problem is that I don't know how the backup-server is set up, so I wonder if anyone here can see sthg in the logs below. The client is running on a SuSE-Linux 7.3 - self compiled using ./configure --with-user=amanda --with-group=disk Compiling and installing didn't give me an error. /var/lib/amanda which is the amanda-user homedir is owned by amanda:disk and amanda has the right to rwx there. Amanda itself got a bash as shell. The homedir contains the following files: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 Mar 1 16:39 .amandahosts drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda disk 4096 Mar 12 11:00 gnutar-lists drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda disk 4096 Apr 28 2000 index Both dirs are empty, .amandahosts contains "backupserver.dom.ain backup" Can you see a problem in the following logs? Or point me into a direction where to have a look? Regards from Muenster/Germany Balu PS: please reply personally too, as I am not subscribed to this list. amandad.20020403005137.debug amandad: debug 1 pid 30345 ruid 37 euid 37 start time Wed Apr 3 00:51:37 2002 amandad: version 2.4.3b3 amandad: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.4.3b3" amandad:BUILT_DATE="Tue Mar 12 16:08:21 MET 2002" amandad:BUILT_MACH="Linux RoadRunner 2.2.14 #1 Mon Mar 13 10:51:48 GMT 2000 i686 unknown" amandad:CC="gcc" amandad:CONFIGURE_COMMAND="'./configure' '--with-user=amanda' '--with-group=disk'" amandad: paths: bindir="/usr/local/bin" sbindir="/usr/local/sbin" amandad:libexecdir="/usr/local/libexec" mandir="/usr/local/man" amandad:AMANDA_TMPDIR="/tmp/amanda" AMANDA_DBGDIR="/tmp/amanda" amandad:CONFIG_DIR="/usr/local/etc/amanda" DEV_PREFIX="/dev/" amandad:RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/" SAMBA_CLIENT="/usr/bin/smbclient" amandad:GNUTAR="/bin/tar" COMPRESS_PATH="/usr/bin/gzip" amandad:UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/usr/bin/gzip" MAILER="/usr/bin/Mail" amandad:listed_incr_dir="/usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists" amandad: defs: DEFAULT_SERVER="RoadRunner" DEFAULT_CONFIG="DailySet1" amandad:DEFAULT_TAPE_SERVER="RoadRunner" amandad:DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE="/dev/null" HAVE_MMAP HAVE_SYSVSHM amandad:LOCKING=POSIX_FCNTL SETPGRP_VOID DEBUG_CODE amandad:AMANDA_DEBUG_DAYS=4 BSD_SECURITY USE_AMANDAHOSTS amandad:CLIENT_LOGIN="amanda" FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP amandad:COMPRESS_SUFFIX=".gz" COMPRESS_FAST_OPT="--fast" amandad:COMPRESS_BEST_OPT="--best" UNCOMPRESS_OPT="-dc" got packet: Amanda 2.4 REQ HANDLE 007-60610608 SEQ 1017787508 SECURITY USER backup SERVICE sendsize OPTIONS maxdumps=1;hostname=123.123.123.123; GNUTAR /home/balu 0 1970:1:1:0:0:0 -1 exclude-list=.amanda.exclude sending ack: Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 007-60610608 SEQ 1017787508 bsd security: remote host backupserver.dom.ain user backup local user amanda amandahosts security check passed amandad: running service "/usr/local/libexec/sendsize" amandad: sending REP packet: Amanda 2.4 REP HANDLE 007-60610608 SEQ 1017787508 OPTIONS maxdumps=1; amandad: got packet: Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 007-60610608 SEQ 1017787508 amandad: pid 30345 finish time Wed Apr 3 00:51:37 2002 amandad.20020403005137.debug sendsize.20020403005137.debug sendsize: debug 1 pid 30346 ruid 37 euid 37 start time Wed Apr 3 00:51:37 2002 /usr/local/libexec/sendsize: version 2.4.3b3 sendsize: calculating for amname '/home/balu', dirname '/home/balu' sendsize: getting size via gnutar for /home/balu level 0 sendsize.20020403005137.debug sendsize._home_balu.20020403005137.exclude is empty additionally there is a selfcheck-file selfcheck.20020403160640.debug selfcheck: debug 1 pid 2338 ruid 37 euid 37 start time Wed Apr 3 16:06:40 2002 /usr/local/libexec/selfcheck: version 2.4.3b3 selfcheck: exclude list file "/home/balu/.amanda.exclude" does not exist, ignoring selfcheck: checking disk /home/balu selfcheck: device /home/balu selfcheck: OK selfcheck: pid 2338 finish time Wed Apr 3 16:06:40 2002 selfcheck.20020403160640.debug -- "Wipe Info uses hexadecimal values to wipe files. This provides more security than wiping with decimal values." -- Norton SystemWorks 2002 Professional Edition User's Guide
