Re: root-tar failing
Thanks! It looks like my problem was that I didn't get that the exclude file needed to reside on the client. Once I fixed that it worked like a charm! -Jenn The users.. and usrs directories are backed up as filesystems so that's why they are excluded here. I'm not sure whether this is sufficient, but it definitely took care of my problems. Remember though that the exclude file needs to reside on the client that's being backed up. I.e. you can have a different exclude file for each client. Amanda will look for the exclude file in the directory specified in the dumptype - on the client. Jan -- Jan Boshoff PhD Student, Chemical Engineering Univ. of Delaware, DE USA www.che.udel.edu/research_groups/nanomodeling -- .---. |Jennifer Sturm | |System Administrator and Research Support Specialist | |Chemistry Department | |Hamilton College | | | |[EMAIL PROTECTED]| |315-859-4745 | |www.chem.hamilton.edu | .---. |Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, | | and a dark side, and it holds the universe together. | | -Carl Zwanzig | | | | | |One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things| | go, and duct tape to make them stop. | | -G. Weilacher | .---.
root-tar failing
-- I've configured my Linux box to backup my Irix box using tar, as recommended on this list. It works great for everything but the root paritition. I've tried dumptype comp-root-tar and root-tar, and it continues to fail. I tried creating an exclude.gtar file, and that doesn't seem to be helping any. Here's the contents of the exclude.gtar file. Does the hostname of the Irix box need to be in there? ./dev/fd ./tmp ./var/spool Here's the log from the failed backup: FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: /-- olympus/dev/root lev 1 FAILED [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2] sendbackup: start [olympus:/dev/root level 1] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/local/bin/tar sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/local/bin/tar -f... - sendbackup: info end ? gtar: ./dev/fd: Cannot savedir: Function not implemented ? gtar: ./dev/fd: Warning: Cannot savedir: Function not implemented | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.cmd.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.events.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.info.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.mediad_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.mkpd_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.rtmond_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/espdb.sock: socket ignored ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..JB: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..SC: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..TK/01: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/server_priv/jobs/90.olympus..JB: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/server_priv/jobs/90.olympus..SC: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/spool/90.olympus..OU: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory | gtar: ./var/spool/lp/CMDSOCK: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bounce: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bsmtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/defer: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/error: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/ifmail: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/local: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/smtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/uucp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/virtual: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/flush: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/showq: socket ignored | Total bytes written: 3114987520 (2.9GB, 752kB/s) ? gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors sendbackup: error [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2] \ .---. |Jennifer Sturm | |System Administrator and Research Support Specialist | |Chemistry Department | |Hamilton College | | | |[EMAIL PROTECTED]| |315-859-4745 | |www.chem.hamilton.edu | .---. |Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, | | and a dark side, and it holds the universe together. | | -Carl Zwanzig | | | | | |One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things| | go, and duct tape to make them stop. | | -G. Weilacher | .---.
Re: root-tar failing
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 01:02:11PM -0500, Jenn Sturm wrote: -- I've configured my Linux box to backup my Irix box using tar, as recommended on this list. It works great for everything but the root paritition. I've tried dumptype comp-root-tar and root-tar, and it continues to fail. I tried creating an exclude.gtar file, and that doesn't seem to be helping any. Here's the contents of the exclude.gtar file. Does the hostname of the Irix box need to be in there? ./dev/fd ./tmp ./var/spool Ignore the socket ignored messages. I can't imagine you'd care to archive those. Also ignore the no such file or directory stuff. That's saying some file was present when the backup was scheduled, which vanished before it could be saved. You probably don't care. Somebody else can probably offer better advice on exclude.gtar. I got mine to where I wanted it a long time ago, and have attempted to forget about that traumatic ordeal, since. Here's the log from the failed backup: FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: /-- olympus/dev/root lev 1 FAILED [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2] sendbackup: start [olympus:/dev/root level 1] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/local/bin/tar sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/local/bin/tar -f... - sendbackup: info end ? gtar: ./dev/fd: Cannot savedir: Function not implemented ? gtar: ./dev/fd: Warning: Cannot savedir: Function not implemented | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.cmd.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.events.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.info.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.mediad_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.mkpd_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.rtmond_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/espdb.sock: socket ignored ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..JB: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..SC: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..TK/01: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/server_priv/jobs/90.olympus..JB: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/server_priv/jobs/90.olympus..SC: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/spool/90.olympus..OU: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory | gtar: ./var/spool/lp/CMDSOCK: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bounce: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bsmtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/defer: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/error: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/ifmail: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/local: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/smtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/uucp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/virtual: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/flush: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/showq: socket ignored | Total bytes written: 3114987520 (2.9GB, 752kB/s) ? gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors sendbackup: error [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2] \ .---. |Jennifer Sturm | |System Administrator and Research Support Specialist | |Chemistry Department | |Hamilton College | | | |[EMAIL PROTECTED]| |315-859-4745 | |www.chem.hamilton.edu | .---. |Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, | | and a dark side, and it holds the universe together. | | -Carl Zwanzig | | | | | |One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things| | go, and duct tape to make them stop. | | -G. Weilacher | .---. -- - Dan Wilder [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Manager Editor SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549 Phone: 206-782-8808 Seattle, WA 98155-0549URL http://embedded.linuxjournal.com/ -
Re: root-tar failing
Jenn Sturm wrote: -- I've configured my Linux box to backup my Irix box using tar, as recommended on this list. It works great for everything but the root paritition. I've tried dumptype comp-root-tar and root-tar, and it continues to fail. I tried creating an exclude.gtar file, and that doesn't seem to be helping any. Here's the contents of the exclude.gtar file. Does the hostname of the Irix box need to be in there? ./dev/fd ./tmp ./var/spool I was experiencing the exact same problems backing up my Irix box. My exclude file looks as follows: CDROM CIFS Desktop users users2 scratch tmp dev usrs The users.. and usrs directories are backed up as filesystems so that's why they are excluded here. I'm not sure whether this is sufficient, but it definitely took care of my problems. Remember though that the exclude file needs to reside on the client that's being backed up. I.e. you can have a different exclude file for each client. Amanda will look for the exclude file in the directory specified in the dumptype - on the client. Jan -- Jan Boshoff PhD Student, Chemical Engineering Univ. of Delaware, DE USA www.che.udel.edu/research_groups/nanomodeling
Re: root-tar failing
Look in /tmp/amanda for runtar.*.debug file(s). In the debug file is the command line used to invoke tar, look for --exclude-from and make sure that the path and filename specified are as expected. If not, verify that your dumptype in amanda.conf includes exclude list exclude.gtar Good luck, Frank --On Friday, March 08, 2002 13:02:11 -0500 Jenn Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- I've configured my Linux box to backup my Irix box using tar, as recommended on this list. It works great for everything but the root paritition. I've tried dumptype comp-root-tar and root-tar, and it continues to fail. I tried creating an exclude.gtar file, and that doesn't seem to be helping any. Here's the contents of the exclude.gtar file. Does the hostname of the Irix box need to be in there? ./dev/fd ./tmp ./var/spool Here's the log from the failed backup: FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: /-- olympus/dev/root lev 1 FAILED [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2] sendbackup: start [olympus:/dev/root level 1] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/local/bin/tar sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/local/bin/tar -f... - sendbackup: info end ? gtar: ./dev/fd: Cannot savedir: Function not implemented ? gtar: ./dev/fd: Warning: Cannot savedir: Function not implemented | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.cmd.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.events.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.info.sock: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.mediad_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.mkpd_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/.rtmond_socket: socket ignored | gtar: ./tmp/espdb.sock: socket ignored ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..JB: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..SC: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..TK/01: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/server_priv/jobs/90.olympus..JB: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/server_priv/jobs/90.olympus..SC: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/spool/90.olympus..OU: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory | gtar: ./var/spool/lp/CMDSOCK: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bounce: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bsmtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/defer: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/error: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/ifmail: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/local: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/smtp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/uucp: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/virtual: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/flush: socket ignored | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/showq: socket ignored | Total bytes written: 3114987520 (2.9GB, 752kB/s) ? gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors sendbackup: error [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2] \ .---. | Jennifer Sturm | | System Administrator and Research Support Specialist | | Chemistry Department | | Hamilton College | | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | 315-859-4745 | | www.chem.hamilton.edu | .---. | Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, | | and a dark side, and it holds the universe together. | | -Carl Zwanzig | | | | | | One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things| | go, and duct tape to make them stop. | | -G. Weilacher | .---. -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
Re: root-tar failing
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Dan Wilder wrote: On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 01:02:11PM -0500, Jenn Sturm wrote: -- I've configured my Linux box to backup my Irix box using tar, as recommended on this list. It works great for everything but the root paritition. I've tried dumptype comp-root-tar and root-tar, and it continues to fail. I tried creating an exclude.gtar file, and that doesn't seem to be helping any. Here's the contents of the exclude.gtar file. Does the hostname of the Irix box need to be in there? ./dev/fd ./tmp ./var/spool Ignore the socket ignored messages. I can't imagine you'd care to archive those. Also ignore the no such file or directory stuff. That's saying some file was present when the backup was scheduled, which vanished before it could be saved. You probably don't care. Somebody else can probably offer better advice on exclude.gtar. I got mine to where I wanted it a long time ago, and have attempted to forget about that traumatic ordeal, since. I think you need to wildcard the directories like so: ./tmp/* ./var/spool/* etc -- ~ Doug Silver Network Manager Quantified Systems, Inc ~
