Hello, every now and then I see this error on an otherwise perfectly working Amanda system (server 2.4.4p3, client 2.5.1p1):
FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: host.staso / lev 0 FAILED [data timeout] The client's sendbackup log for such a failed run: sendbackup: debug 1 pid 14726 ruid 34 euid 34: start at Fri Nov 21 22:46:00 2008 sendbackup: version 2.5.1p1 Could not open conf file "/etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf": No such file or directory sendbackup req: <GNUTAR / 0 1970:1:1:0:0:0 OPTIONS |;bsd-auth;no-record;index;exclude-list=.backup.exc;exclude-optional;> parsed request as: program `GNUTAR' disk `/' device `/' level 0 since 1970:1:1:0:0:0 options `|;bsd-auth;no-record;index;exclude-list=.backup.exc;exclude-optional;' sendbackup: start: host.stasoft.ch:/ lev 0 sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.006: doing level 0 dump as listed-incremental to '/var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/host.stasoft.ch__0.new' sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.010: doing level 0 dump from date: 1970-01-01 0:00:00 GMT sendbackup: time 0.015: spawning /usr/lib/amanda/runtar in pipeline sendbackup: argument list: runtar NOCONFIG gtar --create --file - --directory / --one-file-system --listed-incremental /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/host.stasoft.ch__0.new --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals --exclude-from /tmp/amanda/sendbackup._.20081121224600.exclude . sendbackup: time 0.078: started index creator: "/bin/tar -tf - 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/^\.//'" sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.082: /usr/lib/amanda/runtar: pid 14729 sendbackup: time 0.083: started backup sendbackup: time 2996.696: index tee cannot write [Broken pipe] sendbackup: time 2996.718: pid 14728 finish time Fri Nov 21 23:35:57 2008 sendbackup: time 2996.697: 118: strange(?): sendbackup: index tee cannot write [Broken pipe] sendbackup: time 2996.751: 118: strange(?): sed: couldn't flush stdout: Broken pipe sendbackup: time 2996.779: 47: size(|): Total bytes written: 16497745920 (16GiB, ?/s) sendbackup: time 2996.780: 118: strange(?): gtar: -: Wrote only 4096 of 10240 bytes sendbackup: time 2996.781: 118: strange(?): gtar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now sendbackup: time 2996.781: parsed backup messages sendbackup: time 2996.781: pid 14726 finish time Fri Nov 21 23:35:57 2008 On the server side, the amdump log contains: [...] driver: send-cmd time 2015.907 to dumper0: FILE-DUMP 01-00032 /amholdingdisk/20081121/host.stasoft.ch._.0 host.stasoft.ch fffffeff9ffeff / NODEVICE 0 1970:1:1:0:0:0 1048576 GNUTAR 49498848 |;bsd-auth;no-record;index;exclude-list=.backup.exc;exclude-optional; [...] driver: result time 6812.702 from dumper0: FAILED 01-00032 [data timeout] [...] Hmm, but most of the time I do _not_ see this problem. Any hints what could cause the problem or how to debug this further? Regards, Jukka -- bashian roulette: $ ((RANDOM%6)) || rm -rf ~