Re: kernels v2.6.x vs. /dev/nst0 ???

2004-03-08 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Michael, on Montag, 08. März 2004 at 06:10 you wrote to amanda-users: MDS Amanda 2.4.4p1 MDS Debian Linux MDS I finally took the plunge yesterday, and upgraded my last system to MDS kernel 2.6.3. MDS What do you think? Just for the records: I compiled and ran various versions and

Re: Strange DNS lookup problems ... I think ...

2004-03-08 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Geoff, on Montag, 08. März 2004 at 00:26 you wrote to amanda-users: GS Here's the output from the weekend: GS Subject:schedule6 AMANDA MAIL REPORT FOR March 5, 2004 GSDate: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 21:11:03 +1100 (EST) GSFrom:Amanda Archiving Server [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernels v2.6.x vs. /dev/nst0 ???

2004-03-08 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 at 11:10pm, Michael D Schleif wrote Amanda 2.4.4p1 Debian Linux I finally took the plunge yesterday, and upgraded my last system to kernel 2.6.3. Unfortunately, this is my amanda backup server, and under this kernel it no longer communicates with /dev/nst0: #

Re: CHS tape robot management software

2004-03-08 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 at 5:06pm, Geoff Swavley wrote Does anyone have the CHS source (I would not ask normally but my vendor is unable to supply it). This is what I have: It seems to me that now would be a good time to look into alternative methods of controlling the robot. Check out mtx (and

Re: kernels v2.6.x vs. /dev/nst0 ???

2004-03-08 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Joshua Baker-LePain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004:03:08:08:18:07-0500] scribed: On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 at 11:10pm, Michael D Schleif wrote Amanda 2.4.4p1 Debian Linux I finally took the plunge yesterday, and upgraded my last system to kernel 2.6.3. Unfortunately, this is my amanda

Re: kernels v2.6.x vs. /dev/nst0 ???

2004-03-08 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Michael D Schleif [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004:03:07:23:10:40-0600] scribed: snip / Unfortunately, this is my amanda backup server, and under this kernel it no longer communicates with /dev/nst0: # sudo mt -f /dev/nst0 offline mt: No such device. Cannot open '/dev/nst0'. Everything

Re: kernels v2.6.x vs. /dev/nst0 ???

2004-03-08 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Michael, on Montag, 08. März 2004 at 15:39 you wrote to amanda-users: MDS * Joshua Baker-LePain [EMAIL PROTECTED] MDS [2004:03:08:08:18:07-0500] scribed: In addition to making sure st is available, doesn't 2.6 also have a device mapper (like devfs, but not) available? Did you compile

Re: Solaris 8 and L200

2004-03-08 Thread Glenn Zenker
I'm running Solaris 8, a Powerstor L200 with Amanda version 2.4.4p2. I compiled the software on the machine. It is a scsi tape changer. Thanks Christoph Scheeder wrote: Hi, first: please keep this task on the list, it gives other people the posibility to jump in and correct me if i tell you

Re: kernels v2.6.x vs. /dev/nst0 ???

2004-03-08 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Michael, on Montag, 08. März 2004 at 15:48 you wrote to amanda-users: MDS I am using the stock Debian kernel: MDSkernel-image-2.6.3-1-686 MDS From config-2.6.3-1-686: MDS# MDS# SCSI device support MDS# MDSCONFIG_SCSI=m MDSCONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y MDS# MDS#

Re: Solaris 8 and L200

2004-03-08 Thread Alastair Neil
I don't have an L200 I have an L9 and I'm running Solaris 9, but I assume the setup will be pretty much the same. I use mtx-1.3.8, I don't recall where I downloaded it from however a google search should pick it up easely. You must make sure the sgen driver is configured in your kernel so

User size caps

2004-03-08 Thread Daniel Bentley
Currently running Amanda for backups of desktop shares. The problem we come across is amount of tape used by certain individuals (mostly of the 'managerial persuasion'). We have asked these individuals to limit the size of data kept in their shares many times, but they always 'creep up'

Re: User size caps

2004-03-08 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 at 11:29am, Daniel Bentley wrote Currently running Amanda for backups of desktop shares. The problem we come across is amount of tape used by certain individuals (mostly of the 'managerial persuasion'). We have asked these individuals to limit the size of data kept in

Re: User size caps

2004-03-08 Thread Patrick Michael Kane
* Joshua Baker-LePain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040308 11:48]: On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 at 11:29am, Daniel Bentley wrote Is there any way to put a 'size cap' on the amount of data being backed up from one particular source (or -all- sources, at that)? There's a big difference between 'Could you

Re: User size caps

2004-03-08 Thread Daniel Bentley
Isn't this situation better suited by implementing disk quota ? Unfortunately, the sources in question are Windows shares based on desktop machines. Hence our real, 'direct' control is limited to the server side (via. some kind of 'size throttling' through Amanda and/or SMB), or in creating

[Solved]Re: Resend: ? path of config file for amrecover

2004-03-08 Thread Allen Liu --- work
I finally figure our the cause of the problem is that in /etc/inetd.conf, the entries there still pointed to old location. So each time amrecover started, inetd triggered the old daemon so that it tried to find something in old directories. Thanks so much. Allen Liu IP Application Design and

Re: kernels v2.6.x vs. /dev/nst0 ???

2004-03-08 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Stefan G. Weichinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004:03:08:16:03:45+0100] scribed: Hi, Michael, on Montag, 08. März 2004 at 15:48 you wrote to amanda-users: MDS I am using the stock Debian kernel: MDSkernel-image-2.6.3-1-686 MDS From config-2.6.3-1-686: MDS# MDS# SCSI device

Re: Strange DNS lookup problems ... I think ...

2004-03-08 Thread Jonathan Dill
I read the last e-mail about this, but lost it, but I think I remember the basic details. First, I would try setting up some sort of nameservice caching on the client and server as a work-around. Some flavors of Linux have a caching-nameserver package that sets up the correct bind files for

hybrid theory

2004-03-08 Thread Jonathan Dill
Is anyone successfully using a mixed strategy of backups to both disk and tape? In particular, I have a 1 TB Snap 4500 and an LTO tape drive. I have thought about a few different ways to go about it, but would appreciate suggestions from someone who has tried this approach. The Snap also

Re: Solaris 8 and L200

2004-03-08 Thread Geoff Swavley
I currently use CHS with solaris (all versions 2.6 - 2.8) ... but as I have been discussing with the list I only have binaries to run it in 32bit mode. I can keep you posted Glenn on what I change to . I have had a quick look at MTX and I am still trying to find chg-scsi! Chs works well

Re: hybrid theory

2004-03-08 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 05:35:21PM -0500, Jonathan Dill wrote: Is anyone successfully using a mixed strategy of backups to both disk and tape? In particular, I have a 1 TB Snap 4500 and an LTO tape drive. I have thought about a few different ways to go about it, but would appreciate

Solaris ACLs

2004-03-08 Thread Frank Smith
Someone on the sage-members list is looking for free backup software that met his listed requirements, and I was about to reply with Amanda, but I wasn't sure about his requirement #5 (below) pertaining to Solaris ACLs. Will Amanda actually do what he wants? Thanks, Frank I currently work for

Re: Solaris ACLs

2004-03-08 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 06:35:49PM -0600, Frank Smith wrote: Someone on the sage-members list is looking for free backup software that met his listed requirements, and I was about to reply with Amanda, but I wasn't sure about his requirement #5 (below) pertaining to Solaris ACLs. Will Amanda