Re: Q: HP C7971A tapetype (Ultrium LTO 1)

2004-07-07 Thread Alexey I. Froloff
* Alexey I. Froloff [040707 14:10]: > P.S. Right now I figured how to turn HW compression off (with mt > utility) and started amtapetype again... Thanks to all for your help. amtapetype finished successfully. $ /usr/sbin/amtapetype -e 100g -f /dev/nst0 -t "HP-C7971A" Writing 1024 Mbyte compres

Re: Installation problems

2004-07-07 Thread Frank Smith
--On Wednesday, July 07, 2004 16:15:34 -0500 Amanda Listserv account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've recently started trying to get amanda installed (the newest version as of a > week ago) on a few of my linux boxes here in the shop and I've come across two > problems. The the se

Installation problems

2004-07-07 Thread Amanda Listserv account
Hello, I've recently started trying to get amanda installed (the newest version as of a week ago) on a few of my linux boxes here in the shop and I've come across two problems. The the server install went smoothly on my Debian Sarge install, as well as a client install on 3 Fedora boxes. Howe

Re: error: can't switch to incremental dumps

2004-07-07 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 at 2:22pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > I am using amanda to only backup the tape server host (for now), but I > am receiving an error message in my amreport emails: > > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: > 192.168.26 /dev/hda5 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] >

Re: Amanda RPM for SUSE Enterprise Server 8

2004-07-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 06:23, Gavin Henry wrote: >Anyone know if/where I can get one? > >I won't have time to do a compile on site. > >Thanks, > >Gavin. Well, admittedly I have all the tools here, but I can configure, build, and install a new snapshot of amanda in about 5 minutes if I pay att

error: can't switch to incremental dumps

2004-07-07 Thread ecyang
Hi, I am using amanda to only backup the tape server host (for now), but I am receiving an error message in my amreport emails: FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: 192.168.26 /dev/hda5 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] 192.168.26 /dev/hda8 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incrementa

Re: amstatus

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Bijnens
Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Can anyone tell me how do i know the status of the amanda progress while dumping to the tape #amstatus DailySet1 gives me saying dumping to the tape but what about the progress viz some % like 20 % something like that Any help That's the limitation of amstatus. (amstatus d

amstatus

2004-07-07 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
Hi ! Can anyone tell me how do i know the status of the amanda progress while dumping to the tape #amstatus DailySet1 gives me saying dumping to the tape but what about the progress viz some % like 20 % something like that Any help -- Regards, Kaushal Shriyan Technical Engineer Red Hat In

Re: [Fwd: Sony tape ::newbie questions::]

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Bijnens
Sergio A Lima Jr wrote: -Forwarded Message- Sorry for not replying the first time. Too busy at that time, and later the message got scrolled above the top of my screen (about equal to the horizon of a computer geek). From: Sergio A Lima Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

RE: amcheck -m DailySet1

2004-07-07 Thread Dege, Robert C.
The '-m' parameter will only send you an email if there are errors during the amcheck. If you want to receive an email on any amcheck output, try using '-a' instead. # amcheck -a DailySet1 -Rob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesda

Re: amcheck -m DailySet1

2004-07-07 Thread Toni Mueller
On Wed, 07.07.2004 at 17:35:51 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What could be the reason My big apologies - the answer from Joshua looks much more plausible than mine. Best, --Toni++

Re: amcheck -m DailySet1

2004-07-07 Thread Toni Mueller
On Wed, 07.07.2004 at 17:35:51 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I run amcheck -m DailySet1 i dont receive mails in my inbox > i have set mailto in the amanda.conf file to my emailid > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What could be the reason Most likely your mail configuration is b

Re: amcheck -m DailySet1

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Bijnens
Kaushal Shriyan wrote: When I run amcheck -m DailySet1 i dont receive mails in my inbox i have set mailto in the amanda.conf file to my emailid [EMAIL PROTECTED] What could be the reason Different causes, but the most probable is that amcheck did not find errors, so didn't bother you with a mail to

Re: amcheck -m DailySet1

2004-07-07 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 at 5:35pm, Kaushal Shriyan wrote > When I run amcheck -m DailySet1 i dont receive mails in my inbox > i have set mailto in the amanda.conf file to my emailid > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What could be the reason >From the 'amcheck' man page: -m Nothing is printed, but m

[Fwd: Sony tape ::newbie questions::]

2004-07-07 Thread Sergio A Lima Jr
-Forwarded Message- > From: Sergio A Lima Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Sony tape ::newbie questions:: > Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:11:13 -0300 > > Hi my friends, > > I'm enable back-up server in my company and are dificulties in > configuration amanda.conf and

amcheck -m DailySet1

2004-07-07 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
When I run amcheck -m DailySet1 i dont receive mails in my inbox i have set mailto in the amanda.conf file to my emailid [EMAIL PROTECTED] What could be the reason -- Regards, Kaushal Shriyan Technical Engineer Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd. Tel : +91-22-22881326/27 Fax : +91-22-22881318 Cell : +9

RE: Customising e-mails

2004-07-07 Thread Gavin Henry
Title: RE: Customising e-mails -Original Message- From:   Paul Bijnens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Wed 7/7/2004 11:38 AM To: Gavin Henry Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:    Re: Customising e-mails Gavin Henry wrote: > Anyone know if you can tailor the e-mails that

Re: Customising e-mails

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Bijnens
Gavin Henry wrote: Anyone know if you can tailor the e-mails that are sent? Which way? The recipients? The space between columns? In amanda.conf (mailto, columnspec). The rest: patch the source :-) Out of curiosity: why would you want to do that? -- Paul Bijnens, Xplanation

Re: Q: HP C7971A tapetype (Ultrium LTO 1)

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Bijnens
Alexey I. Froloff wrote: I'm trying to use amanda with HP Storageworks MSI5030 library. It uses C7971A tpaes (100GB/200GB), but I can't find any amanda tapetypes in th Net. So, I ran amtapetype. It was working for about 12 hours with the folloeing results: It runs much faster if you give it a rea

Amanda RPM for SUSE Enterprise Server 8

2004-07-07 Thread Gavin Henry
Title: Amanda RPM for SUSE Enterprise Server 8 Anyone know if/where I can get one? I won't have time to do a compile on site. Thanks, Gavin.

Customising e-mails

2004-07-07 Thread Gavin Henry
Title: Customising e-mails Hi all, Me again ;-) Anyone know if you can tailor the e-mails that are sent? I had a good search through the list archives, but can see anything. Gavin.

RE: A server rebuild question

2004-07-07 Thread Gavin Henry
Title: RE: A server rebuild question Thanks. -Original Message- From:   Paul Bijnens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Wed 7/7/2004 10:49 AM To: Gavin Henry Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:    Re: A server rebuild question Gavin Henry wrote: > Just a quick one. I remembe

Q: HP C7971A tapetype (Ultrium LTO 1)

2004-07-07 Thread Alexey I. Froloff
Hi! I'm trying to use amanda with HP Storageworks MSI5030 library. It uses C7971A tpaes (100GB/200GB), but I can't find any amanda tapetypes in th Net. So, I ran amtapetype. It was working for about 12 hours with the folloeing results: $ /usr/sbin/amtapetype -f /dev/nst0 -t "HP-C7971A" Writing

Re: A server rebuild question

2004-07-07 Thread R.M. Evers
probably you'll have to run "amcheck -a YourConfig"? regards, -rodi. On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 11:18, Gavin Henry wrote: > Hi guys, > > I am falling in love more and more with amanda now. > > Got a new server and all set. > > Just a quick one. I remember that before, when running amcheck, I used

Re: A server rebuild question

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Bijnens
Gavin Henry wrote: Just a quick one. I remember that before, when running amcheck, I used to get an e-mail after. I don't seem to be getting this, but I do get my completed backup email from amdump like normal. You probably have "amcheck -m Config" in your crontab. In that case, no news is good n

A server rebuild question

2004-07-07 Thread Gavin Henry
Title: A server rebuild question Hi guys, I am falling in love more and more with amanda now. Got a new server and all set. Just a quick one. I remember that before, when running amcheck, I used to get an e-mail after. I don't seem to be getting this, but I do get my completed backup email