amanda backup

2004-08-18 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
Hi Lets say i have /home/test folder being backed up by amanda as i have mentioned in the disklist file. Now if i have to exclude some files(not to backup )from the /home/test folder how do i do that. please help -- Regards, Kaushal Shriyan Technical Engineer Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd. Tel :

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2004-08-18 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
I have two firewire drives to use as the backup media. I want the data mirrored on the two drives in case one of them happens to fail. I was able to get a simple file: setup working. Now I am trying to mix in RAIT to achieve the mirroring effect. It isn't quite working, though. Here's what I ha

Re: 'strange amanda header' errors

2004-08-18 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 05:33:32AM +0800, Scott Frisbie wrote: > AMANDA: FILE 20040818 cvs.yadayada.com /etc lev 1 comp"N program /bin/gtar > To restore,"position tape at start of file and run: > dd if="bs=32k skipĀ½1"| /bin/gtar -f... - > > It looks l

Re: 'strange amanda header' errors

2004-08-18 Thread Scott Frisbie
Paul, Again thanks for the shell script. We ran a brand new tape in the machine and got this output: AMANDA: FILE 20040818 cvs.yadayada.com /etc lev 1 comp"N program /bin/gtar To restore,"position tape at start of file and run: dd if="bs=32k skipĀ½1"| /bin/g

Another 'Amanda through firewall' problem

2004-08-18 Thread KEVIN ZEMBOWER
Two years ago, I wrote here about problems getting Amanda to work through a firewall using NAT which couldn't be turned-off. I finally gave up in frustration, despite the helpful advice of the folks here, and set up two separate backup systems, one inside and outside the firewall. Adding to my f

How to configure 2 drives in tape library

2004-08-18 Thread Grace Yeh
Our group purchased "Overland Storage Neo 2000 Departmental Tape Library" recently, it has 26 slots and 2 drives. How do I configure 2 drives in tape library using Amanda ? What files do I need to modify ? Thanks Grace

Re: data timeout - no replies...anyone???

2004-08-18 Thread Martin Hepworth
The problem isn't amanda, its with dump (and Linus' hate of the program!) nocomp doesn't make a difference, apart from using more tape to store the results. your could make sure you use a 'dump-type' that specifies to use tar with no issues..with or without compression. -- Martin Hepworth Snr S

RE: data timeout - no replies...anyone???

2004-08-18 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 at 5:48pm, Ranveer Attalia wrote > Interesting > We are currently using version 2.4.4 p1. Is the Linux ext3 file type > supported on a later version of Amanda where I can use the dumptype > nocomp? (Folks, please trim your messages). It's not a question of amanda. Aman

RE: data timeout - no replies...anyone???

2004-08-18 Thread Ranveer Attalia
Interesting We are currently using version 2.4.4 p1. Is the Linux ext3 file type supported on a later version of Amanda where I can use the dumptype nocomp? -Original Message- From: Christoph Scheeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 August 2004 12:56 To: Ranveer Attalia Subject:

Re: data timeout - no replies...anyone???

2004-08-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 18 August 2004 03:30, Christoph Scheeder wrote: >Hi, >i don't recall when it went in, but AFAIK it was 1 subrelease after >the point where a missing exclude-file began to get treated as an >error ;-) Perhaps its mentioned somewhere in a changelog. >Christoph But then I'd have to a

Re: 'strange amanda header' errors

2004-08-18 Thread Paul Bijnens
Scott Frisbie wrote: I've been trying to run amrestore with the following command and I've been getting lots of these errors: amrestore /dev/nst0 SERVER_NAME amrestore: strange amanda header: "AMANDA: FILE 20040810 SERVER_NAME /etc lev 1 comp"N program /bin/gtar" amrestore:

Re: problems when ejecting tapes

2004-08-18 Thread Paul Bijnens
KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote: I always get this message when I amlabel a brand new tape. I think it's caused by trying to read an unformatted, unused tape. But, as Paul says, it can also be caused by trying to read the tape too soon after inserting it. Note that you do get an "input/output error" when aml

Re: data timeout - no replies...anyone???

2004-08-18 Thread Christoph Scheeder
Hi, i don't recall when it went in, but AFAIK it was 1 subrelease after the point where a missing exclude-file began to get treated as an error ;-) Perhaps its mentioned somewhere in a changelog. Christoph Gene Heskett schrieb: On Tuesday 17 August 2004 04:19, Christoph Scheeder wrote: Hi, firs