Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Paul Bijnens
Jason Miller wrote: Got a very stupid question, I am trying to setup amanda client on a FreeBSD 4.9 server and I am getting the following error. dgram_recv: recvfrom() failed: Socket operation on non-socket Has anyone had experience with this? I am using ucspi-tcp instead of inetd or xinetd. I

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Matthias Andree
Jason Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Got a very stupid question, I am trying to setup amanda client on a FreeBSD 4.9 server and I am getting the following error. dgram_recv: recvfrom() failed: Socket operation on non-socket Has anyone had experience with this? I am using ucspi-tcp instead

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Jason Miller
Ok I just setup a new server to test the port for amanda-client and I am getting the same problem as my production box. I also installed the port for xinetd to see if I could get it to work using it. It is a no-go, has anyone setup the amanda-client from port on a FreeBSD 4.9 box? If so could you

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Matthias Andree
Jason Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ok I just setup a new server to test the port for amanda-client and I am getting the same problem as my production box. I also installed the port for xinetd to see if I could get it to work using it. It is a no-go, has anyone setup the amanda-client from

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 13:47, Jason Miller wrote: Ok I just setup a new server to test the port for amanda-client and I am getting the same problem as my production box. I also installed the port for xinetd to see if I could get it to work using it. Hi Jason; How are the file(s) for

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Matthias Andree
Jason Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The below is exactly what is in my xinetd.conf and I have added amanda to it to my hosts.allow and to insure everything is good to go I went as far as rebooting the machine. Running amcheck with -c on the server might be another, more lightweight way to

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Jason Miller
Also I do see with a netstat -an the following line udp4 0 0 *.10080*.* After installing the xinetd I got that far, client still times out. I am running the amcheck -c DailySet1 from the server to test this BTW. No firewall is on this box or on the server and its on

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Jason Miller
Ok I got it, I was making it way too hard again. Re-read the manual's triple checked the configs, folders, permissions and rebooted the server and everything is working now. Figured out there was two things incorrect in my setup and they were. FreeBSD has to have operator:operator not amanda:disk

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Jay Fenlason
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 02:29:16PM -0500, Jason Miller wrote: Also I do see with a netstat -an the following line udp4 0 0 *.10080*.* After installing the xinetd I got that far, client still times out. I am running the amcheck -c DailySet1 from the server to test

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Jason, on Dienstag, 28. September 2004 at 22:18 you wrote to amanda-users: JM Ok I got it, I was making it way too hard again. Re-read the manual's triple JM checked the configs, folders, permissions and rebooted the server and JM everything is working now. Figured out there was two things

AMANDA.docs -- another update

2004-09-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hello again, amanda-users and amanda-hackers, found some time again to do some docs-formatting work. Just pushed the current versions (html, pdf, ps.gz) online. Could someone review this chgscsi-chapter? I have never used it, so I would really like it if someone actually using and knowing

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 16:18, Jason Miller wrote: Ok I got it, I was making it way too hard again. Re-read the manual's triple checked the configs, folders, permissions and rebooted the server and everything is working now. Figured out there was two things incorrect in my setup and they

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Jason Miller
Yes you can rest assured I will stay part of this group and help out where I can. It has been a serious learning curve for me going from my M$ tainted background to straight *nux. Have converted most of our servers running windows to a *nix OS and have since stopped working as much... LOL Jason

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 17:33, Jason Miller wrote: Yes you can rest assured I will stay part of this group and help out where I can. It has been a serious learning curve for me going from my M$ tainted background to straight *nux. Have converted most of our servers running windows to a

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Jason Miller
You bet, got tired of the late night coffee runs!! From: Matthias Andree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:38:22 +0200 To: Jason Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Amanda Client On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Jason Miller wrote: Yes you can rest assured I will stay part of this

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Jason Miller
Yes Winderz is evil!!! I run a Mac powerbook and ibook myself and converted the other admins in my office to get one for there use as well... My goal of world domination is 1 step closer... From: Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Organization: None, detectable by casual observers

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Gene, on Dienstag, 28. September 2004 at 23:31 you wrote to amanda-users: GH Glad you got it going Jason. Now, could you stick around and tutor GH the next BSD'er that needs help? Have a look at http://www.amanda.org/docs/systemnotes.html#id2438204 ;-) -- best regards, Stefan Stefan

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Jason Miller
Totally Cool, first time I have ever been put in for knowledge on official docs. Jason :-) From: Stefan G. Weichinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: oops! Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:41:58 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Jason Miller [EMAIL

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Jason, on Dienstag, 28. September 2004 at 23:44 you wrote to amanda-users: JM Totally Cool, first time I have ever been put in for knowledge on official JM docs. I do what I can do. If you dig up more ... ;-) (Do you think the note would have helped you from the start?) -- best

amanda, large dumps, and HSM

2004-09-28 Thread Philip Brown
Hello Amanda users, I'm trying to find out if amanda can meet our needs. I've heard from many people, yeah, amanda is really great... except for that whole doesnt-span-tapes thing. Right now, we have a Hierachical Storage Management tool (HSM), and a buncha custom hacked perl scripts, to do our

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 Thread Jason Miller
For my install, yes it would have sped the process up. The other suggestions helped narrow down my searching as well as verify I wasn't miss reading the docs. So for FreeBSD 4.9 atleast putting all the messages together would be one nice FreeBSD 4.9 port install how-to. I did not find many docs or

Bacula vs. amanda?

2004-09-28 Thread Jonathan Dill
I sent this From the wrong address initially, apologies if you actually get it twice :( My experience is with amanda, but I will be taking over a Bacula installation in about a month when I change jobs, see http://www.bacula.org/ Has anybody used Bacula and have any comments on how it compares

Re: amanda, large dumps, and HSM

2004-09-28 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 03:35:04PM -0700, Philip Brown wrote: Hello Amanda users, I'm trying to find out if amanda can meet our needs. I've heard from many people, yeah, amanda is really great... except for that whole doesnt-span-tapes thing. Right now, we have a Hierachical Storage

Does each amanda profile require a different holding disk location?

2004-09-28 Thread Mike Fedyk
I think I just found out why most of my backups are going over the end of the tape. Here's a description of my setup: * Mon-Thu - Daily incremental with full level 0 backup every 7 runs on a rotation of 10 tapes. Each incremental level is on a minimum of two tapes in case of

Re: Does each amanda profile require a different holding disk location?

2004-09-28 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 07:45:17PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: I think I just found out why most of my backups are going over the end of the tape. Here's a description of my setup: * ... And they were all using the same holding disk with autoflush turned on. I checked the files in

Re: Does each amanda profile require a different holding disk location?

2004-09-28 Thread Mike Fedyk
Jon LaBadie wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 07:45:17PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: So I have set up different holding disk directories for each profile. Is this documented anywhere? I don't recall seeing it specified, but I've done it from the start. /{w|w2|w3|u|u2}/dumps/amanda/config

Re: Does each amanda profile require a different holding disk location?

2004-09-28 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 08:36:31PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: Does amanda have any type of variables in its config files? I already have a common file referenced by the three amanda.conf files, as well as a common disklist. I'm thinking of a $profile so that I can define the holding disk,

Re: Does each amanda profile require a different holding disk location?

2004-09-28 Thread Mike Fedyk
Jon LaBadie wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 08:36:31PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: Does amanda have any type of variables in its config files? I already have a common file referenced by the three amanda.conf files, as well as a common disklist. I'm thinking of a $profile so that I can define