Include function in disklist

2005-04-15 Thread Iulian Topliceanu
Hi, Is there a possibility to use an Include function in disklist? Something like in apache or IPSec? I try to avoid having a big disklist file full of entries and I want to point the DLE's to specific files one for each host (I have about 50 hosts each with multiple volumes and it's getting

core dump resulting from chg-scsi

2005-04-15 Thread Franz-Heinrich Massmann
Hi all, When executing 'chg-scsi -genconf' a core dump is resulting. Calling chg-scsi with other parameters is also unsuccessful: -info: please check your config and use a config file for chg-scsi -status /dev/lus: please check your config and use a config file for chg-scsi -scan: gives only the

Re: Include function in disklist

2005-04-15 Thread Iulian Topliceanu
Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Hi, Iulian, on Freitag, 15. April 2005 at 09:05 you wrote to amanda-users: IT> Is there a possibility to use an Include function in disklist? Something IT> like in apache or IPSec? Yes. --- man amanda parameter includefile I saw that parameter in the amanda.conf but

Re: Include function in disklist

2005-04-15 Thread Paul Bijnens
Iulian Topliceanu wrote: Where can I change the path of the 'disklist' file in amanda.conf? Am I missing something or there is no such option? No you cannot change the path of the disklist file. But you can make it a symlink. To accomplish something like "include" in a disklist, you can create it

Re: q: amrecover, directories okay but no files

2005-04-15 Thread Toomas Aas
gj wrote: In case this may be related, sometimes when I am successful in extracting/recovering a file, amrecover stalls. When I wait awhile, I see in a different terminal that the file has been recovered, but I don't get the "amrecover>" prompt back and I need to ^C to quit. Maybe the tar or dump p

problems backuping root partition with dump on FC3

2005-04-15 Thread Eric Doutreleau
i cannot backup / partition with dump on my FC3 machine. I'm using amanda-2.4.4p3-1 on both server and client Steps to Reproduce: i have configured my amanda server to backup a / partition on my FC3 computer. I use the mountpoint / in my disklist file i got the following report sonde /

running commands on client

2005-04-15 Thread Mike
I have looked around and cannot seem to locate an answer, so forgive me if it has been discussed to death. I need to be able to do a /usr/bin/mysql -e"flush tables with read lock;" on the remote amanda client before I do a backup, and unlock it when I am done. Other than just making a guess abo

Re: running commands on client [Scanned by ClamAV]

2005-04-15 Thread Bert_De_Ridder
This is a short howto : many thanks to Paul Bijnens (also on this list), he is the one that put me on the right track in implementing this solution. HTH Bert De Ridder PeopleWare NV - Head Office Cdt.Weynsstraat 85 B-2660 Hoboken Tel: +32 3 448.33.38 Fax: +32 3 448.32.66 PeopleWare