Re: amanda and solaris 10 smf

2005-05-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 02:17:57PM -0700, Mike Delaney wrote: > On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:13:01AM -0800, LaVonna Sydow wrote: > > I am trying to configure amanda on a Solaris 10 server that will backup > > only itself. When I run amcheck, I get: > > selfcheck request timed out. Host down? > > >

Re: amanda and solaris 10 smf

2005-05-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 01:44:11PM -0800, LaVonna Sydow wrote: > I know. (Sorry for the direct email). If you look at my paste, you'll > see that its amandad that's failing. Any ideas as to why? I have > thoroughly checked /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf before running > inetconv. > Any comp

Re: force backup on a specific tape

2005-05-09 Thread LaVonna Sydow
You could manually edit the tapelist file so that the tape is on the last line with the oldest date - or remove its line all together. LS FM wrote: Hello, My monthly backup failed (not completely) this week-end because of electric problem. How can I force my backup to use this monthly tape aga

Re: amanda and solaris 10 smf

2005-05-09 Thread Mike Delaney
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:13:01AM -0800, LaVonna Sydow wrote: > I am trying to configure amanda on a Solaris 10 server that will backup > only itself. When I run amcheck, I get: > selfcheck request timed out. Host down? > > svcs shows: > > online 11:05:10 svc:/network/amidxtape/tcp:default > on

Re: Amrecover

2005-05-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Lei Zhong, on Montag, 09. Mai 2005 at 21:08 you wrote to amanda-users: LZ> I finally fixed Amrecove: connection refused problem, however LZ> I got an error “No index records for host:. Have LZ> you enabled indexing?”  How do I fix this?  How do I enable LZ> indexing?  Thank you.  Lei man ama

Re: amanda and solaris 10 smf

2005-05-09 Thread LaVonna Sydow
I know. (Sorry for the direct email). If you look at my paste, you'll see that its amandad that's failing. Any ideas as to why? I have thoroughly checked /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf before running inetconv. LS Steve Yun wrote: Yes. Even on the server, you need the client configured as we

force backup on a specific tape

2005-05-09 Thread FM
Hello, My monthly backup failed (not completely) this week-end because of electric problem. How can I force my backup to use this monthly tape again ? Thanks !

Re: Amrecover

2005-05-09 Thread Frank Smith
--On Monday, May 09, 2005 15:08:05 -0400 Lei Zhong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I finally fixed Amrecove: connection refused problem, however I got an > error "No index records for host:. Have you enabled > indexing?" How do I fix this? How do I enable indexing? Thank you. > Lei >

Re: amanda and solaris 10 smf

2005-05-09 Thread Steve Yun
Make sure you have Amanca client configured on the server. -steve - Original Message - From: "LaVonna Sydow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 3:13 PM Subject: amanda and solaris 10 smf > I am trying to configure amanda on a Solaris 10 server that will backup >

Amrecover

2005-05-09 Thread Lei Zhong
Hi All, I finally fixed Amrecove: connection refused problem, however I got an error “No index records for host:. Have you enabled indexing?”  How do I fix this?  How do I enable indexing?  Thank you.  Lei

amanda and solaris 10 smf

2005-05-09 Thread LaVonna Sydow
I am trying to configure amanda on a Solaris 10 server that will backup only itself. When I run amcheck, I get: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? svcs shows: online 11:05:10 svc:/network/amidxtape/tcp:default online 11:05:10 svc:/network/amandaidx/tcp:default maintenance 11:07:05 svc:/netwo

Re: Error: dump larger than tape

2005-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 12:24, Thomas Grieder wrote: >Brian Cuttler wrote: >> The problem is that amanda does not (currently) allow a DLE >> (DiskList Entry) to span tapes. >> >> The fully functional method is to configure amanda to use TAR >> (only specific versions work properly) rather than the

Re: very interesting little problem.

2005-05-09 Thread Paul Bijnens
Sysadmin #1 started amdump this morning to correct a failed dump from last night. Sysadmin #2 needed to restore a file, and started amrecover on the backup machine. Sysadmin #2 was unaware of the running backup process and used amtape to change slots. OOPS, both sysadmins got really weird err

Dell Powervault 132T tape library

2005-05-09 Thread Carlos Scott
Hello all. I'm struggling to get Centos 4 to recognize my Dell Powervaul 132T tape changer. The system doesnt create a device node for it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] scotty]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: DATDAT72-052 Rev: A060

Re: very interesting little problem.

2005-05-09 Thread Peter Mueller
Hi! Sysadmin #1 started amdump this morning to correct a failed dump from last night. Sysadmin #2 needed to restore a file, and started amrecover on the backup machine. Sysadmin #2 was unaware of the running backup process and used amtape to change slots. OOPS, both sysadmins got really weir

/dev/sg devices disappear upon reboot :-(

2005-05-09 Thread Guy Dallaire
Hello, Trying to get amanda running. I noticed that my /dev/sg devices are disappearing after a reboot. I'm on centos 3.4 (RHEL clone) For now, I have to run MAKDEV sg as root after every reboot which is a pain. The sg module seems to be loaded. If I do an lsmod | grep sg I see it. Any help app

Re: WARNING: server.domain.co.uk: selfcheck request timed out. Hostdown?

2005-05-09 Thread Steve Yun
I'm not sure, but you might need to add user 'amanda' to your server and/or client. And check permissions. Just my 2 cents... -steve - Original Message - From: "Chuck Amadi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Amanda List" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 8:41 AM Subject: WARNING: server.domain.co.

Re: WARNING: server.domain.co.uk: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?

2005-05-09 Thread Martin Hepworth
Chuck the .amandahosts should be something like server.domain.co.uk root server.domain.co.uk amanda odd output from netstat -a, this shouldn't respond until you 'ping' the appropriate port.. also check the logs (usually /tmp/amanda for any clues, as well as making sure the amanda in /etc/xinet.d

WARNING: server.domain.co.uk: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?

2005-05-09 Thread Chuck Amadi
Hi I added the files amanda and amandaix to /etc/xinetd.d enable running chkconfig -s xinetd 345 and rebooted. server:~ # netstat -a | grep -i amanda tcp0 0 *:amandaidx *:* LISTEN udp0 0 *:amanda*:* server:~ # lsof | grep amanda xinetd5774

WARNING: server.domain.co.uk: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?

2005-05-09 Thread Chuck Amadi
Hi I have a standalone tape server And I haven't and not running xinet.d services when I built amanda it did not build a /honme/amanda directory thus I haven't got a .amandahost file but one does have such a file in /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts.rpmsave I get this warning Amanda Backup Client Hosts

Re: very interesting little problem.

2005-05-09 Thread Paul Bijnens
Mike wrote: I had an interesting amanda issue this morning. Sysadmin #1 started amdump this morning to correct a failed dump from last night. Sysadmin #2 needed to restore a file, and started amrecover on the backup machine. Sysadmin #2 was unaware of the running backup process and used amtape