Re: SMBCLIENT program not available

2005-06-29 Thread David Howard
Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: Please don't send HTML email. And why is Thunderbird mucking with the quoting so much? On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 at 2:29pm, David Howard wrote Hmm. No go with FQDN's, I tried the amanda server's FQDN and also use localhost.localdomain, but it still does not work. I

Re: SMBCLIENT program not available

2005-06-29 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
Please don't send HTML email. And why is Thunderbird mucking with the quoting so much? On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 at 2:29pm, David Howard wrote > Hmm.  No go with FQDN's, I tried the amanda server's FQDN and also use > localhost.localdomain, but it still does not work.  It seems as if amanda > still d

Re: Disabling size estimates?

2005-06-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Graeme Humphries wrote: http://www.amanda.org/docs/amanda.conf.5.html Hahaha oh man, that really is a RTFM on my part. Sorry. :) You are one out of hundred who confesses that, so : thank you. "estimate server" helps A LOT if your DLEs are pretty static. Yeah, and they are *really* static

Re: Disabling size estimates?

2005-06-29 Thread Graeme Humphries
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 23:14 +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Surprise! > > http://www.amanda.org/docs/amanda.conf.5.html Hahaha oh man, that really is a RTFM on my part. Sorry. :) > > Yes, I imagine a gain of a few hours will be worth it, especially since > > I'm trying to squeeze my backups

Re: SMBCLIENT program not available

2005-06-29 Thread David Howard
Jon LaBadie wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 01:52:02PM -0700, David Howard wrote: I am running a new backup server with a vanilla load of RedHat with an LTO library: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon). I have tried the stock amanda and samba package

Re: SMBCLIENT program not available

2005-06-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
David Howard wrote: I am running a new backup server with a vanilla load of RedHat with an LTO library: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon). I have tried the stock amanda and samba packages, and got this error on amcheck: ERROR: localhost meeep meeep. localhost-error. Please u

Re: Disabling size estimates?

2005-06-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Graeme Humphries wrote: I assume by "recent" you mean 2.4.5, not 2.4.4? :) If so, I don't see it in the amanda.conf example. Is there some official documentation on its behavior somewhere? As you use :) : Surprise! http://www.amanda.org/docs/amanda.conf.5.html but the sad part is that you

Re: SMBCLIENT program not available

2005-06-29 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 01:52:02PM -0700, David Howard wrote: > I am running a new backup server with a vanilla load of RedHat with an > LTO library: > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon). > > I have tried the stock amanda and samba packages, and got this error on > amcheck: > > ERRO

Re: Disabling size estimates?

2005-06-29 Thread Graeme Humphries
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 22:51 +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > I knew you would hit that ... :D > Recent AMANDA-releases provide the dumptype-option "server estimate", I assume by "recent" you mean 2.4.5, not 2.4.4? :) If so, I don't see it in the amanda.conf example. Is there some official

Re: Disabling size estimates?

2005-06-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Graeme Humphries wrote: Hi everyone, Just wondering, is there a way to disable the initial size estimates that Amanda sends? Or possibly a way to use "du" to generate them faster? With the backup sizes I have, it looks like I'm wasting close to an hour on sizing estimates, when I know that I hav

SMBCLIENT program not available

2005-06-29 Thread David Howard
I am running a new backup server with a vanilla load of RedHat with an LTO library: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon). I have tried the stock amanda and samba packages, and got this error on amcheck: ERROR: localhost: [This client is not configured for samba: //sleepy/netapps]

Disabling size estimates?

2005-06-29 Thread Graeme Humphries
Hi everyone, Just wondering, is there a way to disable the initial size estimates that Amanda sends? Or possibly a way to use "du" to generate them faster? With the backup sizes I have, it looks like I'm wasting close to an hour on sizing estimates, when I know that I have room on the backup serve

Re: Input/output error on tape drive with amcheck...

2005-06-29 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 08:44:06PM +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Guy Dallaire wrote: > > >If you could also tell me where you ended up putting "sleep" command > >in the mtx script, that would be nice of you. > > Should this get patched or described in the sources also? > I don't feel so.

Re: Input/output error on tape drive with amcheck...

2005-06-29 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 02:37:34PM -0400, Guy Dallaire wrote: > 2005/6/29, Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I set the value of tapecycle to less than the tapes actually in > > rotation, 18 rather than 24 (6 per week). Then if there is a bad > > read, or simply like your case, something un

Re: Input/output error on tape drive with amcheck...

2005-06-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Guy Dallaire wrote: If you could also tell me where you ended up putting "sleep" command in the mtx script, that would be nice of you. Should this get patched or described in the sources also? -- Stefan G. Weichinger AMANDA core team member mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- oops! linux consulting

Re: Input/output error on tape drive with amcheck...

2005-06-29 Thread Guy Dallaire
2005/6/29, Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I set the value of tapecycle to less than the tapes actually in > rotation, 18 rather than 24 (6 per week). Then if there is a bad > read, or simply like your case, something unexplained, amanda is > willing to use any of the 6 tapes least recently

Fwd: coud not bind result datagram port

2005-06-29 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, I recently decided I would upgrade from amanda 2.4.2p2 to 2.4.5 on my Sun Solaris 8 server. Things seem to build and compile fine but on initial test of things, amcheck failed with the following message >amcheck mama amcheck: could not bind result datagram port: Invalid argume

Re: multiple gzip on same data!?

2005-06-29 Thread Graeme Humphries
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 11:12 -0600, Michael Loftis wrote: > Then do client side compression? Is there really a reason as to why you're > not? Client side compression gives me around 3-4 MB / sec data transfers. Server side gives me around 10-15 MB / sec (with the current CPU in the AMANDA server)

Re: multiple gzip on same data!?

2005-06-29 Thread Graeme Humphries
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 13:18 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > "fast" rather than "best" might make a big difference Oh, can you specify compress-fast as well as srvcompress? That definitely would help. > Wishlist item: allow for compress "normal" as well as best and fast. > It often strikes a good bal

Re: multiple gzip on same data!?

2005-06-29 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:58:07AM -0600, Graeme Humphries wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 10:18 -0600, Michael Loftis wrote: > > Nope it isn't. One is for the index, one for the data. I had the same > > 'huh?!' question (sort of) a while back since I do client side compression > > and still had

Re: multiple gzip on same data!?

2005-06-29 Thread Michael Loftis
--On June 29, 2005 10:58:07 AM -0600 Graeme Humphries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ahhh, that makes sense then. Alright, I've got to beef up my AMANDA server, because it's struggling along with just those 4 gzips, and I want to have 4 dumpers going simultaneously all the time. Then do client

Re: Input/output error on tape drive with amcheck...

2005-06-29 Thread Jon LaBadie
able, using 177638 MB > amcheck-server: slot 1: date 20050629 label DailySet1-011 (active tape) > amcheck-server: slot 2: reading label: Input/output error > amcheck-server: slot 3: date 20050601 label DailySet1-013 (active tape) > amcheck-server: slot 4: date 20050602 label DailySe

Re: multiple gzip on same data!?

2005-06-29 Thread Graeme Humphries
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 10:18 -0600, Michael Loftis wrote: > Nope it isn't. One is for the index, one for the data. I had the same > 'huh?!' question (sort of) a while back since I do client side compression > and still had gzip's running ;) Ahhh, that makes sense then. Alright, I've got to beef

Re: multiple gzip on same data!?

2005-06-29 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 09:57:48AM -0600, Graeme Humphries wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've got my configuration mostly sorted out now, so it's doing what I > want it to. However, I've got a question about some weird behavior I'm > seeing on my AMANDA server. I'm using the srvcompress option because the

Re: multiple gzip on same data!?

2005-06-29 Thread Michael Loftis
--On June 29, 2005 9:57:48 AM -0600 Graeme Humphries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now, why oh why is it doing *two* gzip operations on each set of data!? It looks like the gzip --best isn't actually getting that much running time, so is there something going on here that's faking me out, and i

multiple gzip on same data!?

2005-06-29 Thread Graeme Humphries
Hi guys, I've got my configuration mostly sorted out now, so it's doing what I want it to. However, I've got a question about some weird behavior I'm seeing on my AMANDA server. I'm using the srvcompress option because the servers I'm backing up from are rather slow, and when backing up, I see the

Input/output error on tape drive with amcheck...

2005-06-29 Thread Guy Dallaire
This morning my amcheck (amanda 2.4.5) told me that I had to fix a problem before run: Amanda Tape Server Host Check - Holding disk /disk1/amanda/hd: 178138 MB disk space available, using 177638 MB amcheck-server: slot 1: date 20050629 label DailySet1-011 (active tape

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Graeme Humphries
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 12:45 +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > There should be some defined email-subject as well as a kind of template: > > Sender: Name > Senderaddress: email > Source: generated w/ amtapetype OR from the FOM OR ... > Manufacturer of Device: HP >

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Alexander Jolk wrote: Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: And about 1-2 minutes to post the result to amanda-users, for others to find ;) Maybe someone is motivated to grep for all those tapetypes out there and collect them all in one big tapetype-list? You mean something like all the tapetypes on

Re: out of tape but actually not?

2005-06-29 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 09:45:35AM -0400, Yu Chen wrote: > Hi, > > I got this strange error, couldn't understand why. It says out of tape, > but it actually only used 14% of the AIT-3 tape which has 100GB native > capacity, the directory failed is about 25GB, which should fit into the > tape wi

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Frank Smith
--On Wednesday, June 29, 2005 09:35:39 -0400 Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > General question -- has anyone ever simply used the native capacity > and a filemark of zero AND been bitten by amanda because of it? > Define 'bitten'. On my first attempt at using amtapetype years ago,

out of tape but actually not?

2005-06-29 Thread Yu Chen
Hi, I got this strange error, couldn't understand why. It says out of tape, but it actually only used 14% of the AIT-3 tape which has 100GB native capacity, the directory failed is about 25GB, which should fit into the tape with plenty space left, am I right? Here is the output from amdump,

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:20:23AM +0100, Tom Brown wrote: > Yes i know - but rather than wait all that time i wondered if anyone > allready had one to hand. > > >just run amtapetype command and you will get tape type definition to use > >in your amanda.conf configuration file... > > > >Giovanni

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Joerg Knobloch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yep, got one. Try this: define tapetype DELL-PV-122T-LTO2 { comment "for DELL Ultrium2 tapes" length 199680 mbytes filemark 0 kbytes speed 31076 kps } Hope that helpsJoerg Tom Brown wrote: > Yes i know - but rather than wait al

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Alexander Jolk
Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: And about 1-2 minutes to post the result to amanda-users, for others to find ;) Maybe someone is motivated to grep for all those tapetypes out there and collect them all in one big tapetype-list? You mean something like all the tapetypes on the FAQ-O-Matic? http://

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this a request "Send me your tape-types everyone" ? Hey, you seem to read minds ... Not yet, please, I am thinking about a proper way to collect things. How should I decide which "HP-DDS3" is the one to choose ...? There should be some defined email-subject as w

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Bert_De_Ridder
Is this a request   "Send me your tape-types everyone" ? Bert "Stefan G. Weichinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 29/06/2005 12:21 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To amanda-users cc Subject Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type Paul Bijnens wrote: > Tom Bro

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Paul Bijnens wrote: Tom Brown wrote: Yes i know - but rather than wait all that time i wondered if anyone allready had one to hand. It takes about 4-7 hours, assuming you give a good '-e XXXg' value to amtapetype. And about 1-2 minutes to post the result to amanda-users, for others to find

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Paul Bijnens
Tom Brown wrote: Yes i know - but rather than wait all that time i wondered if anyone allready had one to hand. It takes about 4-7 hours, assuming you give a good '-e XXXg' value to amtapetype. -- Paul Bijnens, XplanationTel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2

Re: R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Tom Brown
Yes i know - but rather than wait all that time i wondered if anyone allready had one to hand. just run amtapetype command and you will get tape type definition to use in your amanda.conf configuration file... Giovanni -Messaggio originale- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

R: LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Montagni, Giovanni
just run amtapetype command and you will get tape type definition to use in your amanda.conf configuration file... Giovanni -Messaggio originale- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] conto di Tom Brown Inviato: mercoledì 29 giugno 2005 10.25 A: amanda-users Oggetto: LTO-2 - Ta

LTO-2 - Tape Type

2005-06-29 Thread Tom Brown
Anyone got a tape type for an LTO-2 please? thanks

Re: not an amanda tape - but it was

2005-06-29 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 04:34:19PM +1000, Rebecca Dridan wrote: > I hope someone can help me with an odd amanda problem. I've searched the > net and archives, but haven't seen anyone else with this problem yet. > > Last week I had a fully working Amanda setup on a BSD server, with a > daily and

Re: not an amanda tape - but it was

2005-06-29 Thread Frank Smith
--On Wednesday, June 29, 2005 16:34:19 +1000 Rebecca Dridan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope someone can help me with an odd amanda problem. I've searched the net > and archives, but haven't seen anyone else with this problem yet. > > Last week I had a fully working Amanda setup on a BSD ser