2 tapes backup...

2005-11-08 Thread Montagni, Giovanni
Title: 2 tapes backup... My backup have to use 2 different tapes to do full dumps. I read the amanda's docs, but i can't understand how can i tell to amanda to use 2 tapes without tape changer (i use an lto drive so i have to change tape manually at the morning when i arrive to work, tha

Re: 2 tapes backup...

2005-11-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 03:11, Montagni, Giovanni wrote: My backup have to use 2 different tapes to do full dumps. I read the amanda's docs, but i can't understand how can i tell to amanda to use 2 tapes without tape changer (i use an lto drive so i have to change tape manually at the morning

R: 2 tapes backup...

2005-11-08 Thread Montagni, Giovanni
I don't use the holding disk, because i don't have enough free space to store data twice (the data itself and backup). Without holding disk i can't use two tapes? I hope i can... -Messaggio originale- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Gene Heskett Inviato:

Re: R: 2 tapes backup...

2005-11-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 08:54, Montagni, Giovanni wrote: I don't use the holding disk, because i don't have enough free space to store data twice (the data itself and backup). Without holding disk i can't use two tapes? I hope i can... No, because when amanda is writing direct to tape, and

Re: R: 2 tapes backup...

2005-11-08 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 02:54:20PM +0100, Montagni, Giovanni wrote: -Messaggio originale- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Gene Heskett Inviato: martedì 8 novembre 2005 14.23 A: amanda-users@amanda.org Oggetto: Re: 2 tapes backup... On Tuesday 08

R: R: 2 tapes backup...

2005-11-08 Thread Montagni, Giovanni
-Messaggio originale- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Jon LaBadie Inviato: martedì 8 novembre 2005 16.24 A: amanda-users@amanda.org Oggetto: Re: R: 2 tapes backup... On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 02:54:20PM +0100, Montagni, Giovanni wrote:

Strange error message from Amanda.

2005-11-08 Thread Erik P. Olsen
This time I've got a really strange error message from an amanda back- up: FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: epo.dk /var lev 0 STRANGE .. and further down the list: FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: /-- epo.dk /var lev 0 STRANGE sendbackup: start [epo.dk:/var level 0] sendbackup: info

Re: Strange error message from Amanda.

2005-11-08 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Erik P. Olsen wrote: | gtar: ./cache/samba/winbindd_privileged/pipe: socket ignored ? gtar: ./lib/slocate/slocate.db: file changed as we read it | Total bytes written: 545894400 (521MiB, 3.1MiB/s) sendbackup: size 533100 sendbackup: end \ The weird messages do not make any sense

Re: Strange error message from Amanda.

2005-11-08 Thread Frank Smith
Erik P. Olsen wrote: This time I've got a really strange error message from an amanda back- up: FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: epo.dk /var lev 0 STRANGE STRANGE means Amanda received unexpected output from the underlying backup program (tar or dump). Whether or not it is something

Re: Strange error message from Amanda.

2005-11-08 Thread Paul Bijnens
Frank Smith wrote: Erik P. Olsen wrote: This time I've got a really strange error message from an amanda back- up: FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: epo.dk /var lev 0 STRANGE STRANGE means Amanda received unexpected output from the underlying backup program (tar or dump). Whether or

Re: Strange error message from Amanda.

2005-11-08 Thread Erik P. Olsen
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 22:26 +0100, Paul Bijnens wrote: ? gtar: ./lib/slocate/slocate.db: file changed as we read it This is the strange line. It is not an error. It is up to you to decide if it is bad or not. Thanks for shedding light in the darkness. -- Regards, Erik P. Olsen

Re: Strange error message from Amanda.

2005-11-08 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 10:26:07PM +0100, Paul Bijnens wrote: | gtar: ./cache/samba/winbindd_privileged/pipe: socket ignored Tar is warning you that it came across a special file type (a socket) and didn't back it up. You can safely ignore these messages. Not 100% true actually.

Re: Strange error message from Amanda.

2005-11-08 Thread Frank Smith
Paul Bijnens wrote: Not 100% true actually. Gnutar produces some output on stderr which amanda classifies as normal (can safely be ignored), error (needs to be flagged as error to the user, and implies that this dump is not correct and will not be put on tape if dumping to holdingdisk). And