Incremental backup

2006-05-09 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, Correct me if I am wrong. It seems that when a DLE is set to incremental backup, Amanda will try to get the size using various methods: - full backup size - same incremental level as the last one size - next incremental level size I see in /tmp/amanda/sendsize... the following lines: sendsi

Re: Restoring from tapes

2006-05-09 Thread Olivier Nicole
> We have a new Solaris server that can be connected to the tape drive > as well. Should I install Amanda server on that new server √ to > prepare for a disaster on the main Amanda server? You got a lot of information in Paul's reply. I should add to that: > Some people rsync/ftp the config/lo

Re: Subset dumps?

2006-05-09 Thread Ross Vandegrift
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:35:45AM +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote: > On 2006-05-09 09:34, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > >Been a bad week for my backups. Today, we had a mostly catastrophic > >loss of a vtape filesystem, lost 14 of 18 vtapes on our busiest Amanda > >server. I'm just finishing picking up the

Re: amrecover choices

2006-05-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 10:57:18PM +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote: > Jon LaBadie schreef: > >After asking amrecover to extract some files the > >converstation goes something like: > > > > Load tape XXX-09 now > > Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? _ > > > >Y is the default, yes continue, > >n for no, do not cont

Re: Tapecat: a cool tape utility

2006-05-09 Thread Paddy Sreenivasan
Robert, Thanks for your useful tool. I have added it to the Amanda wiki. http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Main_Page#Tools_that_can_be_useful_for_Amanda_users Everyone, If there are useful tools that you have written and are willing to make it available for all Amanda users, please add them to t

Re: Restoring from tapes

2006-05-09 Thread Paul Bijnens
gil naveh schreef: hi, We have a Solaris server that runs multiple applications including Amanda server. This server is connected to a tape drive were the backup files are being stored (by Amanda). So far, data is stored and successfully recovered from the tapes. However, what can be done in

Re: amrecover choices

2006-05-09 Thread Paul Bijnens
Jon LaBadie schreef: After asking amrecover to extract some files the converstation goes something like: Load tape XXX-09 now Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? _ Y is the default, yes continue, n for no, do not continue (I guess abort) s for skip this tape I suppose "?" is for "help", though I've ne

amrecover choices

2006-05-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
After asking amrecover to extract some files the converstation goes something like: Load tape XXX-09 now Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? _ Y is the default, yes continue, n for no, do not continue (I guess abort) s for skip this tape I suppose "?" is for "help", though I've never tried it But what

Restoring from tapes

2006-05-09 Thread gil naveh
hi, We have a Solaris server that runs multiple applications including Amanda server. This server is connected to a tape drive were the backup files are being stored (by Amanda).So far, data is stored and successfully recovered from the tapes. However, what can be done in case the

RE: Problem with changer

2006-05-09 Thread Paul Haldane
> From: Ian Turner > Sent: 09 May 2006 16:54 > > On Tuesday 09 May 2006 11:06, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > > My autoloader is on /dev/st0 and tape are defined on /dev/nst0 > > > > I don't think so. > > st0 and nst0 are the "same" device handled differenly on close. > > The changer is probably on /dev/

Re: Problem with changer

2006-05-09 Thread Ian Turner
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 11:06, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > My autoloader is on /dev/st0 and tape are defined on /dev/nst0 > > I don't think so. > st0 and nst0 are the "same" device handled differenly on close. The changer is probably on /dev/sg0 or /dev/sg1. -- Wiki for Amanda documentation: http://wi

Re: Problem with changer

2006-05-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 04:47:10PM +0200, Stefan MARTEL wrote: > Quoting Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Thanks for your answer > > I had done all this manip but i still have a problem, now in the > /tmp/amanda/chg-zd-mtx.***.debug i have this message : > > hg-zd-mtx: debug 1 pid 13467 ruid

Re: Problem with changer

2006-05-09 Thread Stefan MARTEL
Quoting Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Thanks for your answer I had done all this manip but i still have a problem, now in the /tmp/amanda/chg-zd-mtx.***.debug i have this message : hg-zd-mtx: debug 1 pid 13467 ruid 1002 euid 1002: start at Tue May 9 16:39:54 2006 16:39:54 Using config fi

Re: Problem with changer

2006-05-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 10:33:01AM +0200, Stefan MARTEL wrote: > Quoting Salvatore Enrico Indiogine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have the same problem as Luis when i run amcheck > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > - > Holding disk /amanda/amandahold/test: 14245792 kB disk s

Re: Dell Powervault Tape Config

2006-05-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:03:05AM +0200, Luis Rodrigues wrote: > Hello, > > I need to configure the tape type off Dell PowerVault 122 T > >From http://www.amanda.org/fom-serve/cache/354.html and confirmed from DELL > >site > >http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/stor%2Dsys/122T/en/122t_lto/ug/

Re: problem upgrading from 2.4.4p1 to 2.5.0p1

2006-05-09 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2006-05-08 21:35, Jeff Moskow wrote: Paul, Thanks! I have the correct permissions on the planner exec. I have DLE's on 88 machines and it works fine when I run the 2.4.4p1 code, so I don't suspect a DLE problem. Then it looks more like a problem on the server.

Re: Subset dumps?

2006-05-09 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2006-05-09 09:34, Ross Vandegrift wrote: Hello everyone, Been a bad week for my backups. Today, we had a mostly catastrophic loss of a vtape filesystem, lost 14 of 18 vtapes on our busiest Amanda server. I'm just finishing picking up the pieces now and getting things back on track. One of

Re: Dell Powervault Tape Config

2006-05-09 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2006-05-09 11:03, Luis Rodrigues wrote: Hello, I need to configure the tape type off Dell PowerVault 122 T From http://www.amanda.org/fom-serve/cache/354.html and confirmed from DELL site http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/stor%2Dsys/122T/en/122t_lto/ug/specs.htm I get define tapetyp

Dell Powervault Tape Config

2006-05-09 Thread Luis Rodrigues
Hello, I need to configure the tape type off Dell PowerVault 122 T >From http://www.amanda.org/fom-serve/cache/354.html and confirmed from DELL >site >http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/stor%2Dsys/122T/en/122t_lto/ug/specs.htm I get define tapetype LT01 { comment "DELL LT01" length

Re: Subset dumps?

2006-05-09 Thread listrcv
Ross Vandegrift wrote: Is there any way to run dumps for a subset of disklist entries? For example, is there someway I can do "amdump [a-h]*"? You could make a copy of the disklist, and edit the disklist so that only what is to be backed up in the current run remains in the disklist. Once y

Re: Problem with changer

2006-05-09 Thread Stefan MARTEL
Quoting Salvatore Enrico Indiogine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have the same problem as Luis when i run amcheck Amanda Tape Server Host Check - Holding disk /amanda/amandahold/test: 14245792 kB disk space available, using 14245792 kB amcheck-server: could not get changer

Subset dumps?

2006-05-09 Thread Ross Vandegrift
Hello everyone, Been a bad week for my backups. Today, we had a mostly catastrophic loss of a vtape filesystem, lost 14 of 18 vtapes on our busiest Amanda server. I'm just finishing picking up the pieces now and getting things back on track. With amdump I can: 1) Run dumps for an entire