backup ceased working? (longer mail)

2006-08-16 Thread Kristian Rink
amrestore keeps thinking about the tape: --- amverify output: [...] Loading current slot... changer: got exit: 0 str: 3 /dev/nst0 Using device /dev/nst0 Waiting for device to go ready... Rewinding... Processing label... Volume Back07, Date 20060816 Rewinding... End-of-Information detected. Rew

Re: backup ceased working? (longer mail)

2006-08-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 07:25, Kristian Rink wrote: And I snipped because its a carbon copy of my results. > >I'd be grateful for any hints no matter how small. System configuration: > >- Debian GNU/Linux >- amanda 2.5.0p2-1 ^^^ I have had several instances of exactly this fail

Re: backup ceased working? (longer mail)

2006-08-16 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 01:25:03PM +0200, Kristian Rink wrote: > > Hi all, > > please forgive me posting longer texts to that list, but right now I am > into a situation where I sort of feel lost within my amanda > configuration and log files. After working well for quite a while, our > tape back

Defining backup levels

2006-08-16 Thread Anne Wilson
What exactly is meant by backup levels 1 & 2? For instance, when a backup bumps to level 2, does that mean that the last level1 backup has all the changes since level0, and the level 2 backups will have everything since the bump date? BTW, I haven't forgotten about the restoring from DVD - I'v

Re: Defining backup levels

2006-08-16 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 at 6:17pm, Anne Wilson wrote What exactly is meant by backup levels 1 & 2? For instance, when a backup bumps to level 2, does that mean that the last level1 backup has all the changes since level0, and the level 2 backups will have everything since the bump date? From 'ma

Re: Defining backup levels

2006-08-16 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 18:29, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 at 6:17pm, Anne Wilson wrote > > > What exactly is meant by backup levels 1 & 2? For instance, when a > > backup bumps to level 2, does that mean that the last level1 backup has > > all the changes since level0, an

Re: Defining backup levels

2006-08-16 Thread Greg Troxel
Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From 'man dump': > >-level# > The dump level (any integer). A level 0, full backup, guaran- > tees the entire file system is copied (but see also the -h > option below). A level number above

Re: Defining backup levels

2006-08-16 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 08:23:51PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: > > Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > From 'man dump': > > > >-level# > > The dump level (any integer). A level 0, full backup, guaran- > > tees the entire file system is copi