Please add "amdump" to the line in .amandahosts

2007-12-13 Thread Brian Cuttler
Hi, Solaris 9 Server with amanda 2.4.4 Client is a zone on a solaris 10 system running amanda 2.5.2p1. > amcheck -c info Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check ERROR: NAK squidzone1: user amanda from 199.184.30.36 is not allowed to execute the service noop: Please add

Re: Running amflush to a Separate Tape

2007-12-13 Thread John E Hein
Tom Herrera wrote at 11:24 -0800 on Dec 13, 2007: > Still curious if it is okay, amanda-wise, to just remove the ancient > directories, or if I have to do something more than that. Try 'amadmin holding delete ...' (see the amadmin man page) I think this is a new feature in amanda 2.5.2 This i

Re: Running amflush to a Separate Tape

2007-12-13 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 11:24:53AM -0800, Tom Herrera wrote: > > > Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > > > > One other point to check. Since Tom is coming new into an existing > > setup, and didn't specify in his original post, it's possible those are > > from another amanda configuration that is not bei

Re: Running amflush to a Separate Tape

2007-12-13 Thread Tom Herrera
Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > > One other point to check. Since Tom is coming new into an existing > setup, and didn't specify in his original post, it's possible those are > from another amanda configuration that is not being run. The names of > the files should indicate when and what they are fr

Re: Running amflush to a Separate Tape

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 13 December 2007, Tom Herrera wrote: I am new to both Linux and Amanda, so please be gentle. I've recently come over from the dark side of Windoze. I've inherited a small net from a previous sysop. He was using Amanda on two servers, and I would like to contin

Re: Running amflush to a Separate Tape

2007-12-13 Thread Tom Herrera
Gene Heskett wrote: > > Generally speaking, Tom, anything that's left in the holding disk, > probably > due to a tape error, is still part of the database amanda keeps, so they > should be flushed to the next available tape in the rotation. Otherwise > you > are miss-placing valuable info th

Re: Running amflush to a Separate Tape

2007-12-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 13 December 2007, Tom Herrera wrote: >I am new to both Linux and Amanda, so please be gentle. I've recently come >over from the dark side of Windoze. > >I've inherited a small net from a previous sysop. He was using Amanda on two >servers, and I would like to continue use, but I'm findi

Re: Running amflush to a Separate Tape

2007-12-13 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 07:33:25AM -0800, Tom Herrera wrote: > > I am new to both Linux and Amanda, so please be gentle. I've recently come > over from the dark side of Windoze. > > I've inherited a small net from a previous sysop. He was using Amanda on two > servers, and I would like to continu

Running amflush to a Separate Tape

2007-12-13 Thread Tom Herrera
I am new to both Linux and Amanda, so please be gentle. I've recently come over from the dark side of Windoze. I've inherited a small net from a previous sysop. He was using Amanda on two servers, and I would like to continue use, but I'm finding it a bit challenging. I've gotten as far as deter