Re: missing files

"John R. Jackson" wrote: > > >What shows an error occurred? ... > > By "error" I meant you didn't see all the entries in amrecover that you > expected to see. There isn't anything in the sendbackup*debug file to > indicate what went wrong (or even that anything did go wrong). The more > usefu

sendbackup*debug

>"John R. Jackson" wrote: > > >What are the complete contents a typical /tmp/amanda/sendbackup*debug > > >file for one of the failed runs? > >Don't have any from a failed run. Below is my only sendbackup*debug > >file, which is from the successful run. > > > ># cat /tmp/amanda/sendbackup*debu

Re: missing files

"John R. Jackson" wrote: > > >... (How do i put a tape back to inactive status? I tried > >re-labeling, but couldn't: "tape is active".) > > Either use "-f" on amlabel, or use amrmtape. Worked, thx. > >Don't have any from a failed run. Below is my only sendbackup*debug > >file, which is from

Response to r.f.c.: Suggestions

.net/fom-serve/cache/1.html because calling them both "FAQ" is confusing. Though she's more than i can handle at the present, for the future, thank u for keeping amanda free and well-supported. george herson

Re: Amanda Disaster Recovery...

hi. If you're running Linux and want to buy a disaster recovery cdrom that includes amanda, the book _Linux Problem Solver_ by Brian Ward, No Starch Press, includes one. george herson Nicki Messerschmidt wrote: > > Hi folks, > I'm runnig several Amanda hosts and an Amanda

Re: missing files

"John R. Jackson" wrote: > > >I got all nine items of my /home/amanda directory archived, unlike when > >amdump ran it with option --listed-incremental > >/usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/dellmachine_home_amanda_0.new. What > >does this mean? > > I don't know what it means yet, except that ta

Re: missing files

"John R. Jackson" wrote: > > >In a test, i removed the --listed-incremental /usr/amanda_0.new > >option, and tar archived all my files, just how i like it. Why does > >Amanda put that option there? ... > > Ummm, because that's required to do incremental backups. :-) > > >And is it feasib

Re: missing files

"John R. Jackson" wrote: > > >Is the actual (eg, tar) command used by amdump recorded? Where? > > /tmp/amanda/sendsize*debug and /tmp/amanda/sendbackup*debug on the client. > > > george Thanks. I didn't know that because the sendsize*debug files i looked inside didn't have the tar options b

Re: missing files

"John R. Jackson" wrote: > > >But I just archived that dir to disk using tar and it got all the files > >fine. > > And did you do it the same way Amanda does, i.e. with all the listed > incremental type flags it hands to GNU tar? That's where a lot of the > problems are, not in just basic tar o

Re: missing files

"John R. Jackson" wrote: > >But i have a question as to why, according to a tar on the tape afterwards, > >only four out of the nine items in the directory to dump were actually > >backed up. ... > > What version of GNU tar are you using? If it's not at least 1.13.17 > (and probably 1.13.19 wo

missing files

st and last lines). > Amanda allows five minutes per disk. If that's not enough, crank up > the etimeout value in amanda.conf. > > >george herson > > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

"missing result"

g result for /home/amanda in dellmachine response]" What causes missing results? My disklist is "dellmachine /home/amanda root-tar". thx, george herson "John R. Jackson" wrote: > >Thanks for your advice below (setting changerfile) as I am much further > >

Re: amlabel not seeing tape

s return ^C'ing out and retrying produces much the same thing. What could be wrong? I have very simple setup: 1 machine as both client and server, with 1 tape drive with 1 slot. I have just "dellmachine /boot root-tar" in disklist. thank you, george herson "John R. Jack

Re: amlabel not seeing tape

reason not to do it this way, besides the security issue of having to load nfsd on my internet-connected PC? thx alot, george herson "John R. Jackson" wrote: > >(/usr/adm/amanda/changer-status-clean: No such file or directory): > > The Amanda changers now want to store thre

Re: amlabel not seeing tape

chg-manual: (/usr/adm/amanda/changer-status-clean: No such file or directory): rewinding amlabel: no tape online # mt -f /dev/nht0 status shows: IDE-Tape (type code 0) ? File number=0, block number=0. mt_resid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0 mt_dsreg: 0x200, mt_gstat: 0x0 General status bits on (0): thank u, george herson

Re: amlabel not seeing tape

hange to the regular > expression to tell them apart. > > Grumble, mutter, ... > > >george herson > > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, thanks. # mt -f /dev/nht0 status WITHOUT the tape: /dev/nht0: Input/output error # mt -f /dev/nht

Re: amlabel not seeing tape

sid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0 mt_dsreg: 0x200, mt_gstat: 0x0 General status bits on (0): -> loaded <> Might that "(type code 0) ?" indicate a problem? # cat amlabel.20010501135216.debug shows: amlabel: debug 1 pid 11047 ruid 507 euid 507 start time Tue May 1 13:52:16 2001 thank you, geo

amlabel not seeing tape

wn tape drive type (type code 0) File number=0, block number=0. mt_resid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0 mt_dsreg: 0x200, mt_gstat: 0x0 General status bits on (0): -> loaded <> -> rewind /dev/nht0 The tape, drive, and /dev/ht0 are known to work, with tar. Suggestions? Thanks alot, george