amanda-3.4.1: first tests with vtapes

2016-11-24 Thread sgw
compiled 3.4.1 on three machines today, works fine on 2 of them, on the third I have an issue with my vtapes on the external disks. I run an aggregated changer combining 2 external disks with 20 vtapes each. define changer disk1 { tpchanger "chg-disk:/mnt/externaldisk1"

Re: spreading vtapes among disks

2016-11-13 Thread sgw
Am 2016-11-13 um 06:44 schrieb Jon LaBadie: I'm going to be setting up an amanda server with vtapes spread over > 4-6 disk drives. I expect several of the drives will be able to > hold two or more dumpcycles worth of vtapes. What would you > recommend for the distribution of the vtapes, each

Re: tapes and external disks: how to combine all this

2016-11-10 Thread sgw
Am 2016-08-16 um 21:59 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Am 2016-08-16 um 18:23 schrieb Jean-Louis Martineau: Stefan, Try the attached patch yep, works! could someone point me at that patch again, pls? can't find it in my ML archives here. (got to patch an existing 3.3.9 installation)

Re[2]: Problems compiling Amanda on Solaris

2005-06-23 Thread sgw
Hello, khalid, on 22.06.2005, 17:36 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: I had the same error a few weeks ago. When you do a make, use the bsd version. /usr/ccs/bin/make and it should work fine. Sounds like this should be added to http://www.amanda.org/docs/systemnotes.html ? Best

Re[2]: Strange dump details

2005-06-23 Thread sgw
Hello, Nicklas, on 23.06.2005, 10:13 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: Is there any specific amanda developer list I could report this issue to? [EMAIL PROTECTED] But we already know that, thanks ... I'll see to get that expression committed. Best regards, Stefan G. Weichinger.

Re: server / lev 0 FAILED [/bin/tar returned 2] - server / lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed]

2005-06-23 Thread sgw
Hello, Chuck, on 23.06.2005, 11:41 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: I was getting the following this error - server / lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed] I assume tar is not working. I am using this version of tar. server:/etc/postfix # /bin/tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25 Ok.

Re[2]: server / lev 0 FAILED [/bin/tar returned 2] - server / lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed]

2005-06-23 Thread sgw
Hello, Chuck, on 23.06.2005, 12:35 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: # Thus use exclusions for all those sockets? This would remove all # those nasty ignore-errors and No media found in the Report. ./dev ./tmp ./var ./media/cdrom ./media/floppy I assume the last five entries are

Re: still getting - dump larger than tape, 2862305 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk

2005-06-17 Thread sgw
Hello, Chuck, on 17.06.2005, 15:36 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: Hi I am still getting - dump larger than tape, 2862305 KB, but cannot incremental dump new disk but it's only less than 3gb. Please stop starting threads over and over for the same simple topic. Paste your amanda.conf

Re: tapetypes

2005-06-17 Thread sgw
Hello, Frank, on 17.06.2005, 21:25 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but what is the fascination with generating tapetypes? I think that most people that are new to AMANDA assume that they somehow HAVE TO generate their own special tapetype to

Re: lvm and amanda?

2005-06-17 Thread sgw
Hello, Oscar, on 18.06.2005, 00:04 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: Any information would be appreciated. Your posting does not tell me if you use DUMP or GNUTAR. From my setup here, which partly dumps a LVM-partition I would also suggest using GNUTAR and listing the mount-dirs inside

Re[2]: Backup to Hard Drive

2005-06-16 Thread sgw
Hello, Rebecca, on 16.06.2005, 21:22 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: Try looking in the amanda FAQ-omatic, here: http://amanda.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/fom?_recurse=1file=25#file_191 This is the configuration I used and it works like a champ. ;-) And something more up-to-date:

Re: dumper5 pid 10813 is messed up, ignoring it

2005-06-16 Thread sgw
Hello, Rebecca, on 16.06.2005, 19:47 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: Here's what I have: A server running amanda-2.4.4p4 running on RHE3 intel, and has been for a couple of years. A client running amanda-2.4.4p1 on Sol9, sparc. Any suggestions? Is there any reasonable chance of

Re: Strange dump details

2005-06-16 Thread sgw
Hello, Nicklas, on 16.06.2005, 23:26 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: ? Domain=[DOMAIN] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] Any ideas? Ignore it (it's not a problem) or browse the archives of this list for a patch that has been recently posted. Best regards, Stefan G.

Re[2]: Search file in amanda database

2005-06-08 Thread sgw
Hello, Gavin, on 08.06.2005, 12:42 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: GH Well, you didn't look very hard, did you ;-) GH http://www.amanda.org/docs/using.html#config_use_amrecover I think Giovanni wants to recover a file without even knowing the path ... If this is the case I would simply

Re: no backups yesterday?

2005-06-06 Thread sgw
Hello, Cameron, on 06.06.2005, 22:42 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: C I've been trying to figure out why one of my servers won't back up, C when i noticed that no backups were performed yesterday... no errors C in any logs, no emails, nothing. is it normal for amanda to take a C day

Re[2]: What will i do if a backup is not successfull?

2005-06-03 Thread sgw
Hello, Frank, on 03.06.2005, 17:20 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: FS Have you read the chapter about Amanda in UNIX Backup Recovery? FS It gives a pretty good overview, and is available on the Internet. The FS link is on the amanda.org web page. It is also part of the AMANDA-docs

Re: Find tapetype parameter

2005-06-01 Thread sgw
Hello, Dominique, on 01.06.2005, 15:18 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: DA I found the config for a IBM LTO tape driver: DA define tapetype IBM-LTO3580 { DA comment IBM LTO Ultrium 3580 (Hardware Compression off) DA length 100608 mbytes DA filemark 0 kbytes DA speed 13120

Re[2]: Find tapetype parameter

2005-06-01 Thread sgw
Hello, Dominique, on 01.06.2005, 19:24 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: DA If I understand, only the parameter lenght and filemark is important. So, DA my tape drive is compatible with amanda. Let me repeat this for the records_that_noone_browses: If your OS supports your tape drive,

Re: Antwort: Re: Backup through SMB-Client

2005-05-31 Thread sgw
Hello, Ralf, on 31.05.2005, 12:32 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: rled thanks for your help. I've found it. rled It seems that the backup is doing okay and it's only a issue in displaying rled some things. rled Now I know that the backup is doing fine and I' not so nervous annymore. Calm

Re[2]: Test message

2005-05-30 Thread sgw
Hello, Alex, on 30.05.2005, 11:45 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: AJ I got all of your mails, most of them in a few identical copies, as of AJ this week-end (29 may). My mails weren't delivered by majordomo, because I simply had forgotten to subscribe the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] as

Re[2]: Is everybodies amanda running perfect? Boggles the mind.

2005-05-29 Thread sgw
Hello, Gene, on 29.05.2005, 04:14 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: GH On Saturday 28 May 2005 21:35, Gene Heskett wrote: No mail from the list in about 20 hours, so lets see what happens to this message... GH Humm, round trip, 10 minutes max. I must be the only idiot near a GH computer

AMANDA with GPG

2005-05-28 Thread sgw
Hello, amanda-users, just a short call for opinions: Who uses gpg-amanda, as described at http://security.uchicago.edu/tools/gpg-amanda/ ? I am thinking about including this in the docs and would like to hear your thoughts. Best regards, Stefan G. Weichinger. mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Test message

2005-05-27 Thread sgw
Hello, amanda-users, as some of you may have noticed, no messages posted by me get through to this list since May, 18th ... Maybe this one. Best regards, Stefan G. Weichinger. mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Test message

2005-05-27 Thread sgw
Hello, amanda-users, as some of you may have noticed, no messages posted by me get through to this list since May, 18th ... Maybe this one. Best regards, Stefan G. Weichinger. mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: amcheck issue

2005-05-27 Thread sgw
Hello, Chuck, on 23.05.2005, 14:22 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: CASA Hi Again CASA I have managed to get readlines libraries seen by my ./configure. CASA Thus can someone post the chown details for planner,dumper and amcheck. http://www.amanda.org/docs/install.html Best regards,

AMANDA-docs Update

2005-05-27 Thread sgw
Hello, amanda-users and amanda-hackers, I resend this one using my old address, as I have noticed that over the last few days my messages to these lists don't appear anymore. Maybe this has to do with using my [EMAIL PROTECTED] adress, so let's see if this one works out again. ::: I am happy

Re[2]: Amanda install docs - daemontools hints

2005-05-27 Thread sgw
Hello, Geert, on 20.05.2005, 21:30 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: GU On Fri, 20 May 2005, [ISO-8859-2] Filip Rembia³kowski wrote: At 05/18/05 23:20, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: FR Standard daemontools setup does not assume setting up UDP services. So it lacks FR an udp

Re[2]: Debugging lufs vtape and amanda flushing-throtle for amanda

2005-05-27 Thread sgw
Hello, Vlad, on 23.05.2005, 12:05 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: VP 1)So IS there a parameter to slow down the data stream to a constant VP level (in amanda.conf) while flushing or not ? There is the parameter speed but it is not currently used by AMANDA. VP 2) I have the 8

Re[2]: Amanda install docs - daemontools hints

2005-05-27 Thread sgw
Hello, Filip, on 20.05.2005, 21:23 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: FR I realize it may sound a bit messy, but actually it is the Way:) FR If it's not clear - never mind - I'll publish a howto somewhere, with full FR explanation, to straighten things up:) Please share your

Re[2]: Samba 3.0.14 problems with Amanda 2.4.4p3?

2005-05-27 Thread sgw
Hello, Filip, on 19.05.2005, 19:05 you wrote to amanda-users@amanda.org: FR At 05/18/05 19:35, Bryan K. Walton wrote: FR (...) FR Same here, with Amanda 2.4.5 / Samba 3.0.13, running slackware-current with FR 2.4.30 kernel. In client-src/sendbackup-gnutar.c there are regular expressions

AMANDA-docs Update

2005-05-27 Thread sgw
Hello, amanda-users and amanda-hackers, I am happy to inform you that I have just published the current AMANDA-docs on www.amanda.org. (pdf and html updated, the ps-output seems currently broken :-( ). Main changes: - Split of the amanda.8-manpage: New manpage amanda.conf.5 Updates and