Re: Setup problems

2003-10-28 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 at 1:53pm, Paul Singh wrote > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > > WARNING: beaker: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? > Client check: 1 host checked in 29.998 seconds, 1 problem found > > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3) http://amanda.s

Setup problems

2003-10-28 Thread Paul Singh
Hey guys, I think I've finally gotten close to finishing up this configuration... now I'm running amcheck... any ideas what's wrong? bash-2.05b$ /usr/sbin/amcheck DailySet1 Amanda Tape Server Host Check - Holding disk /var/amanda/dumps: 284572 KB disk space available,

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 13 June 2003 06:59, Tom Brown wrote: >> > Joshua, I've got this faint echo running around in the back of >> > my mind from something over a year ago, maybe even 2, where >> > someone was having trouble with an HP that was responding to >> > multiple LUNS. At the time I can't recall if th

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-13 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 at 11:59am, Tom Brown wrote > I'm getting the same error as before regarding the /dev/sg* and permission > denied when i set my changerdevice in amanda.conf. > > Below is an out out from the SCSI section of my messages on this box. This > time i also have a CDROM and i don't s

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-13 Thread Tom Brown
> > time i also have a CDROM and i don't seem to be able to set the > > channgerdevice. I have tried /dev/sg0 through /dev/sg7 but i just get > > permision dened for them all. What should it be? > > Well, what *are* the permissions on /dev/sg[0-2]? And what group is the > amanda user in? The perm

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-13 Thread Tom Brown
> > Joshua, I've got this faint echo running around in the back of my mind > > from something over a year ago, maybe even 2, where someone was > > having trouble with an HP that was responding to multiple LUNS. At > > the time I can't recall if the consensus was an HP bug, or a kernel > > bug. I

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 12 June 2003 11:15, Tom Brown wrote: >> Joshua, I've got this faint echo running around in the back of my >> mind from something over a year ago, maybe even 2, where someone >> was having trouble with an HP that was responding to multiple >> LUNS. At the time I can't recall if the cons

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Tom Brown
> Joshua, I've got this faint echo running around in the back of my mind > from something over a year ago, maybe even 2, where someone was > having trouble with an HP that was responding to multiple LUNS. At > the time I can't recall if the consensus was an HP bug, or a kernel > bug. In this gent

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 12 June 2003 09:50, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: >On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 at 2:48pm, Tom Brown wrote > >> > You need to set changerdev to the generic device which is the >> > changer. It'll either be 2 or 3, depending on which of those >> > LUNs is the tape drive and which is the changer. >>

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 at 2:48pm, Tom Brown wrote > > You need to set changerdev to the generic device which is the changer. > > It'll either be 2 or 3, depending on which of those LUNs is the tape drive > > and which is the changer. > > ahhh that seems to work thanks - but it seems to work if i set

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Tom Brown
> You need to set changerdev to the generic device which is the changer. > It'll either be 2 or 3, depending on which of those LUNs is the tape drive > and which is the changer. ahhh that seems to work thanks - but it seems to work if i set it to sg2 or sg3 ? Any idea why that might be? thanks T

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 at 2:37pm, Tom Brown wrote > > > amcheck-server: could not get changer info: badly formed result from > > > changer: "cannot open SCSI device '/dev/sg4' - No such device or > address" > > > > There *is* no sg4. What in your config files points at sg4? > > my changerdev in ama

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Tom Brown
> > amcheck-server: could not get changer info: badly formed result from > > changer: "cannot open SCSI device '/dev/sg4' - No such device or address" > > There *is* no sg4. What in your config files points at sg4? my changerdev in amanda.conf - if i set this to /dev/st0 i get $ amcheck gt-host

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 at 2:23pm, Tom Brown wrote > Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 > Attached scsi tape st1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 1 > Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Each of those devi

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Tom Brown
> Two things come to mind, one being that to find many of the changer > robots, the kernel must be recompiled, enabled the 'scan all luns' > option. The other being that devices are assigned in the order > detected by the kernel, so whats at /dev/sg0, /dev/sg1, /dev/sg2, and > /dev/sg3? This

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Tom Brown
> >$ amcheck gt-host > >Amanda Tape Server Host Check > >- > >WARNING: holding disk /var/spool/amanda: only 1388720 KB free > > (3072000 KB requested) > >amcheck-server: could not get changer info: badly formed result from > >changer: "cannot open SCSI device '/dev/sg4'

Re: changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 12 June 2003 06:21, Tom Brown wrote: >I'm trying to get a test setup going to mirror what we have at the > IDC so i can make changes before applying them there. I have an old > DDS4 autoloader that used to be at the IDC connected to a test > setup here. > >When i configure it in exactly

changer setup problems

2003-06-12 Thread Tom Brown
I'm trying to get a test setup going to mirror what we have at the IDC so i can make changes before applying them there. I have an old DDS4 autoloader that used to be at the IDC connected to a test setup here. When i configure it in exactly the same way that it worked at the IDC i get errors. $ a

Re: Linux setup problems

2001-02-06 Thread Roland E. Lipovits
John R. Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>/etc/dumpdates doesn't exist on a Debian installation, it's >>/var/lib/dumpdates. > >Sigh. > >Do you think Amanda should be checking if either exist rather than just >the one name? Or should it try to figure out at ./configure time which >way to go? .

Re: Linux setup problems

2001-02-06 Thread John R. Jackson
>>ERROR: debian: [can not read/write /etc/dumpdates: No such file or >>directory] > >/etc/dumpdates doesn't exist on a Debian installation, it's >/var/lib/dumpdates. Sigh. Do you think Amanda should be checking if either exist rather than just the one name? Or should it try to figure out at ./c

Re: Linux setup problems

2001-02-06 Thread Chris Karakas
Stan Brown wrote: > > ERROR: debian: [can not access /dev/hdc1 (hdc1): Permission denied] > ERROR: debian: [can not access /dev/hda1 (hda1): Permission denied] > ERROR: debian: [can not access /dev/hda3 (hda3): Permission denied] ... > brw-rw1 root disk 3, 1 Nov 30 10:

Re: Linux setup problems

2001-02-06 Thread Roland E. Lipovits
Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm just seting up my first Linux (Debian Potato) box in a while. (...) >ERROR: debian: [can not read/write /etc/dumpdates: No such file or >directory] /etc/dumpdates doesn't exist on a Debian installation, it's /var/lib/dumpdates. Maybe a symlink will work

Re: Linux setup problems

2001-02-05 Thread Ron Snyder
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 10:50:45AM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > I'm just seting up my first Linux (Debian Potato) box in a while. > Eventually it will be a tapehost, but tirght now I'm just trying to set it > up as a client. > > Compile, and install went well, and i got /etc/services, and inetd.con

Linux setup problems

2001-02-05 Thread Stan Brown
I'm just seting up my first Linux (Debian Potato) box in a while. Eventually it will be a tapehost, but tirght now I'm just trying to set it up as a client. Compile, and install went well, and i got /etc/services, and inetd.conf set up corectly (I think). However I am getting a premissions error