> No, the archives created by the archivehost mechanism are
> tar images with optional compression. You don't need a
> working backuppc to restore them - just feed them to tar.
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
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>
Hi All
Ok I seem to have some other issue with the tape archive, whe
On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 10:56, Mark Coetser wrote:
> > What are the permissions on /dev/st0?
> Hi Les
>
> That was the problem thank you, for interests sake it a Debian systerm and
> there is a tape group that owns /dev/st0, the archive is running currently
> and hopefully wont have any errors, Do y
> What are the permissions on /dev/st0?
Hi Les
That was the problem thank you, for interests sake it a Debian systerm and
there is a tape group that owns /dev/st0, the archive is running currently
and hopefully wont have any errors, Do you know if its possible to do a
restore from an archived tape
On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 16:10 +0200, Mark Coetser wrote:
> Hi Ppl
>
> I have the same issue with a simple archive host, I tried adding the
> backuppc user to the disk group but still getting the following error in the
> log. How can I debug backuppc so that I can see where the problem lies ?
>
> Er
Hi Ppl
I have the same issue with a simple archive host, I tried adding the
backuppc user to the disk group but still getting the following error in the
log. How can I debug backuppc so that I can see where the problem lies ?
Error
Archive failed (Error: /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCrea
On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 16:40 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote:
> Based on my tests, /bin/cat is complaining about sending data to
> /dev/st0. I can duplicate this error from the command line:
>
> # cat test.tar >> /dev/st0
> cat: write error: Invalid argument
> # mt -f /dev/st0 status
>
Bowie Bailey wrote:
> I am trying to set up a simple archive device. I think I have it set
> up properly, but I am seeing this (rather unhelpful) error:
>
> Archive failed (Error: /opt/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate,
> compress or split failed)
>
> I disabled compression and splitting,
I am trying to set up a simple archive device. I think I have it set
up properly, but I am seeing this (rather unhelpful) error:
Archive failed (Error: /opt/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate,
compress or split failed)
I disabled compression and splitting, but I still get the error.
My con
