recovering index

hi all, i have an old tape with backup on itunfortunately , i don't have the index file for this tape is someone knows how to extract a specified file from this tape? is it possible to recover the index file for this tape ? thanx, to reply directly (i'm not in the mailing list

chg-multi with hard drive backups

Hi, Thanks for the response to my previous message. I've Amanda up and running now, it is backing up to the hard drive using the file:/path tapedev option. I'd also like to get it setup to use the automatic tape changer to automatically change tapes (which are really just directories on

Re: recovering index

On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 at 10:40am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote i have an old tape with backup on itunfortunately , i don't have the index file for this tape is someone knows how to extract a specified file from this tape? is it possible to recover the index file for this tape ? Use

Disk Offline

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: bigeasy.in vg00_lvol5 lev 0 FAILED [disk vg00_lvol5 offline on bigeasy.in?] what that mean please amcheck without errors but the report giveme that. the client is a HP the serveur is a sun Solaris and the version of amanda is 2.4.2p2 thanks Best Regards,

broken pipe?!

I keep getting the following error whenever I run a Level 0 on this one disk. Everything seems to be fine with the dump, as I am able to successfully restore from it. But this error is driving me mad, and I am getting nowhere on my own. Any ideas? * FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP

Re: chg-multi with hard drive backups

Hello, Thanks for the response to my previous message. I've Amanda up and running now, it is backing up to the hard drive using the file:/path tapedev option. I'd also like to get it setup to use the automatic tape changer to automatically change tapes (which are really just directories on the

Re: Disk Offline

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: bigeasy.in vg00_lvol5 lev 0 FAILED [disk vg00_lvol5 offline on bigeasy.in?] What's in /tmp/amanda/sendsize*debug on bigeasy.in? patrick John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: broken pipe?!

I keep getting the following error whenever I run a Level 0 on this one disk. ... | DUMP: DUMP IS DONE | DUMP: Level 0 dump on Wed Sep 12 09:37:15 2001 ? Broken Pipe I take it the client is Solaris? What version of Amanda? What's in /tmp/amanda/sendbackup*debug on the client? John R.

Re: Disk Offline

John R. Jackson wrote: FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: bigeasy.in vg00_lvol5 lev 0 FAILED [disk vg00_lvol5 offline on bigeasy.in?] What's in /tmp/amanda/sendsize*debug on bigeasy.in? patrick ho /etc/amdumpdates not there is it the prob ? ok here it is : sendsize: debug 1 pid

Re: chg-multi with hard drive backups

... I'd also like to get it setup to use the automatic tape changer to automatically change tapes ... I do what you're trying to do when I'm testing, so it is possible. Clinton's comment about statefile being required is also true, although I think the script would have failed much sooner if

Re: Disk Offline

vxdump: WARNING: no file `/etc/dumpdates', making an empty one vxdump: cannot create /etc/dumpdates: Permission denied ... ho /etc/amdumpdates not there is it the prob ? Yes, that's the problem. Create it (as root, since it's in /etc) and make sure your Amanda user (uid 15) has read/write

Re: Disk Offline

What does /tmp/amanda/* say? Patrick LIN wrote: FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: bigeasy.in vg00_lvol5 lev 0 FAILED [disk vg00_lvol5 offline on bigeasy.in?] what that mean please amcheck without errors but the report giveme that. the client is a HP the serveur is a sun Solaris

Re: Disk Offline

Ok thanks i will let you know tomorrow after the nigthly backup thanks Best Regards Patrick John R. Jackson wrote: vxdump: WARNING: no file `/etc/dumpdates', making an empty one vxdump: cannot create /etc/dumpdates: Permission denied ... ho /etc/amdumpdates not there is it the prob ?

RE: broken pipe?!

Yes it's solaris, using amanda-2.4.1p1. Unfortunately, another dump ran on that client since this error, so sendbackup.debug doesn't refer to this dump. -Original Message- From: John R. Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:22 PM To: Chris Noon Cc: [EMAIL

Re: broken pipe?!

... Unfortunately, another dump ran on that client since this error, so sendbackup.debug doesn't refer to this dump. Sigh. FYI, if you upgrade that client to 2.4.2p2 (you would not have to do everything), the debug files will be kept separate. Or you could rebuild that client using

Tape verification

Hello everyone. Does (or can) Amanda verify the contents of a tape after the backup to verify that it backed up properly? Or does it do something similar already? Thanks in advance! Anthony Valentine Spenard Builders Supply [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: seg fault from chg-scsi (long)

Hi, On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 11:51:10AM +1000, Chris Anderson wrote: Greetings all, I'm getting a seg fault from the chg-scsi program when I try to do 'amcheck' and it's driving me somewhat crazy. (Apologies in advance for the length of this email; I figured better too much info than not

Re: Tape verification

Does (or can) Amanda verify the contents of a tape after the backup to verify that it backed up properly? Or does it do something similar already? man amverify Anthony Valentine John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Any one using HP C5173-4000 + Quantum DLT 4000 + Redhat 7.1 ???

Gene Heskett sends Greetings to ajit k; akj Hi, akj I posted this message sometime back but not sure if it really akj went thru. So, I will repost. akj I plan to use amanda as my backup system on the above hardware akj and OS combination. I am hoping to benefit from the amanda users akj