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has been missed and thus promotes a few too many DLE's to full dumps.
In general it works fine though.
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Hello list
So I accidentally ran amrmtape against my DailySet1 tape CDS1tape07. Is there
any way for me to un-amrmtape and put it back the way it was?
Thanks for any information
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Kurt Yoder said:
Hello list
I wasn't sure I understood how to set the Amanda dumpcycle, runspercycle,
runtapes, and tapecycle correctly, so I wrote a small perl script to check my
logic. It asks a few questions about the number of backups within a certain
time period, whether a changer
amanda administrators.
Thanks; all feedback is appreciated. Are you referring to the above issue WRT
polish, or do you think other parts need changing as well?
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, and then prints the values
one should set for dumpcycle, runspercycle, runtapes, and tapecycle. Assuming
my thinking is correct, perhaps others on this list could benefit from the
script as well, so I am attaching it...
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amanda_assistant.pl
Description
?
Is it just as easy as amrecover GreenSet or so ?
Does amindex work with such a config-mix ?
regards
Martin
Am Mittwoch, 3. Dezember 2003 16:02 schrieb Kurt Yoder:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Hi --
I did a search through the FAQ-O-Matic and through the Yahoo egroup
for
'share holding' and didn't find
2.4.4p2. It ran again last
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-_shared_212075330 8126030 67.3 40:23 3353.9
30:27 4447.4
britain.sh /shared01 25085110 12979245 51.7 37:29 5771.6
172:00 1257.7
sumatra.sh //java/c$ 7488930 7488930--70:04 1781.5
22:30 5548.0
(brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.4p1)
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are the
individual
files?
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the ignored dumps and the successful dumps. I
would like to remove the ignored dumps from the amadmin records
because they are misleading.
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37:29 5771.6
172:00 1257.7
sumatra.sh //java/c$ 7488930 7488930--70:04 1781.5
22:30 5548.0
(brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.4p1)
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the real amdump
program?
http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/348.html
Are there any plans to add support for pre/post dump scripts in
future versions of amanda? It would be extremely convenient and
solve a recurring question...
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: did you add the amanda server pieces to
your inetd.conf file and then restart inetd? Connection refused
sounds like the amanda server ports aren't open at all.
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no plans to implement anything
like this at my site.
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an append to tape setup. At least if you write out to tape
doing a simulated append your exposure to a tummy ache is
lessened.
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an example of a debugging line to add and where to
add it? If I have an example to work off of, I can take it from
there. As I've mentioned to others, my C knowledge is extremely
primitive.
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output verifying that I got to certain parts of my
amlabel code?
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syntactically correct and doesn't cause warnings for
amcheck, doesn't it indicate some sort of trouble with my compiled
amlabel? Could commenting out changer-src have caused this? Or is it
something else?
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this? Or is
it
something else?
Is there a missmatch between the system end of line convention, like
one is expecting a crlf and the other is lf only?
There shouldn't be. They're both Unix. Also, if there were a
mismatch, wouldn't amcheck complain about it?
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Gene Heskett said:
On Tuesday 23 December 2003 11:01, Kurt Yoder wrote:
Gene Heskett said:
snipped
So if amlable is having trouble with this line, but this line
appears syntactically correct and doesn't cause warnings for
amcheck, doesn't it indicate some sort of trouble with my
compiled
an amanda-win32-client error. Are you
sure you're actually using samba in your disklist? It should look
like
machine_with_smbclient //hccdevelop03/c$ user-tar
if it looks like
hccdevelop03 /mnt_c user-tar
you're still using win32 client
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file
to the windows machine, then use nttar to extract individual files;
very time consuming and inefficient. Plus, the win32 backups would
inexplicably fail frequently. So I just gave up on it altogether.
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error.
*** Error code 1 (bu21)
Can I just remove all references to changer-src from the configure
script? I don't need a tape changer. Would I break amanda-server if
I tried to compile without changer-src?
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-buildpackage
depended on debhelper from testing. So I had to disregard dependency
problems using fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -D -us -b -d (extra -d).
If you have trouble making this work, email me off-list. I can send
you my pre-compiled 2.4.4p1 packages.
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with my include syntax?
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Jon LaBadie said:
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 03:37:07PM -0500, Kurt Yoder wrote:
Hello list
I do backups of directories containing files that sometimes change
or disappear during backup. I don't want to add the directories or
files to an exclude list, because I want to continue to attempt
Jon LaBadie said:
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 10:42:15AM -0500, Kurt Yoder wrote:
Jon LaBadie said:
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 03:37:07PM -0500, Kurt Yoder wrote:
Hello list
I do backups of directories containing files that sometimes
change
or disappear during backup. I don't want to add
experienced with C.
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to pick which set to
check/dump; this script is called from cron every day. It in turn
calls amdump or amcheck with the correct backup set. If you don't
mind looking at hacked-together perl code, you can go look at it.
It's at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ampick/
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to me, because the backup failure isn't critical.
Is there a way to construct an ignore errors list that is specific
to each disklist entry?
Thanks
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I will be out of the office from Monday 9/22/03 until
Monday 10/6/03. If you need an immediate reply, please
email one of the IT staff.
];
then
#: #restart database
# PROFIT$ Database Server Startup
# *MUST* not allow any output from database startup
#otherwise tar breaks
/u/profits/profits_start /dev/null 21
fi
exit ${RtrnCode}
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be previous runs. If you have many
disks, only the last one would be found. Upgrading is best anyway.
Not sure I concur with the upgrading is best part. The Debian
Woody packages (2.4.2p2) have been working fine for me for quite
some time. So I'd suggest it's a simple config error.
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What does taper: FATAL syncpipe_put: Broken pipe mean? I've tried
twice to flush a 26 GB dump image to tape, and got this message both
times.
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Paul Bijnens said:
Kurt Yoder wrote:
What does taper: FATAL syncpipe_put: Broken pipe mean? I've
tried
twice to flush a 26 GB dump image to tape, and got this message
both
times.
Any other messages in the file amdump.* and the LOG.datestamp.lvl.
file?
There are two tapers, a reader
Paul Bijnens said:
Kurt Yoder wrote:
My amdump log file is quite long, so here's the part that seems
most
relevant:
...
It seems it is the taper writer that is somehow crashing, without
telling anybody. Do you find a core file in the amanda home dir
or in /tmp/amanda ?
Nope
[EMAIL
Kurt Yoder said:
What does taper: FATAL syncpipe_put: Broken pipe mean? I've tried
twice to flush a 26 GB dump image to tape, and got this message both
times.
It was a hardware problem. Something about the motherboard and Linux
didn't get along. Switching to previous motherboard seems to have
on a Windows box (can you imagine yourself installing a
Wine on your Linux just to make some administrative operations? I
don't).
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it didn't time
out as it should have?
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Antonios Christofides said:
Hi,
I know this has been discussed before, but I need some more ideas.
I've recently switched from homegrown script to Amanda, and although
backup works fine, I haven't made the recovery plan yet, I'm doing
so
now.
Suppose the server blows-up and that the few
Paul Bijnens said:
Kurt Yoder wrote:
I don't think this would work. AFAIK, you can't back up the index
and log files for the current backup onto the current backup.
Plus,
there's no way to guarantee that this partition is the last one
backed up onto tape. Plus, even if you could guarantee
do nttar dumps).
What am I doing wrong? (In fact, echoing the value of $2 to a file
right above this code fragment doesn't even work, which is confusing
me)
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understand it. If $1 is tar, oes X$1 = Xprogram
compare Xtar to Xprogram? What are all these X's for?
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Maybe. If you can, try backing up the filesystems directly instead
of via nfs and see if this makes a difference.
Ashwin Bijur said:
But we are using hardware compression. A majority of the
filesystem,
however, is nfs mounted. Will that slow down the backups?
Kurt Yoder wrote:
If you're
each one and are sent erroneously to the list.
If I were list manager I would either unzubscribe or block posting
from sites generating these replies.
So who *is* the list manager who would be in charge of doing this
anyway?
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Whoever is admin'ing the amanda-users list: is it possible for you
to prevent posts from non-subscribers? Or if this is already the
case, please cancel the subscriptions of the people sending all the
spam to this list...
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Jon LaBadie said:
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 02:33:59PM -0400, Kurt Yoder wrote:
Thanks for instrucs; I'll try them out.
Jon LaBadie said:
On my system, amanda installs under /usr/local and puts
some executables in libexec so I copy my gnutar to that
directory and name it amgtar. Then my
using
2.4.2p2, and my version of amverify appears not include gtar or
gnutar. I'm adding gtar and nttar to the accepted list in my
amverify script. I'll see how well it works...
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amverify also? Does it complain about amgtar and refuse
to verify it?
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at this point. If anyone has an example of how
they've done this, please post or let me know.
Thanks
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at this point. If anyone has an example of how
they've done this, please post or let me know.
Thanks
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So it looks like this has something to do with me compiling this on
SCO. I've asked my local knowledgeable SCO guy and he gave me an
explanation that I don't understand but perhaps one of the coders
would. Should I direct this thread to amanda-hackers instead?
Kurt Yoder said:
More information
I'm pretty certain my problem has to do with the cannot find user
backup in passwd file. But this makes no sense. I can su - backup
and then view /etc/passwd. The user backup is definitely in it. Any
ideas for what's causing this?
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Kurt Yoder said:
Hello folks
I've only got one tape drive with no robot, so if I have more than
one tape, I change it manually. Thus, I've set up a manual changer
configuration; part of that is setting runtapes 2. So far, so
good.
Now if I run amverify, it verifies once (ok), then rewinds
here, or is there anything else
that needs fixing?
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with amname '/', dirname '/',
spindle -1
Notice line 6 Usage: message. Perhaps dump is not acting the way
amanda expects? Is this my problem? I had trouble getting gnu tar to
compile, but maybe I should try again so I can use it instead of
dump.
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, or
whatever you want.
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for any ideas on fixing this...
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user is definitely in the passwd file.
Could this be part of the problem?
Thanks for any ideas on fixing this...
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forward to your answers.
Best regards,
Stefan.
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, and they don't have
any trouble; their dump type is identical to this disk. I don't have
this trouble on any of my other hosts. Is this something dumb I've
overlooked?
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no
errors. The only link between all these boxes with gzip problems is
that the Debian amanda-server package was installed.
Anyone else noticed this problem? And fixed it?
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of these is really in the current backup
cycle?
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tape header and put it in the file
test_header. In this file you will then see the date of the dump on
this tape.
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? Or should I just
get
a SDLT tape drive (160GB)?
No. See FAQ:
http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/32.html
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(cc'ing list)
Paul Bijnens said:
Kurt Yoder wrote:
Hello list
I recently switched amanda servers, and copied a manual chg-multi
What is a manual chg-multi? I use a chg-multi in my config,
and I have used a chg-manual in the past. Can you use chg-multi
for manual purposes too?
Yes
Steven J. Backus said:
Kurt Yoder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No. See FAQ:
http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/32.html
How about an amflush? Say you have more than one tape worth in the
holding disk?
AFAIK it will hit end of tape and ask for another tape. However,
there is no way
Steven J. Backus said:
Kurt Yoder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No. See FAQ:
http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/32.html
How about an amflush? Say you have more than one tape worth in
the holding disk?
AFAIK it will hit end of tape and ask for another tape. However,
there is no way
is definitely accessible. mt status returns
normal information, and normal, non-chg-multi backups work fine.
/dev/tape is symlinked to /dev/nst0, and chg-multi script is
theoretically referencing /dev/nst0 anyway.
Why is it doing this, and how do I fix it?
Thanks
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that I can see is the
greater amount of cpu power consumed. For me, this is not really a
problem, since my backups all happen in the wee hours when no-one is
on my systems anyway.
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/ uncompressed,
and making sure it contains a (possibly statically linked) copy
of gzip. Hmmm, something to add to my to-do list :-(
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/rc.boot and is mode -rwxr-xr-x (755).
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messy compared to amrecover (or amrestore) but its possible. That's
one
of the plus's to amanda.
Kurt Yoder wrote:
Assuming you're running Linux, all you need is some form of Linux
rescue disk. I've got a bunch of Debian installer cd's lying
around
and have used them for similar purposes
the same tape*. According to amverify man page, this is
because I've set runtapes to 2. I would like to set runtapes to 2 so
I can manually change tapes, but not have amverify check the same
tape twice. Is this possible?
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Adolfo Manuel Pachón Rodríguez wrote:
Hi all:
I have 5 tapes for one HP24DAT SCSI unit. I want to use one tape per day,
not including saturday/monday.
Is this the correct configuration?
dumpcycle 7 days
runspercycle 5 days
tapecycle 5 tapes
thanks
You probably want at least
Adolfo Manuel Pachón Rodríguez wrote:
Hi all:
I have an HP24DAT SCSI over Linux RH 7.1. I want to backup the weekdays
only, using 5+1 tapes.
I've this in the amanda.conf:
dumpcycle 7
runspercycle 5
tapecycle 6
The tapes are labeled:
Daily-000 (monday)
Daily-001 (tuesday)
I posted my version of the setup instructions to this list last week,
since the ones included with the client are a bit difficult to read (for
all I know, so are mine :) ). For all who are interested, I posted them
to the project's help forum.
Rivera, Edwin wrote:
Wayne Richards wrote:
I've got the Win32 client setup and running in a console window on an NT box
running NT4.0 SP6a. It works well. I've also setup amanda as a service
according to the instructions. However, the service does not start. It hangs
for a while and then gives an error:
Jon LaBadie wrote:
I did not feel the installation instructions were too clear.
Maybe I have not found the correct ones. Pointers?
This is very true; I had to fiddle a bit to make it work. Here's what I
did:
-download the amanda-clients-bin latest zip file and unzip it
-make a folder usr in
Kurt Yoder wrote:
Hello
(I tried sending this message to the list two times so far, but didn't
see it get posted, so I'm trying again)
My apologies for reposting this message; I finally received the two
original posts from the mailing list today (10/3/01), two weeks after I
originally
Hello
(I tried sending this message to the list two times so far, but didn't
see it get posted, so I'm trying again)
I'm getting this error whenever I try to run amdump (2.4.2p1) on freebsd
4.2:
/-- galadriel. /usr lev 0 FAILED [data timeout]
sendbackup: start [galadriel.shcorp.com:/usr level
Hello
(I tried sending this message to the list last week, but didn't see it
get posted, so I'm trying again)
I'm getting this error whenever I try to run amdump (2.4.2p1) on freebsd
4.2:
/-- galadriel. /usr lev 0 FAILED [data timeout]
sendbackup: start [galadriel.shcorp.com:/usr level 0]
Hello
I'm getting this error whenever I try to run amdump (2.4.2p1) on freebsd
4.2:
/-- galadriel. /usr lev 0 FAILED [data timeout]
sendbackup: start [galadriel.shcorp.com:/usr level 0]
sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/local/bin/gtar
sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/local/bin/gtar -f... -
Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
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
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
clem wrote:
Hi,
I would like to know the perfect settings for my Amanda config as I
seem to be having problems with tape rotations.
I have 21 tapes for a 3 weeks worth of backup before I start to rotate
them. Furthermore I have 3 extra tapes. What figures should I be
putting in my
Hello
I'm getting a weird error on one of my amanda clients (2.4.1p1 on
freebsd 4.2 using gnu tar v 1.13) that I'm having trouble understanding:
FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
/-- galadriel. /usr lev 0 FAILED [data timeout]
sendbackup: start [galadriel.shcorp.com:/usr level 0]
sendbackup:
Darin Dugan wrote:
At 04:01 PM 8/28/2001, Kurt Yoder wrote:
Hello
My level 0 dumps seem to be getting overwritten. I run amadmin and see
only level 1 dumps:
[...]
Am I setting up my configuration file correctly? I've got:
dumpcycle 7 days
runspercycle 6
tapecycle 2 tapes
So you're
Hello
I am trying to get the Amanda client working on a FreeBSD4 box. I
installed 2.4.2p1 (and also p2 in trying to resolve this). I run the
dump, and get two different errors on two boxes:
FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
/-- aragorn.sh /dev/da0s1a lev 0 FAILED [/usr/bin/tar returned 1]
Hello
My level 0 dumps seem to be getting overwritten. I run amadmin and see
only level 1 dumps:
Dunedin# amadmin DailySet1 find dunedin
Scanning /usr/local/amanda/holdingdisk...
date host disklv tape or file file status
2001-08-25 dunedin.shcorp.com /dev/da0s1f
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