Re: Amanda must be run as user amandabackup when using bsdtcp authentication

2009-05-19 Thread Abilio Carvalho
Maybe, but I have another machine with the exact same inetadm output and that one works fine so it's not the cause of this specific problem Abilio On May 19, 2009, at 5:31 AM, Frank Smith wrote: Abilio Carvalho wrote: Anyone? I'm kinda lost at a problem that seems so basic, and I could

Re: Amanda must be run as user amandabackup when using bsdtcp authentication

2009-05-19 Thread Abilio Carvalho
the prefix with no argument is how the config.log interprets prefix='', which I did to install amanda in the default directories rather than inside a specific subdir. Again, like frank's attempt I have another machine with the same config options and that one works fine. Cheers Abilio

Re: support for tape library sun sl24 or sun sl48

2009-05-19 Thread Uwe Bartels
Hi, does any has experiences with amanda and sun(storagetek) sl24 or better sl48 with 2 lto4 tape drives? the tape drives are normal lto4 tape drive from HP. Or can I simply take the configuration from the Arcvault 48 - HP LTO4-800 tape? best regards, Uwe 2009/5/18 Paul Bijnens

Re: restore over multiple tape

2009-05-19 Thread Franck GANACHAUD
Do you think I have to split as much as possible the big diskset into multiple little diskset for amanda to be able to restore as fast as possible without having to scan a complete librairy ? Franck Dustin J. Mitchell a écrit : On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Franck GANACHAUD

Re: Amanda must be run as user amandabackup when using bsdtcp authentication

2009-05-19 Thread Abilio Carvalho
Done further tests, still no explanation. Amandahosts on the client is: BACKUPHOST.bbp.ch amandabackup amdump BACKUPHOST amandabackup amdump inetadm -l svc:/network/amanda/tcp on the client returns: SCOPENAME=VALUE name=amanda endpoint_type=stream proto=tcp

Re: Amanda must be run as user amandabackup when using bsdtcp authentication

2009-05-19 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
Abilio Carvalho wrote: the log directory on the client only has the following: r...@backupclient:/tmp/amanda/amandad# cat amandad.20090519111556.debug 1242724556.328466: amandad: pid 18933 ruid 0 euid 0 version 2.6.1: start at Tue May 19 11:15:56 2009 ruid 0 euid 0 That's root user Do you

Re: Amanda must be run as user amandabackup when using bsdtcp authentication

2009-05-19 Thread Abilio Carvalho
Yes, the user amandabackup exists, as you can see it owns all the amanda-related files. I've checked nsswitch.conf and it's checking files before nisplus on passwd, so that's not it. I'm unsure what you mean by inetd log, but from what I've searched it's enabling tcp_trace and tcp_wrappers

Re: Amanda must be run as user amandabackup when using bsdtcp authentication

2009-05-19 Thread Abilio Carvalho
follow-up: I was wrong, it wasn't syslog, it was messages. There I now see a couple lines like: May 19 13:58:23 galadhrim inetd[24015]: [ID 317013 daemon.notice] amanda[27116] from 172.22.0.23 44223 May 19 13:58:31 galadhrim inetd[24015]: [ID 317013 daemon.notice] amanda[27214] from

exclude lists

2009-05-19 Thread Brandon Metcalf
I have defined an exclude list in a dumptype using exclude list /etc/amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list with entries like $ cat /etc/amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list ./dumps ./opt/dell/srvadmin/shared/.ipc I have a couple of questions about the entries. Based on the documentation I've read

Re: exclude lists

2009-05-19 Thread Brandon Metcalf
m == martin...@zmanda.com writes: m The '.' is required, all excludes are relative to the dle you back up. m Brandon Metcalf wrote: m I have defined an exclude list in a dumptype using m mexclude list /etc/amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list m m with entries like m m$ cat

Re: Amanda must be run as user amandabackup when using bsdtcp authentication

2009-05-19 Thread Abilio Carvalho
owner is amandabackup:disk I can log in to the account just fine, I don't think any more logging is possible though I'll check. I checked the manifest for the service and it confirms that it is SUPPOSED to start as amandabackup. If I do what you say, and log into amandabackup and run that, I

Re: exclude lists

2009-05-19 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
Brandon Metcalf wrote: m First, am I correct in thinking the '.' are required? If so, how can m Amanda be told to exclude, for example, /dumps on sda1 but still m backup /dumps on sda2 other than defining different dumps types with m their own exclude list? m m You can't. Seems

Re: exclude lists

2009-05-19 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
The '.' is required, all excludes are relative to the dle you back up. Brandon Metcalf wrote: I have defined an exclude list in a dumptype using exclude list /etc/amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list with entries like $ cat /etc/amanda/DailySet1/exclude-list ./dumps

Re: exclude lists

2009-05-19 Thread Brandon Metcalf
m == martin...@zmanda.com writes: m Brandon Metcalf wrote: m m First, am I correct in thinking the '.' are required? If so, how can m m Amanda be told to exclude, for example, /dumps on sda1 but still m m backup /dumps on sda2 other than defining different dumps types with m m

Re: exclude lists

2009-05-19 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
Brandon Metcalf wrote: m == martin...@zmanda.com writes: m Brandon Metcalf wrote: m m First, am I correct in thinking the '.' are required? If so, how can m m Amanda be told to exclude, for example, /dumps on sda1 but still m m backup /dumps on sda2 other than defining different

Re: exclude lists

2009-05-19 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2009-05-19 15:35, Brandon Metcalf wrote: m == martin...@zmanda.com writes: m m m Seems like a nice feature would be to allow the DLE to be specified in m the exclude list. m m The 'exclude list' can be a relative path to the dle. So, you're saying I can specify one dumptype

Re: restore over multiple tape

2009-05-19 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Franck GANACHAUD franck.ganach...@altran.com wrote: Do you think I have to split as much as possible the big diskset into multiple little diskset for amanda to be able to restore as fast as possible without having to scan a complete librairy ? Yes, that's the

Re: restore over multiple tape

2009-05-19 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Splitting up your DLE is what I would recommend for a variety of reasons. I'm working with someone now who is configuring the backup of a 3TB raid array to LTO4. Initially they were saying that it needed to be one large DLE. Finally, they agreed to break it up into a bunch of DLE's. They now

Re: support for tape library sun sl24 or sun sl48

2009-05-19 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
I use a lot of Sun equipment, but I haven't splurged on Sun tape drives (they haven't come up on the education deals for one thing). However, as you say, the tape drive itself is a standard lto4 from HP. The old internal DAT drives on some of my Sun servers are also standard HP. You could use

Re: exclude lists

2009-05-19 Thread Brandon Metcalf
P == paul.bijn...@xplanation.com writes: P On 2009-05-19 15:35, Brandon Metcalf wrote: P m == martin...@zmanda.com writes: P P m P m P m Seems like a nice feature would be to allow the DLE to be specified in P m the exclude list. P m P P m The 'exclude list' can be

Re: restore over multiple tape

2009-05-19 Thread Franck GANACHAUD
I didn't specify these. Original diskset is 250Gb to save to DLT4 35GB tapes using a 8 slots autoloader. I'm going to split this diskset going down one level in the filesystem which will give me a little less than 150 diskset. I just have to think about a mechanism to upgrade the diskset list

Re: restore over multiple tape

2009-05-19 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2009-05-19 16:52, Franck GANACHAUD wrote: I didn't specify these. Original diskset is 250Gb to save to DLT4 35GB tapes using a 8 slots autoloader. I'm going to split this diskset going down one level in the filesystem which will give me a little less than 150 diskset. I just have to think

FSF AFTER FILEMARK patch

2009-05-19 Thread McGraw, Robert P
I have Amanda 2.6.1p1. Darin Perusich mentioned a patch FSF_AFTER_FILEMARK that needs to be added for Solaris hosts. Where or how do I get this patch or a patched source. Thanks Robert _ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager,

Re: FSF AFTER FILEMARK patch

2009-05-19 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:33 PM, McGraw, Robert P rmcg...@purdue.edu wrote: I have Amanda 2.6.1p1. Darin Perusich mentioned a patch FSF_AFTER_FILEMARK that needs to be added for Solaris hosts. Where or how do I get this patch or a patched source.

Re: FSF AFTER FILEMARK patch

2009-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 May 2009, McGraw, Robert P wrote: FSF_AFTER_FILEMARK According to the ChangeLog for the 2.6.2 snapshot I'm running, that was added on 4-21. Whether its in 2.6.1p1 I do not know. For space reasons I rarely keep more than about 10 of the previous snapshots here. Did you get your

2.6.1 client with 2.4.3 server?

2009-05-19 Thread Mitch Collinsworth
Hi, Is there any gross imcompatability that would prevent a 2.6.1p1 client from being backed up by a 2.4.3b3 server? I've got it to the point where they are at least talking with each other, using auth bsd. amcheck -c is happy. estimates worked ok. But amstatus is showing this: client-a:/a

Re: 2.6.1 client with 2.4.3 server?

2009-05-19 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
I try to keep them compatible, but I don't test with release before 2.4.5. index_server is used only by amrecover. Can you post the amandad.*.debug file from the client? Jean-Louis Mitch Collinsworth wrote: Hi, Is there any gross imcompatability that would prevent a 2.6.1p1 client from

Re: Amanda must be run as user amandabackup when using bsdtcp authentication

2009-05-19 Thread Deb Baddorf
At 3:01 PM +0200 5/19/09, Abilio Carvalho wrote: owner is amandabackup:disk I can log in to the account just fine, I don't think any more logging is possible though I'll check. I checked the manifest for the service and it confirms that it is SUPPOSED to start as amandabackup. If I do what

Re: 2.6.1 client with 2.4.3 server?

2009-05-19 Thread Mitch Collinsworth
On Tue, 19 May 2009, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: I try to keep them compatible, but I don't test with release before 2.4.5. index_server is used only by amrecover. Can you post the amandad.*.debug file from the client? Jean-Louis Yup, here's a sample below. -Mitch 1242745188.258722:

Re: Amanda must be run as user amandabackup when using bsdtcp authentication

2009-05-19 Thread Abilio Carvalho
Thanks those were all things I'd tried already. I've managed to fix it though. For some reason, completely purging the service from everywhere and recreating it from the exact same manifest did the trick, where before that I'd tried changing the user parameter on the service without

Re: 2.6.1 client with 2.4.3 server?

2009-05-19 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
amanda client 2.6.1p1 is compatible with server 2.4.3b4 and up. But it is not with 2.4.3b3 and previous. Try the attached patch. Jean-Louis Mitch Collinsworth wrote: Hi, Is there any gross imcompatability that would prevent a 2.6.1p1 client from being backed up by a 2.4.3b3 server? I've

Re: Amanda must be run as user amandabackup when using bsdtcp authentication

2009-05-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 May 2009, Abilio Carvalho wrote: the prefix with no argument is how the config.log interprets prefix='', which I did to install amanda in the default directories rather than inside a specific subdir. Again, like frank's attempt I have another machine with the same config options and