Re: [flexbackup-help] $erase_tape_set_level_zero

2003-12-01 Thread Charlie Brady
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Paul Bearne wrote: Hi am sure this is an old error It is, and you'll find the answer in the e-smith.org forums, not here. Bottom line, apply all updates and follow the instructions in the README file where you found them. -- Charlie Brady [EMAIL

Re: [flexbackup-help] buffer not found in $PATH

2004-08-18 Thread Charlie Brady
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, James Hill wrote: I have just installed version 1.2.1 and it looks like just what I need for my backup purposes. However I am getting an error output when I attempt any commands that communicate with the tape drive. flexbackup version 1.2.1

Re: [flexbackup-help] dumping a samba directory

2005-01-28 Thread Charlie Brady
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote: does anyone know how to dump a samba directory ... You can't dump an smb file system (or maybe any remote file system). Try tar. Or star. Or do the backup on the system where the file system actually resides. -- Charlie

Re: [flexbackup-help] dumping a samba directory

2005-01-31 Thread Charlie Brady
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Carlos A. Sepulveda M. wrote: A Charlie Brady, el 29/01/05 01:43, se le ocurrio decir: On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote: does anyone know how to dump a samba directory ... You can't dump an smb file system (or maybe any remote file system). Try tar

Re: [flexbackup-help] Determining Tape Drive Size

2005-04-07 Thread Charlie Brady
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Dan wrote: Problem: The system does not provide effectively for incremental backups, and in any case that would require sensible tape management. I want a full nightly backup on a new tape each night. However, the data set is too large for the tape, and restoring

Re: [flexbackup-help] dd freezes.

2005-04-11 Thread Charlie Brady
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Gregory Malsack wrote: Hello All, I have an ide tape drive. (AIX2) 35/90gb tape drive. When I run a backup job I get several i/o errors. ... I find that the dd command freezes up and I cannot even kill -9 the process. (most likely because it is a kernel processes).

Re: [flexbackup-help] Buffer won't build

2005-07-25 Thread Charlie Brady
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Chip Burke wrote: I m trying to compile buffer from the src RPM, and I keep getting: rpmbuild -ba /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/buffer.spec error: Legacy syntax is unsupported: copyright error: line 5: Unknown tag: Copyright: GPL Do rpm -iv src.rpm, then edit

Re: [flexbackup-help] Problem with -list and -extract

2006-04-05 Thread Charlie Brady
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Sébastien MAS wrote: I have a n server redhat on linux 7.1 and flexbackup 1.2.1/buffer 1.19-5   When I create and archive is ok and I can list this file, but when my archive is more 2GB, I can't list and extract. RedHat 7.1!! Have you considered upgrading? I suspect

Re: [flexbackup-help] What a shame flexbackup is *almost* there - but I have to reject it

2006-08-04 Thread Charlie Brady
On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Peter Valdemar Mørch wrote: flexbackup-at-worreby.ch |Lists| wrote: 1. Have you the slightest idea how it's done in the reality? That's standard procedure to restore full backup plus all incrementals you have... That is standard procedure, unless you have

Re: [flexbackup-help] gzip not reaped.

2006-11-22 Thread Charlie Brady
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Steven W. Orr wrote: I'm running 1.2.1 and on an occasional basis I end up with a gzip process that does not get reaped. It's not a zombie process, it's just hanging waiting for it's parent to reap it. Your statement doesn't make sense. A zombie is a process which has

Re: [flexbackup-help] gzip not reaped.

2006-11-22 Thread Charlie Brady
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Steven W. Orr wrote: =Whatever is feeding the standard input of that process has not terminated. =What does ps fax tell you? = = Do we need to modify flexbackup to set SIG_IGN for SIGCHLD? = =I don't know why you are suggesting that. Right. It's not a zombie like I