Check the permissions on the /usr disk partition if you are using dump
rather than tar. You may have to fix perms on the /dev/dsk....that /usr is
part of or make sure the backup user is in the same group that has the
necessary read permissions.
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Dave Stracher wrote:
> Have had amanda installed and successfully backing up Linux redhat boxes for
> months now, just tried to include a Solaris 2.8 box and have run into a
> problem that I can't seem to resolve. I want to back up the /usr directory
> (it is not a partition). I get the following message:
>
> /usr/ lev 0 FAILED [disk /usr/ offline on fusion1?]
>
> It looks like AMANDA expects a partition rather than a directory, is there a
> way around this?
>
> In linux I have been able to get amanda to do specific directories, can I
> not do that on a Solaris box?
>
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Dave Stracher
>
>
>
>
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