>i amcheck my config file
>and i amdump it but with the tapedev="/dev/null" so it was copied to the
>holding disk ok.
Don't do that. Use tapedev "/no/such/device". Some versions of Amanda
will treat "/dev/null" as a debugging mechanism and throw the backup
images away.
>but when i run amdump with the tapedev="/dev/nst0" the system hang, but the
>backup is done, i can see the files in the tape when i do tar: xvf
>/dev/nst0. ...
If you can see things with "tar xvf /dev/nst0" then the backups were
not done. Amanda tapes are not tar tapes. Tar should have complained.
>It is normal that the system hang when the amdump is runnig???
Obviously not. What do mean when you say the system hung? It went
completely catatonic and you had to reboot? Or did just Amanda hang?
Or something else?
If the system hung, that's almost certainly a hardware problem.
Start checking your cables, reseat the boards, etc.
Did you amlabel the tape you tried to use? Was the tape brand new?
What kind of tape drive are you using?
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
