Sorry for this message, I checked the Amanda Patch page and found the
answer.
I was using tar version 1.11 or something like it ... I will try and
upgrade to tar version 1.13.19 and see if the problem is solved.
Pat.
Patrick Ellis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just got a failed backup this night, I just added a directory to my
> disklist yesterday and I got the following error this morining:
>
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
> bluesky /usr/public/sales lev 0 FAILED [disk /usr/public/sales
> offline on bluesky?]
>
> I suspect a bug or limitation in the tar program ... the sendsize logs
> are giving the following output:
>
> calculating for amname '/usr/public/sales', dirname '/usr/public/sales'
> sendsize: getting size via gnutar for /usr/public/sales level 0
> sendsize: missing exclude list file "/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar"
> discarded
> sendsize: spawning /usr/local/libexec/runtar in pipeline
> sendsize: argument list: /usr/bin/tar --create --file /dev/null
> --directory /usr/public/sales --one-file-system --listed-incremental
> /usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/bluesky_usr_public_sales_0.new
> --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals .
> Total bytes written: -2003306496
> .....
> (no size line match in above gnutar output)
>
> Whereas for a correct directory backup I get :
>
> sendsize: getting size via gnutar for /usr/public/admin level 1
> sendsize: missing exclude list file "/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar"
> discarded
> sendsize: spawning /usr/local/libexec/runtar in pipeline
> sendsize: argument list: /usr/bin/tar --create --file /dev/null
> --directory /usr/public/admin --one-file-system --listed-incremental
> /usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/bluesky_usr_public_admin_1.new
> --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals .
> Total bytes written: 8990720
>
> Note that if I run du-ks on this failing directory I get the following
> size:
> bash-2.02$ du -ks
> 2259108 .
>
> So we are talking of a 2Gbyte directory backup ....!!!
>
> Thanks for helping.
> Pat.
