Hello:
I'm an Amanda newbie. I've installed 2.4.2p2 on Solaris 2.7. I'm to the
point where I can label tapes. ./configure was run with the --with-user=amanda
--with-group=operator as options.
My disklist is a subset of the following:
hcuxsstest01% df -k
Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on
/proc 0 0 0 0% /proc
/dev/vx/dsk/rootvol 288603 126351 133392 49% /
/dev/vx/dsk/usr 1188287 674853 454020 60% /usr
fd 0 0 0 0% /dev/fd
/dev/vx/dsk/var 673951 279541 333755 46% /var
/dev/vx/dsk/opt 8068221 857812 7129727 11% /opt
swap 2325560 712 2324848 1% /tmp
/dev/vx/dsk/geacdgA/vol02
983020 638799 245919 73% /sybase
/dev/vx/dsk/geacdgA/vol03
8543949 1662461 6027094 22% /hhdmp
/dev/vx/dsk/geacdgA/vol01
1919976 210937 1517042 13% /dbs65fin
/dev/vx/dsk/geacdgA/vol04
959980 224448 639534 26% /dbs65test
[partial] Results after running amcheck (everything else looked ok):
Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
ERROR: hcuxsstest01: [could not access /dev/vx/rdsk/geacdgA/vol04
(/dev/vx/rdsk/geacdgA/vol04): Permission denied]
ERROR: hcuxsstest01: [could not access /dev/vx/rdsk/geacdgA/vol01
(/dev/vx/rdsk/geacdgA/vol01): Permission denied]
ERROR: hcuxsstest01: [could not access /dev/vx/rdsk/opt (/dev/vx/rdsk/opt): Permission
denied]
ERROR: hcuxsstest01: [could not access /dev/vx/rdsk/var (/dev/vx/rdsk/var): Permission
denied]
ERROR: hcuxsstest01: [could not access /dev/vx/rdsk/usr (/dev/vx/rdsk/usr): Permission
denied]
ERROR: hcuxsstest01: [could not access /dev/vx/rdsk/rootvol (/dev/vx/rdsk/rootvol):
Permission denied]
ERROR: hcuxsstest01: [can not read/write /etc/dumpdates: Permission denied]
Client check: 1 host checked in 0.063 seconds, 7 problems found
I understand that the AMANDA user must be in a group with read access to the raw disk
devices. There are two ways to link AMANDA and the raw device group membership.
Either put AMANDA user in the group that currently owns the raw devices (as primary or
secondary) or to pick a new group for AMANDA and change ownership of the devices.
Also, /etc/dumpdates must be r/w by that same group. Looking at /dev/vx/rdsk on this
box yields:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 30 2000 geacdgA
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 May 30 07:30 geacdgS
crw------- 1 root root 158, 6 Jun 16 2000 opt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Jun 16 2000 rootdg
crw------- 1 root root 158, 0 Jun 16 2000 rootvol
crw------- 1 root root 158, 8 Jun 16 2000 swapvol
crw------- 1 root root 158, 7 Oct 20 2000 usr
crw------- 1 root root 158, 5 Oct 20 2000 var
Drilling down into geacdgA yields:
hcuxsstest01% ls -al
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Oct 30 2000 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 512 Jun 19 2000 ..
crw------- 1 root root 158,38000 Oct 30 2000 vol01
crw------- 1 root root 158,38001 Dec 13 2000 vol02
crw------- 1 root root 158,38002 Dec 13 2000 vol03
crw------- 1 schedu batch 158,38003 Oct 30 2000 vol04
hcuxsstest01% pwd
/dev/vx/rdsk/geacdgA
My challenge is that each of these raw devices was created by volume manager. I am a
little gun shy about changing group ownership and permissions. If anyone else has
been in same position and would like to share their experiences/approach, I would
appreciate hearing from them.
Thanks
Dave Warchol
Technical Consultant
Information Services
Hartford Hospital
Voice: 860.545.4222
Fax: 860.545.3321
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