Hello,
Kurt Yoder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to get the Amanda client working on a FreeBSD4 box.
[...]
> FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
>
> /-- aragorn.sh /dev/da0s1a lev 0 FAILED [/usr/bin/tar returned 1]
> sendbackup: start [aragorn.shcorp.com:/dev/da0s1a level 0]
> sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/bin/tar
> sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/tar -f... -
> sendbackup: info end
> ? gtar: ./dev/rsa0.ctl: minor number too large; not dumped
> | Total bytes written: 186224640
> sendbackup: error [/usr/bin/tar returned 1]
> \--------
I don't think you are using GNU tar here. I get that error when using
the system tar (/usr/bin/tar -- as reported above), but not GNU tar 1.13.19
as installed by the port (/usr/local/bin/gtar). Kinda funny that GNU tar
knows more about the large device numbers than the system tar!
Anyway, you'll need to make sure you configure your clients with the
"--with-gnutar=/usr/local/bin/gtar" option.
> /-- galadriel. /dev/ad0s1g lev 0 FAILED [data timeout]
> sendbackup: start [galadriel.shcorp.com:/dev/ad0s1g level 0]
> sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/bin/tar
> sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/tar -f... -
> sendbackup: info end
> ? sendbackup: index tee cannot write [Broken pipe]
> sendbackup: error [/usr/bin/tar got signal 13, index returned 1]
> \--------
>
This one is easy... backups run with tar take a long time, and this one is
taking longer than Amanda is waiting for it. You can use the "dtimeout"
setting in your amanda.conf file to make Amanda wait longer. There are
comments in the example amanda.conf file about this. Also, you'll want
to reconfigure this host to use GNU tar.
You might also consider using dump to backup your systems. Both estimates
and dumps are much, much quicker on FreeBSD when dump is used rather than
tar. If there are parts of the filesystem that you don't want backed up,
creative use of the "chflags nodump" command can help replace the exclusion
options of tar.
I hope this helps,
-Ben
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