On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 01:02:11PM -0500, Jenn Sturm wrote: > > -- > I've configured my Linux box to backup my Irix box using tar, as > recommended on this list. It works great for everything but the root > paritition. I've tried dumptype comp-root-tar and root-tar, and it > continues to fail. I tried creating an exclude.gtar file, and that > doesn't seem to be helping any. > > Here's the contents of the exclude.gtar file. Does the hostname of > the Irix box need to be in there? > > > ./dev/fd > ./tmp > ./var/spool
Ignore the "socket ignored" messages. I can't imagine you'd care to archive those. Also ignore the "no such file or directory" stuff. That's saying some file was present when the backup was scheduled, which vanished before it could be saved. You probably don't care. Somebody else can probably offer better advice on exclude.gtar. I got mine to where I wanted it a long time ago, and have attempted to forget about that traumatic ordeal, since. > > > > > Here's the log from the failed backup: > > > FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: > > /-- olympus /dev/root lev 1 FAILED [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2] > sendbackup: start [olympus:/dev/root level 1] > sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/local/bin/tar > sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/local/bin/tar -f... - > sendbackup: info end > ? gtar: ./dev/fd: Cannot savedir: Function not implemented > ? gtar: ./dev/fd: Warning: Cannot savedir: Function not implemented > | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.cmd.sock: socket ignored > | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.events.sock: socket ignored > | gtar: ./tmp/.eventmond.info.sock: socket ignored > | gtar: ./tmp/.mediad_socket: socket ignored > | gtar: ./tmp/.mkpd_socket: socket ignored > | gtar: ./tmp/.rtmond_socket: socket ignored > | gtar: ./tmp/espdb.sock: socket ignored > ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..JB: Warning: Cannot > stat: No such file or directory > ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..SC: Warning: Cannot > stat: No such file or directory > ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs/90.olympus..TK/0000000001: > Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory > ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/server_priv/jobs/90.olympus..JB: Warning: > Cannot stat: No such file or directory > ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/server_priv/jobs/90.olympus..SC: Warning: > Cannot stat: No such file or directory > ? gtar: ./var/spool/PBS/spool/90.olympus..OU: Warning: Cannot stat: > No such file or directory > | gtar: ./var/spool/lp/CMDSOCK: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bounce: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bsmtp: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/defer: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/error: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/ifmail: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/local: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/smtp: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/uucp: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/virtual: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/flush: socket ignored > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/showq: socket ignored > | Total bytes written: 3114987520 (2.9GB, 752kB/s) > ? gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > sendbackup: error [/usr/local/bin/tar returned 2] > \-------- > > > > > .-------------------------------------------------------. > |Jennifer Sturm | > |System Administrator and Research Support Specialist | > |Chemistry Department | > |Hamilton College | > | | > |[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > |315-859-4745 | > |www.chem.hamilton.edu | > .-------------------------------------------------------. > |"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, | > | and a dark side, and it holds the universe together." | > | -Carl Zwanzig | > | | > | | > |"One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things| > | go, and duct tape to make them stop. " | > | -G. Weilacher | > .-------------------------------------------------------. > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Wilder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Manager & Editor SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549 Phone: 206-782-8808 Seattle, WA 98155-0549 URL http://embedded.linuxjournal.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------
