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----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jim Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:11 AM Subject: Re: amrecover problems .... > --On Thursday, February 13, 2003 22:02:46 -0700 Jim Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I can't seem to get amrecover to work. > > > > I have a single server running amanda, with an SDLT drive attached to > > it. All my clients are being backed up without problems. (I have done > > recent recoveries "manually.") > > > > However, when I try to run amrecover from a client, when I issue the > > extract, amrecover fails and tells me to check the amidxtaped log file > > on the server. > > > > > > > > I do and at the end of it I see: > > > > Ready to execv amrestore with: > > path = /usr/local/sbin/amrestore > > argv[0] = "amrestore" > > argv[1] = "-h" > > argv[2] = "-p" > > argv[3] = "/dev/nst0" > > argv[4] = "lun" > > argv[5] = "^/home$" > > argv[6] = "20030120" > > amrestore: could not open tape /dev/nst0: Permission denied > > amidxtaped: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2 > > Rewinding tape: no tape online > > amidxtaped: pid 27373 finish time Thu Feb 13 17:16:29 2003 > > > > > > the amrecover command I use on the client: > > /usr/local/sbin/amrecover -C set1 -s godzilla -t godzilla -d /dev/nst0 > > > > godzilla is my amanda/tape server, lun is the client I'm trying to run > > it on. > > > > all the clients are having no problem talking to /dev/nst0 on the tape > > server during backup, why would amrecover be having a problem. Something > > to do with having to run amrecover as root on the client ???? > > Are you running amrecover as root on the client? You should be. > > Frank > > > > > Clues ?? > > > > thanks .... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > |
