I'm using Debian Woody with amanda 2.4.2 When I run amcheck everything is OK. When I run amdump, it is almost immediately done.
in runtar.*.log I find the following:
running: /bin/tar: /bin/tar --create --file /dev/null --directory / --one-file-system --listed-incremental /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/ulysses.lan.publivandyck.besda2_0.new --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals .
It seems to me that tar is dumping to /dev/null.
Someone an idea why tar dumps to /dev/null?
disklist contains only one line ulysses.lan.publivandyck.be sda2 user-tar
The beginning of /etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf contains:
# # amanda.conf - sample Amanda configuration file. # # If your configuration is called, say, "DailySet1", then this file # normally goes in /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf. # # for explanation of the parameters refer to amanda(8) and # /usr/doc/amanda/WHATS.NEW.gz
org "Daily" # your organization name for reports mailto "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" # space separated list of operators at your site dumpuser "backup" # the user to run dumps under # inparallel 4 # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel netusage 4800 # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per sec
# a filesystem is due for a full backup once every <dumpcycle> days dumpcycle 0 days # the number of days in the normal dump cycle tapecycle 8 tapes # the number of tapes in rotation
bumpsize 20 MB # minimum savings (threshold) to bump level 1 -> 2 bumpdays 1 # minimum days at each level bumpmult 4 # threshold = bumpsize * (level-1)**bumpmult
#runtapes 9 # explained in WHATS.NEW #tpchanger "no-changer" # the tape-changer glue script, see TAPE.CHANGERS tapedev "/dev/nst0" # Linux @ tuck, important: norewinding # tapedev "/dev/nrst8" # or use the (no-rewind!) tape device directly
tapetype HP-DDS3 # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below)
labelstr "^[A-Z]{4,5}DAG_[0-9][0-9]$" # label constraint regex: all
tapes must matchdiskdir "/tmp/amandadump" # where the holding disk is disksize 290 MB # how much space can we use on it #diskdir "/dumps/amanda/work" # additionaly holding disks can be specified #diskdir "/mnt/disk4" #disksize 1000 MB # they are used round-robin
# Amanda needs a few MB of diskspace for the log and debug files, # as well as a database. This stuff can grow large, so the conf directory # isn't usually appropriate.
infofile "/var/lib/amanda/daily/curinfo" # database filename logfile "/var/log/amanda/daily/log" # log filename
# where the index files live indexdir "/var/lib/amanda/daily/index"
# tapetypes # # Define the type of tape you use here, and use it in "tapetype" above. # Some typical types of tapes are included here. The tapetype tells amanda # how many MB will fit on the tape, how big the filemarks are, and how # fast the tape device is. # # For completeness Amanda should calculate the inter-record gaps too, but it # doesn't. For EXABYTE and DAT tapes this is ok. Anyone using 9 tracks for # amanda and need IRG calculations? Drop me a note if so.
#wrote 371472 32Kb blocks in 1136 files in 13573 seconds (short write)
#wrote 368869 32Kb blocks in 2263 files in 15111 seconds (short write)
define tapetype HP-DDS3 {
comment "HP-TAPE DDS3"
length 11688 mbytes
filemark 73 kbytes
speed 828 kps
}
....marc.
