On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 11:02, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 at 10:53am, jessica blackburn wrote > > On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 10:51, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 at 10:42am, jessica blackburn wrote > > > > > > > I am trying to backup a windows file system. i have it mounted so i can > > > > see the files are in a directory on the linux side. however, when i try > > > > to back them up i am getting this error. is there any suggestions? > > > > > > Not really necessary -- amanda can use smbclient to backup 'doze clients > > > that aren't mounted. If you want it mounted all the time, you can just > > > use tar to back up the mount point. > > > > > > > Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/ on host hccweb. > > > > Load tape DailySet1011 now > > > > Continue [?/Y/n/t]? Y > > > > EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on hccweb. > > > > amrecover: short block 0 bytes > > > > UNKNOWN file > > > > amrecover: Can't read file header > > > > extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1 > > > > > > Err, amrecover is a recovery tool (hence the name) not a backup tool. > > > > i'm a bit frazzeled and met to say recover. do you have any ideas as to > > why its not working? > > Please post your responses below the quoted text -- it makes it easier to > follow the conversation. And please keep all responses on the list, so > that others can chime in. > > As for why it's not working, do what the error message tells you to do: > "check amidxtaped.debug file on hccweb". It should be in /tmp/amanda and > may have a time stamp in the middle of the file name. Post the contents > of that file.
here is my debug [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# find / -name amidxtaped.*.debug /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.20031229095341.debug /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.20031229095813.debug /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.20031229101927.debug /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.20031229103541.debug /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.20031229103810.debug /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.20031229104004.debug /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.20031229104442.debug /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.20031229111039.debug You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# pico /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.20031229111039.debug [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# cat /tmp/amanda/amidxtaped.20031229111039.debug amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 30536 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Mon Dec 29 11:10:39 2003amidxtaped: version 2.4.3 amidxtaped: time 0.000: > SECURITY USER root amidxtaped: time 0.000: bsd security: remote host hccweb user root local user amanda amidxtaped: time 0.000: amandahosts security check passed amidxtaped: time 0.000: > 6 amidxtaped: time 0.000: amrestore_nargs=6 amidxtaped: time 0.000: > -h amidxtaped: time 0.000: > -p amidxtaped: time 0.000: > file:/backup/ amidxtaped: time 0.000: > ^hccweb$ amidxtaped: time 0.000: > ^/TestNT/test$ amidxtaped: time 0.001: > 20031229 amidxtaped: time 0.001: Ready to execv amrestore with: path = /usr/sbin/amrestore argv[0] = "amrestore" argv[1] = "-h" argv[2] = "-p" argv[3] = "file:/backup/" argv[4] = "^hccweb$" argv[5] = "^/TestNT/test$" argv[6] = "20031229" amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error amidxtaped: time 0.003: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2 amidxtaped: time 0.003: rewinding tape ... amidxtaped: time 0.003: tape_rewind: rewinding tape: file:/backup/: Input/output error amidxtaped: time 0.003: pid 30536 finish time Mon Dec 29 11:10:39 2003