On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 08:17:40AM -0600, Fran Fabrizio wrote: > > On all of my Samba-based backups, I am getting STRANGE reports like this: > > /-- keep.cis.u //snapper/dfs/home/faculty lev 0 STRANGE > sendbackup: start [keep.cis.uab.edu://snapper/dfs/home/faculty level 0] > sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/bin/smbclient > sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/gzip -dc |/usr/bin/smbclient -f... - > sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz > sendbackup: info end > ? [2004/01/18 03:56:41, 0] client/clitar.c:process_tar(1433) > ? tar: dumped 111876 files and directories > ? [2004/01/18 03:56:41, 0] client/clitar.c:process_tar(1434) > | Total bytes written: 12519055360 > sendbackup: size 12225640 > sendbackup: end > \-------- > > Is there really any problem here? I can't see one from this output, and > the client logs all look fine. For some reason, it just thinks that the > tar output of number of files dumped is strange. I don't think I've seen > this on my non-Samba dumps. Anyone else see this?
Programs that do backups output many messages. Lots are "normal". Amanda tries to keep a catalog of those that should be considered "normal". If a version of the backup program adds new "normal" messages, or you hit one that is not cataloged, or changes existing ones (sometimes even an extra space or a capitalization or punctuation change), amanda will flag it as "strange". It is not considered a failed dump because the exit status of the backup program indicated success. You may be working with a very recent version of Samba that did indeed change those two messages but an unpatched version of amanda that adjusted the "normal" message catalog. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
