Anthony Valentine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Amanda 2.4.2p2 is latest version that I have gotten to work on AIX. > > The problems that I have with Amanda on AIX is due to using GCC to > compile Amanda. When Amanda's configure is run, these two flags are > added to the compile options: > > gcc: unrecognized option `-q32' > gcc: unrecognized option `-qlonglong' > > GCC doesn't like these. > > I have manually removed these from the make file, but this didn't allow > the compile to finish. > > Another option which has been reported to work is to use IBM's C > compiler. At $1000 per copy, it isn't cheap to test, but it may be an > option if you are desperate. Note, however, that I tried this and it > didn't work for me. The compile finished without errors, but the binaries > didn't work. YMMV.
Hmmm... I see. I was thinking about using those packages here: http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/packages/amanda.html Since the servers aren't mine, I'd thought about being as little intrusive on its configuration as possible. > I haven't had the time to revisit the problem lately, or to test the > latest Amanda version, so this problem may not exist anymore. The packages above are for 2.4.4p2. > The following link should pull up the original thread about this. > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amanda-users/messagesearch/39116?query=aix Thanks! I'll read it. There might be some other advices. > I hope this helps you out some. If you do manage to find a solution to > this problem, please let me know! So, I still haven't had the problem -- and I hope I don't have it. > Also, I am using an IBM 7337 tape library. You don't mention if you plan > to use a library, but if you are, and it is similar to mine, I may be able > to help you. We're not goingo to use any tape library. It will be only one LTO tape drive. (I haven't ever used LTO tapes, my last installation was with a DLT on a Dell running Linux...) > My tape library came with a command line utility called tapeutil to control > the robot. In order to use *Amanda*, I wrote custom shell scripts that let > *Amanda* talk to the library through tapeutil. If your library uses the > tapeutil program, I can e-mail you my scripts. They are a bit "kludgey" (and > would probably need to be modified to work for you), but they work. If you can send them to me, I'd like to take a look at those. :-) Thank you! -- Godoy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
