On Monday 20 February 2006 17:17, Drew Derbyshire wrote: >I've run amanda for years on various FreeBSD machines. I THINK in > days of old I also backed up at least one Redhat 8 client system, but > the system retired a while back so I have no data and little memory. > >I'm now trying to add a Fedora 4 client, with poor results. amcheck >runs fine, but the infamous estimate failed keeps happening when I >actually try to run. It's not a timeout (total execution is only 30 >seconds), and sendsize seems to be actively failing. I'm not sure > what to make of it. In particular: > > * "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576 - /dev/sda1" works fine as the amanda > user run from the command line. > * GNU dump output hasn't changed much in years > * /etc/dumpdates is world readable and group writable. > >Suggestions? > >sendsize: debug 1 pid 22313 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Mon Feb 20 > 13:17:20 2006 sendsize: version 2.4.5 >sendsize[22315]: time 0.012: calculating for amname '/dev/sda1', > dirname '/boot', spindle 1 sendsize[22315]: time 0.012: getting size > via dump for /dev/sda1 level 0 sendsize[22315]: time 0.015: > calculating for device '/dev/sda1' with 'ext3' sendsize[22315]: time > 0.016: running "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576 - /dev/sda1" sendsize[22315]: > time 0.029: running /usr/lib/amanda/killpgrp sendsize[22313]: time > 0.037: waiting for any estimate child: 1 running sendsize[22315]: > time 0.045: DUMP: cannot read /etc/dumpdates: Permission denied > sendsize[22315]: time 0.047: DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
Here is the error, 2 lines up. Did you not follow the instructions on building and installing amanda? This is the most common cause of such problems I believe. You must build amand as the user who's going to be running amanda, but then become root to do the actual install. > sendsize[22315]: time 0.049: ..... >sendsize[22315]: estimate time for /dev/sda1 level 0: 0.032 >sendsize[22315]: no size line match in /sbin/dump output for > "/dev/sda1" sendsize[22315]: ..... >sendsize[22315]: estimate size for /dev/sda1 level 0: -1 KB >sendsize[22315]: time 0.049: asking killpgrp to terminate >sendsize[22315]: time 1.053: done with amname '/dev/sda1', dirname > '/boot', spindle 1 sendsize[22313]: time 1.054: child 22315 > terminated normally >sendsize[22318]: time 1.055: calculating for amname '/dev/sda5', > dirname '/', spindle 1 sendsize[22318]: time 1.055: getting size via > dump for /dev/sda5 level 0 sendsize[22318]: time 1.057: calculating > for device '/dev/sda5' with 'ext3' sendsize[22318]: time 1.057: > running "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576 - /dev/sda5" sendsize[22318]: time > 1.065: running /usr/lib/amanda/killpgrp sendsize[22313]: time 1.073: > waiting for any estimate child: 1 running sendsize[22318]: time > 1.087: DUMP: cannot read /etc/dumpdates: Permission denied > sendsize[22318]: time 1.088: DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. And again here, same error. > sendsize[22318]: time 1.090: ..... >sendsize[22318]: estimate time for /dev/sda5 level 0: 0.033 >sendsize[22318]: no size line match in /sbin/dump output for > "/dev/sda5" sendsize[22318]: ..... >sendsize[22318]: estimate size for /dev/sda5 level 0: -1 KB >sendsize[22318]: time 1.091: asking killpgrp to terminate >sendsize[22318]: time 2.093: done with amname '/dev/sda5', dirname > '/', spindle 1 sendsize[22313]: time 2.094: child 22318 terminated > normally >sendsize[22321]: time 2.095: calculating for amname '/dev/sdb2', > dirname '/export', spindle 2 sendsize[22321]: time 2.096: getting > size via dump for /dev/sdb2 level 0 sendsize[22321]: time 2.098: > calculating for device '/dev/sdb2' with 'ext3' sendsize[22321]: time > 2.099: running "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576 - /dev/sdb2" sendsize[22321]: > time 2.105: running /usr/lib/amanda/killpgrp sendsize[22313]: time > 2.108: waiting for any estimate child: 1 running sendsize[22321]: > time 2.129: DUMP: cannot read /etc/dumpdates: Permission denied > sendsize[22321]: time 2.131: DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. Again... > sendsize[22321]: time 2.133: ..... >sendsize[22321]: estimate time for /dev/sdb2 level 0: 0.034 >sendsize[22321]: no size line match in /sbin/dump output for > "/dev/sdb2" sendsize[22321]: ..... >sendsize[22321]: estimate size for /dev/sdb2 level 0: -1 KB >sendsize[22321]: time 2.134: asking killpgrp to terminate >sendsize[22321]: time 3.137: done with amname '/dev/sdb2', dirname > '/export', spindle 2 sendsize[22313]: time 3.138: child 22321 > terminated normally >sendsize[22324]: time 3.139: calculating for amname '/dev/sda2', > dirname '/var', spindle 1 sendsize[22324]: time 3.140: getting size > via dump for /dev/sda2 level 0 sendsize[22324]: time 3.143: > calculating for device '/dev/sda2' with 'ext3' sendsize[22324]: time > 3.143: running "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576 - /dev/sda2" sendsize[22313]: > time 3.144: waiting for any estimate child: 1 running > sendsize[22324]: time 3.148: running /usr/lib/amanda/killpgrp > sendsize[22324]: time 3.172: DUMP: cannot read /etc/dumpdates: > Permission denied sendsize[22324]: time 3.174: DUMP: The ENTIRE > dump is aborted. sendsize[22324]: time 3.175: ..... Ditto. >sendsize[22324]: estimate time for /dev/sda2 level 0: 0.032 >sendsize[22324]: no size line match in /sbin/dump output for > "/dev/sda2" sendsize[22324]: ..... >sendsize[22324]: estimate size for /dev/sda2 level 0: -1 KB >sendsize[22324]: time 3.176: asking killpgrp to terminate >sendsize[22324]: time 4.176: done with amname '/dev/sda2', dirname > '/var', spindle 1 sendsize[22313]: time 4.178: child 22324 terminated > normally >sendsize: time 4.178: pid 22313 finish time Mon Feb 20 13:17:25 2006 -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
