Oh, damn. Now I'm embarrased.. that was it.. I just didn't uncomment the last brace.
Thanks, Silver On Wednesday 26 April 2006 16:52, you wrote: > On 2006-04-26 15:40, Silver Salonen wrote: > > Hi. > > > > As I'm in kind of hurry (I'm writing a bachelor's thesis about backups and a > > small part of it is about Amanda and the deadline is at the beginning of the > > next week), I installed Amanda 2.5.0 RPM for FC4 on FC5. > > > > I've looked Amanda's official documentation's page about a dozen times, but it > > looks somewhat obfuscating, so now I tried to start with Amanda according to > > Zmanda's quick start guide (http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Quick_start). > > BTW, could anybody suggest a nice documentation where it would be possible to > > get a nice and quick overview about Amanda's structure (the main process, > > dealing with backup-media, etc. - some chema maybe)? The main documentation > > is really scary - it has specific information and how-to's about different > > parts, but the overall picture.. :( > > > http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amanda_chapter > > > > > > I've configured everything exactly as written on the quick start page, but > > ... "exactly"... :-) > > > > when I try to label a virtual tape (being actually a folder on hard drive), I > > get several errors about my amanda.conf. > > > > I execute: > > # su - amandabackup > > $ cd /backup/amanda-vtapes/ > > $ ammt -t file:/backup/amanda-vtapes/tape rewind > > $ amlabel daily Test-01 > > > > And get: > > > > "/etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf", line 164: holding disk parameter expected > > "/etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf", line 164: end of line expected > > > > > I think there's no point to copy-paste all the problematic lines, but I'd do > > it about some of the first. Lines from 164 to 168 are: > > > > infofile "/var/lib/amanda/daily/curinfo" # database DIRECTORY > > logdir "/var/lib/amanda/daily" # log directory > > indexdir "/var/lib/amanda/daily/index" # index directory > > tapelist "/var/lib/amanda/daily/tapelist" # list of used tapes > > How about the lines just before? > There is probably a "holdingdisk" section, > and you forgot to close the brace? > > > > > > # tapelist is stored, by default, in the directory that contains amanda.conf > > > > I've googled about this error, but everything I've found is some of Amanda's > > source-code. > > > > Is the FC4 version really so incompatible with FC5 or what could be the > > problem? > > Too much in a hurry and overlooking the obvious errors? > > > -- > Paul Bijnens, xplanation Technology Services Tel +32 16 397.511 > Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 > http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *********************************************************************** > * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, * > * F6, quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * > * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * > * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * > * init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * > * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * > *********************************************************************** > >
