On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 07:21:42PM +0530, Rajeh kuri enlightened us: > I am new to the Amanda utility and evaluating it on SUSE Linux > 10(2.6.16 kernel) > I have been trying to backup the my home directory using dump program. > > The amstatus showing > planner: ["backup path",all estimate failed] > > but iam able to backup using "GNU TAR" program. > > Can I know what is going wrong. > If iam not giving enough info for clue please let me know what need to be > sent. >
Generally dump is used to do complete filesystems, not subdirectories. You *can* use dump for subdirectories, but you can only do full (level 0) dumps, not incrementals. Without more information, we can't tell you what's wrong. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263
