Re: amanda client on MAC, launchd issue

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:46:13 -0800 

Hi,
Has anybody been able to use the Mac as a backup server and do a restore from that? With the instructions I found online (which included the amandad launchd setup described below) I am able to use the Mac (OS X, not even server) as a backup server, but I can't get the amrestore to work. 

René

On Jan 10, 2007, at 11:52 AM, Alan Pearson wrote:


Maybe this will help.

It's the one I use here for OS/X server client. I think the key  
line is

inetdCompatability ....

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>GroupName</key>
        <string>backup</string>
        <key>InitGroups</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>org.amanda.amandad</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/libexec/amandad</string>
        </array>
        <key>Sockets</key>
        <dict>
                <key>Listeners</key>
                <dict>
                        <key>SockServiceName</key>
                        <string>amanda</string>
                        <key>SockType</key>
                        <string>dgram</string>
                </dict>
        </dict>
        <key>UserName</key>
        <string>amanda</string>
        <key>inetdCompatibility</key>
        <dict>
                <key>Wait</key>
                <true/>

      </dict>
</dict>
</plist>
--
AlanP

On Wed, January 10, 2007 4:13 pm, McGraw, Robert P. wrote:



Not sure if this is relivent to your case but;

1) I am new to Mac OSX so take pity if I say something stupid.
2) We run a Mac OSX server
3) Our Mac OSX server uses Apple's launchd to launch programs.

4) Added a LaunchDaemons .plist restarted launchd and I have been  
backup

up

our Mac server from a Solaris 10 host for the last several months  
and it

has
been working just fine.


I believe launchd is Apple's replacement for xinetd, cron and  
rc.local

files, something like Sun's new service (svc) management.

Robert




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Subject: Re: amanda client on MAC, launchd issue


On Tuesday 09 January 2007 11:44, Brian Cuttler wrote:

We are running the server on Solaris and a client on MAC OS X
but are seening that the launchd process seems to invalidate
the service.

So far I haven't found the actual line in /var/log/system.log
but I see these messages which show the intent, so I believe
I'm on track.

Jan  6 18:32:09 trel launchd: org.amanda.amandad: 7 more failures
without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal


trel:/var/log cssadmin$ uname -a

Darwin trel.wadsworth.org 8.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.0: Fri  
Sep  8
17:18:57 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.12.6.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power  
Macintosh

powerpc

On the client
amandad: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.4.5p1"

Should we use xinetd instead ?


amanda needs xinetd because the services (generally speaking) are
launched

on demand rather than launched and sleeping till demand.  It  
could at

one
time be done by inetd, but that code may have bit rot if it still
exists,
even in a version as old as 2.4.5p1.  I'm currently running Amanda
version 2.5.1p2-20070105 here.


And this is a wee bit odd because on FC6, I had to install xinetd  
after
the installation was done in order for amanda to continue to work  
with

my

existing configuration which I simply copied over from the old  
drive.


I have NDI why xinetd is not now part of the default install, so its

possible we may be seeing the first shot in needing to figure out  
a new
way to do it.  In fact my curiosity is piqued enough to go ask on  
the

fedora list as the the future status of xinetd.


                                                TIA,

                                                Brian
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