Thanks Dustin, With tar 1.15 incremental backups are working again.
regards :-) BruceS [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce S. Skinner) writes: > Right on. GNU tar version is 1.15.91 and > /var/log/amanda/sendsize.blahblah has the following errors: > > sendsize[16402]: argument list: /bin/tar --create --file /dev/null > --directory /boot --one-file-system --numeric-owner > --listed-incremental > /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/gw.n.xatl.drdc-rddc.gc.ca_boot_1.new > --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals . > sendsize[16402]: time 0.815: /bin/tar: Unexpected field value in snapshot > file > sendsize[16402]: time 0.815: /bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > I've just built and installed tar 1.15 and we'll see what happens > tonight... > > regards :-) > BruceS > > > "Dustin J. Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 01:04:47PM -0300, Bruce S. Skinner wrote: >>> I'm only getting level 0 dumps for all my disks as estimates for level >>> 1 are failing. I'm using gnu tar to do the dumps. I've included some >>> excerpts pertaining to an example disk (/boot) from two days consecutive >>> amdump log >>> files. Does anyone have a suggestion why estimates may be failing or >>> where I should look next? >> >> What version of tar are you using? >> >> See: >> http://forums.zmanda.com/archive/index.php/t-299.html >> >> Dustin > > -- > > Bruce Skinner > Norstead Farm > 1427 Prospect Rd > Waterville NS B0P 1V0 > CANADA > > Tel: 902-538-1765 > Cell: 902-670-6456 > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Bruce Skinner Norstead Farm 1427 Prospect Rd Waterville NS B0P 1V0 CANADA Tel: 902-538-1765 Cell: 902-670-6456 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
