* Jean-Louis Martineau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20070606 14:53]: [...]
> >> > >>Another problem I get in amrecover is that I can't 'add' a file > >>directly from the root directory, I have to cd to the subdir and then > >>'add' it: > >> > >>amrecover> add > >>jenkai/McGill/data-minc/football/MF030/20050902_140405_9_mri.mnc.gz > >>File jenkai/McGill/data-minc/football/MF030/20050902_140405_9_mri.mnc.gz > >>doesn't exist in directory > >>amrecover> cd jenkai/McGill/data-minc/football/MF030-/ > >>/data/concussion/concussion1/jenkai/McGill/data-minc/football/MF030 > >>amrecover> add 20050902_140405_9_mri.mnc.gz > >>Added file > >>/jenkai/McGill/data-minc/football/MF030/20050902_140405_9_mri.mnc.gz > >> > >>Never noticed that before but is this the normal behaviour? > >> > The "add" never worked with a patch, you must 'cd' to the dir before > 'add'. This is not a change. > > The amfetchdump debug file must be in /tmp/amanda/server/spantest, > can you send it? no such file: find . /tmp/amanda-spantest -name '*fetch*' returns nothing. > > > >No one seems to be answering this one so let me continue with some > >more problems. Just completed a spanning tape DLE on a testing > >system and now I get: > > > >wart 217# /opt/amanda/spantest/sbin/amfetchdump -p -d \ > >/hw/tape/tps6d4nrnsv spantest wart /bigdisk 20070605 | \ > >/usr/freeware/bin/tar -tf - > >2 tape(s) needed for restoration > >The following tapes are needed: spantest-000010 spantest-000011 > >Press enter when ready > > > >no tapedev specified > >amfetchdump: error reading file header: Bad file number > >Not an amanda tape > >Looking for tape spantest-000010... > >no tapedev specified > >amfetchdump: error reading file header: Bad file number > >Not an amanda tape > >Looking for tape spantest-000010... > >no tapedev specified > >amfetchdump: error reading file header: Bad file number > >Not an amanda tape > >Insert tape labeled spantest-000010 in device (null) > >and press enter, ^D to finish reading tapes > > > >Can't tell more than that as no debug files seem to be generated. > >Got the same error with 2.5.2-20070523 and 2.5.2-20070606. > >tapedev is defined in both amanda.conf and amanda-client.conf > >and set to "/hw/tape/tps6d4nrnsv"... > > > >Looking at the tape headers: > > > > dd if=/hw/tape/tps6d4nrnsv bs=32k count=1 > >AMANDA: TAPESTART DATE 20070605160209 TAPE spantest-000010 > >014 > >1+0 records in > >1+0 records out > > > >mt -f /hw/tape/tps6d4nrnsv rewind > >mt -f /hw/tape/tps6d4nrnsv fsf 1 > >dd if=/hw/tape/tps6d4nrnsv bs=32k count=1 > >AMANDA: SPLIT_FILE 20070605160209 wart /bigdisk part 1/-1 lev 0 comp > >N program /usr/freeware/bin/tar > >To restore, position tape at start of file and run: > > dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /usr/freeware/bin/tar -xpGf - ... > > > >1+0 records in > >1+0 records out > > > >Notice the extra '014' which is extra-stuff that got put there when > >I first labeled the tapes with a amanda version that had an option to > >od incompatible with the irix version. > > > >I'm inclined to say from my 'experiments' over the last few weeks that > >tape spanning is still not a 'matured' feature and I would be very > >nervous to have that in my production environment. > > > >jf > >
