Myron, You made all necesary changes to amanda.conf to allow for a gtar based dumper ? (there being no such things and zfsdump as an analog to ufsdump).
What do the /tmp/amanda logs on the client tell you, are you getting through the estimate phase and failing the actual sendfile phase ? On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 09:04:57AM -0400, myron wrote: > I added a new client to amanda and it won't back up. I don't add > clients often, but I think I > got everything right. I have a feeling this is because the filesystem > is zfs--my first--everything > else I back up is ufs. I'm going to put a ufs filesystem on the client > today and see if that backs > up tonight, just to make sure the client isn't really the problem. > > I included all the relevant information in the hope that someone can > spot something. > > disklist entry > ----------------- > hogwarts / comp-root 0 > > make sure network services are running and listening on the right ports > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > hogwarts# netstat -a | grep amanda > *.amanda Idle > *.amandaidx *.* 0 0 49152 0 > LISTEN > > run a check for client > ----------------------------- > bane:~% amcheck DAILY hogwarts > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > ----------------------------- > amcheck-server: slot 16: date 20100219 label DAILY16 (exact label match) > NOTE: skipping tape-writable test > NOTE: info dir /var/amanda/DAILY/curinfo/hogwarts: does not exist > NOTE: index dir /var/amanda/DAILY/index/hogwarts: does not exist > Server check took 5.064 seconds > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > Client check: 1 host checked in 0.176 seconds, 0 problems found > > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3) > > Problem entries from the logs > ------------------------------- > --> log.20100610.0 > DISK planner hogwarts / > INFO planner Adding new disk hogwarts:/. > FAIL planner hogwarts / 20100610 0 [disk / offline on hogwarts?] > > --> amdump.1 > hogwarts:/ overdue 14770 days for level 0 > setup_estimate: hogwarts:/: command 0, options: > last_level -1 next_level0 -14770 level_days 0 > getting estimates 0 (0) -1 (-1) -1 (-1) > planner: time 0.447: setting up estimates took 0.365 secs > ..... > (This is strange that the estimate number is small and negative.) > planner: time 2.188: got result for host hogwarts disk /: 0 -> -1K, -1 > -> -1K, -1 -> -1K > 0: hogwarts / > planner: FAILED hogwarts / 20100610 0 [disk / offline on hogwarts?] > > (I know amanda is on the system because these tmp files were created.) > hogwarts# ls -al /tmp/.rlg.p3aW4b/ > total 32 > d--------- 2 amanda sys 117 Jun 10 00:14 . > drwxrwxrwt 7 root sys 465 Jun 10 03:30 .. > > --myron > ================================= > Myron Kowalski > MoCoSIN Network/Systems Administrator > Moravian College > [email protected] > > > --- Brian R Cuttler [email protected] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773 IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information which is, or may be, legally privileged or otherwise protected by law from further disclosure. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, please do not distribute, copy or use it or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.
