On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 05:42:10PM -0500, Valeriu Mutu wrote: > Hi, > > Running an older version of Amanda 2.6.1p2 and have been doing backups and > restores without any issues for a long time now. > > Today I ran into this error during a restore: > > [...] > ./data/cbil/UHTS/Magnuson/1835-MAM_Insm1/working_dir/analyses/commands.txt > ./data/cbil/UHTS/Magnuson/1835-MAM_Insm1/working_dir/analyses/correlationRes.txt > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > Extractor child exited with status 2 > amrecover> > > Does anyone know what this error means? Does it indicate a bad tape or tape > drive or a read/write error? >
Tar encounters, and reports, at least two categories of errors. Some will affect the entire dump and will cause an immediate exit with a status 1. Others typically affect the dump of one file only and tar will note the file but continue dumping. Thus a "delayed" exit results and a status of 2 indicates the dump was not normal but was not terminated early. Errors causing the delayed error exit include things like "file contents changed as it was being backed up" or "file was removed before it could be backed up". The reason for your specific report is probably found where you put the ellipsis. Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie [email protected] 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (609) 477-8330 (C)
