Chris, I think Jean-Louis nailed the problem with the server and tape unit. I think amrecover will pass the data stream back to the client and ufsrestore on the client side, I don't think you will have any issues after taking JML's advise.
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 02:30:50PM -0400, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > from the session that I included, > supereclogite is the new 3.3.3 Amanda server, and > eclogite is the old 2.5.1p3 Amanda server. > > The old server, eclogite, was added to the disklist on the new server, > supereclogite, and has been backed up there since. > > My session is on the new Amanda server asking to recover a file that was > backed up to the new Amanda server and put to tape on the new Amanda > server, but the file is from the old server. So I'm doing everything on the > new Amanda server. The old one is a client to the new one. > > hmm. Interesting. As I go over this in my mind, I'm realizing that the > client was using ufsdump and then sending the resulting file over to the > server. But, the server is Ubuntu. It cannot do a ufsrestore. Interesting. > This is the first time I have had an Ubuntu server as the Amanda server > (I've had a bunch of them as clients), and it seems that it breaks the work > flow that I am used to. Still, I will need to straighten out what it is > doing with regard to tape drive and index server. > > > > On 6/17/13 2:06 PM, Brian Cuttler wrote: > >Chris, > > > >You are using the amanda client/server and issuing the restore > >from the E250? Or you are restoring the tar/dump file on the > >server and (if dump) porting the (decompressed) file back to the > >client to unpack? > > > >If the first option, maybe you are still referencing the config > >on the E250, that is, the server config, rather than a client > >config. > > > > > > > >On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 01:47:08PM -0400, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > >>puzzle. If you recall, I switched from Amanda 2.5.1p3 on a Solaris 9 > >>server > >>on an E250 to Amanda 3.3.3 on an Ubuntu 12.04 server on SuperMicro around > >>May 22. The transition seemed to run smoothly. > >> > >>The old E250 is still running mail services, and the new Amanda server is > >>still backing that up. > >> > >>So, now someone wants their mail files recovered from May 26. Cool. Tapes > >>were written by the new server on that date. But, when I run amrecover, I > >>ran into the situation below. It seems to be searching for a tape drive on > >>the old server rather than on the new server. Weird. I've been running > >>Amanda on the new server with the tape library and tape drive on the new > >>server for several weeks and it has been working just fine as far as the > >>Amanda email reports go. I went through the amanda.conf, changer.conf, > >>etc. > >>and find no references to any server. It should just be looking for the > >>devices on the Amanda server that I am running this on. > >> > >>Any idea what's up with this? And how I can fix it? > >> > >>I know I can just read the tape using native facilities, but I really > >>don't > >>want to fall back on that if I don't have to. This should all just work, > >>as > >>it always has in the past. > >> > >> > >>-------------- attempted amrecover session --------------- > >> > >> > >>chrisho@supereclogite:/usr/local/adm$ cd /amanda1 > >> > >>chrisho@supereclogite:/amanda1$ sudo amrecover daily > >> > >>[sudo] password for chrisho: > >> > >>AMRECOVER Version 3.3.3. Contacting server on eclogite.geo.umass.edu ... > >>220 eclogite AMANDA index server (2.5.1p3) ready. > >>Setting restore date to today (2013-06-17) > >>200 Working date set to 2013-06-17. > >>200 Config set to daily. > >>501 Host supereclogite is not in your disklist. > >>Trying host supereclogite.geo.umass.edu ... > >>200 Dump host set to supereclogite.geo.umass.edu. > >>Use the setdisk command to choose dump disk to recover > >> > >>amrecover> sethost eclogite.geo.umass.edu > >> > >>200 Dump host set to eclogite.geo.umass.edu. > >> > >>amrecover> setdisk /var/mail > >> > >>200 Disk set to /var/mail. > >> > >>amrecover> setdate --05-26 > >> > >>200 Working date set to 2013-05-26. > >> > >>amrecover> add cooke > >> > >>Added file /cooke > >> > >>amrecover> extract > >> > >>Extracting files using tape drive LIB-162A5 on host > >>eclogite.geo.umass.edu. > >>The following tapes are needed: geo-daily-13 > >> > >>Extracting files using tape drive LIB-162A5 on host > >>eclogite.geo.umass.edu. > >>Load tape geo-daily-13 now > >> > >>Continue [?/Y/n/s/d]? y > >> > >>could not stat 'LIB-162A5': No such file or directory > >>Load tape geo-daily-13 now > >> > >>Continue [?/Y/n/d]? ? > >> > >>Enter "y"es to continue, "n"o to stop or "d" to change to a new device > >> > >>Continue [?/Y/n/d]? d > >> > >>New device name [?]: /dev/nst0 > >> > >>Using tape "/dev/nst0" from server eclogite.geo.umass.edu. > >> > >>Continue [?/Y/n/d]? y > >> > >>could not stat '/dev/nst0': No such file or directory > >>could not stat '/dev/nst0': No such file or directory > >> > >>Load tape geo-daily-13 now > >> > >>Continue [?/Y/n/d]? d > >> > >>New device name [?]: ? > >> > >>Enter a new device name or "default" > >> > >>New device name [?]: default > >> > >>Using default tape from server eclogite.geo.umass.edu. > >> > >>Continue [?/Y/n/d]? y > >> > >>Got no header and data from server, check in amidxtaped.*.debug and > >>amandad.*.debug files on server > >> > >>amrecover> exit > >> > >>200 Good bye. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>--------------- > >> > >>Chris Hoogendyk > >> > >>- > >> O__ ---- Systems Administrator > >> c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments > >> (*) \(*) -- 347 Morrill Science Center > >>~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst > >> > >><[email protected]> > >> > >>--------------- > >> > >>Erdös 4 > >> > >--- > > 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 > > > > -- > --------------- > > Chris Hoogendyk > > - > O__ ---- Systems Administrator > c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments > (*) \(*) -- 347 Morrill Science Center > ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst > > <[email protected]> > > --------------- > > Erdös 4 > --- 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
