RE: getting further
Your version of tar is broken...get the latest from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/ . You want 1.13.19 or later. -Original Message- From: Mike Heller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: getting further I am getting further with Amanda. I ran a backup last night but had a problem: error [/bin/tar returned 2] This problem has come up in the past (searched the group) but there seems to be no specific reason for this. I'm using tar version: tar (GNU tar) 1.13.11 I'm trying to backup: /boot always-full / comp-root-tar /bigcomp-root-tar With the result: DUMP SUMMARY: DUMPER STATSTAPER STATS HOSTNAME DISKL ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s -- - 216.13.244.1 / 0 FAILED --- 216.13.244.1 /big0 1216126011274432 92.7 144:011304.7 144:021304.7 216.13.244.1 /boot 0 14560 14592 --0:027555.8 0:111374.2 I'm not exactly sure why I can backup two partitions but not the third (root). Is this a permissions issue? I exclude the following: ./mnt ./proc ./no_backup ./backup ./download ./usr/doc ./usr/man ./usr/src ./var/spool/mqueue Thanks for any help or direction you can provide. Mike
Re: getting further
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:57:24AM -0700, Mike Heller wrote: > I am getting further with Amanda. I ran a backup last night but had a > problem: > > error [/bin/tar returned 2] My reading of the gtar code shows 2 is the return code when it has been run with the "ignore failed reads" option and did in fact ignore at least one failed read. > > This problem has come up in the past (searched the group) but there > seems to be no specific reason for this. I'm using tar version: > > tar (GNU tar) 1.13.11 Not a recommended tarsion. (that was supposed to be "version", but "tarsion" seems so right :). -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road(609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
Re: getting further
Hi Mike - I think there might be a problem with that version of gtar. Try getting the most recent version (even though it's still labeled "alpha", that's the one you want). You will need to recompile the client to point Amanda to the correct gtar. HTH -Doug On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Mike Heller wrote: > I am getting further with Amanda. I ran a backup last night but had a > problem: > > error [/bin/tar returned 2] > > This problem has come up in the past (searched the group) but there > seems to be no specific reason for this. I'm using tar version: > > tar (GNU tar) 1.13.11 > > I'm trying to backup: > > /boot always-full > / comp-root-tar > /bigcomp-root-tar > > With the result: > > DUMP SUMMARY: > DUMPER STATSTAPER STATS > HOSTNAME DISKL ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s > -- - > 216.13.244.1 / 0 FAILED --- > 216.13.244.1 /big0 1216126011274432 92.7 144:011304.7 144:021304.7 > 216.13.244.1 /boot 0 14560 14592 --0:027555.8 0:111374.2 > > > I'm not exactly sure why I can backup two partitions but not the third > (root). Is this a permissions issue? I exclude the following: > > ./mnt > ./proc > ./no_backup > ./backup > ./download > ./usr/doc > ./usr/man > ./usr/src > ./var/spool/mqueue > > Thanks for any help or direction you can provide. > Mike > > -- ~~ Doug Silver 619 235-2665 Network Manager Urchin Software Corp. http://www.urchin.com ~~
