Re: Device Compatibility

2002-07-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 01:05:22PM +0930, Adam Smith wrote: > > I've been looking around at tape drives and backup software, and I had > Amanda recommended to me. Upon looking at amanda.org, I didn't see any > kind of Hardware Compatibility list. Is this more dependant on the > operating system

Device Compatibility

2002-07-09 Thread Adam Smith
Hello, We're about to upgrade our current backup system from a Sony SDT-1 DAT Tape drive to something detatched (external) and with a larger capacity. I've been looking around at tape drives and backup software, and I had Amanda recommended to me. Upon looking at amanda.org, I didn't see a

Re: gaphical frontend (GUI) for amanda?

2002-07-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 09 July 2002 16:54, Lorenzo Canovi wrote: >Hi there. > >Anyone is working on this topic? > >I know that we are all "command-line" oriented, here :-) but when > I try to propose amanda to my customers this is the main question > (not "reiable?" or "scalable?" ... strange people) ... Whi

Re: nodump flag

2002-07-09 Thread John R. Jackson
>... >Is there a way to set honor level for dump (-h option) to 0? When you run ./configure for Amanda, use --with-dump-honor-nodump. Remember to remove config.* (or "make distclean") before re-running ./configure. You might take a look at your /tmp/amanda/sendbackup*debug files and make sure it

Re: who uses amanda?

2002-07-09 Thread Brandon D. Valentine
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Ronald O. Christian wrote: >The IS manager wants to be assured that Amanda has wide usage at large >companies or organizations. I know the National Institute of Health >and the US Department of Energy uses Amanda. Can anyone give me other >names the IS manager would recogniz

Re: gaphical frontend (GUI) for amanda?

2002-07-09 Thread Christophe Kalt
On Jul 09, Lorenzo Canovi wrote: | Anyone is working on this topic? http://sourceforge.net/projects/amanda-gui/ (don't get your hopes too high;) | I know that we are all "command-line" oriented, here :-) but when I try to | propose amanda to my customers this is the main question (not "reiable

RE: who uses amanda?

2002-07-09 Thread Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM
We use it to backup our DNS server, email server, web servers and tarantella server: Research, Extension and Education Department United States Department of Agriculture Michael Martinez System Administrator (Contractor) Information Systems and Technology Management CSREES - United States Depar

Re: gaphical frontend (GUI) for amanda?

2002-07-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 10:54:14PM +0200, Lorenzo Canovi wrote: > > Hi there. > > Anyone is working on this topic? > > I know that we are all "command-line" oriented, here :-) but when I try to > propose amanda to my customers this is the main question (not "reiable?" or > "scalable?" ... str

Re: Amanda won't dump one particular partition

2002-07-09 Thread Chris Marble
John R. Jackson wrote: > > >2 of the strace files ended with: > > > >--- SIGXCPU (CPU time limit exceeded) --- > >+++ killed by SIGXCPU +++ > > Well, *that* would certainly do it :-). > > Not sure how we got from XCPU to signal 24, but whatever. > > >I've been using Amanda for several years an

gaphical frontend (GUI) for amanda?

2002-07-09 Thread Lorenzo Canovi
Hi there. Anyone is working on this topic? I know that we are all "command-line" oriented, here :-) but when I try to propose amanda to my customers this is the main question (not "reiable?" or "scalable?" ... strange people) ... -- | Lorenzo Canovi | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www

RE: Probs with DLT7000 - urgent, can't restore file...

2002-07-09 Thread Peter Normann
I don't think this is an amanda issue, since practically everything fails with mtx. I can't even make the drive eject the tapes manually... -Original Message- From: Jon LaBadie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 9. juli 2002 18:13 To: Peter Normann Subject: Re: Probs with DLT7000 - urgent

Re: Quick Tape cycle query

2002-07-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 09 July 2002 10:55, Mark Cooke wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> It looks ok on the face of it. However, doing one full a week >> is overloading the egg basket and issueing an open invite for a >> stumble. > >I'm going to be doing daily incrementals as well as weekly full > backups. both

Re: who uses amanda?

2002-07-09 Thread Robert L Becker Jr
John's list was posted 26 Jan. It was derived from the addresses subscribed to the amanda lists. He posted a couple of well thought caveats. One to add is that using Amanda somewhere in an organization is not the same thing as using Amanda throughout the organization. It's not easy to get solid i

newbie compile question

2002-07-09 Thread Scott Sanders
Hi all! This may have been answered somewhere before but I couldn't find it. I'm trying to compile Amanda 2.4.2p2 on a Sun V880 with Solaris 8 10/02. I get the following error: checking for flex... flex checking for flex... (cached) flex checking for yywrap in -lfl... no checking lex output file

Re: Quick Tape cycle query

2002-07-09 Thread Mark Cooke
Gene Heskett wrote: > > It looks ok on the face of it. However, doing one full a week is > overloading the egg basket and issueing an open invite for a > stumble. I'm going to be doing daily incrementals as well as weekly full backups. both will be on a 2 week cycle. > > Unless tapes for y

exabyte x80 or x200 with amanda?

2002-07-09 Thread Ronald O. Christian
Is anyone out there using the Exabyte X80 or X200 libraries with Amanda? On what platform? Thanks. Ron http://roc85.home.attbi.com "Protesters against the wearing of animal skins by humans unaccountably fail to throw paint over Hell's Angels." -- Terry Pratchett

Re: who uses amanda?

2002-07-09 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 at 7:37am, Ronald O. Christian wrote > The IS manager wants to be assured that Amanda has wide usage at large > companies or organizations. I know the National Institute of Health > and the US Department of Energy uses Amanda. Can anyone give me other > names the IS manager w

who uses amanda?

2002-07-09 Thread Ronald O. Christian
My current project is to convince a local utility that switching to amanda from their defunct no-longer-supported backup system is a good idea. The IS manager wants to be assured that Amanda has wide usage at large companies or organizations. I know the National Institute of Health and the US D

Re: Quick Tape cycle query

2002-07-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 09 July 2002 09:21, Mark Cooke wrote: >Hi, > >I have browsed the online mailings and just really want to confirm > some settings for the dumpcycle and runspercycle. > >At present I'm just setting up a full backup system, then work to > daily incrementals. > >I have got the system to wor

amanda / kerberos V

2002-07-09 Thread JC Simonetti
Hi! First of all congratulations to Jonathan Johnson for his little Amanda! I have a tricky issue with my Amanda 2.5 and native Kerberos V (all from the Sourceforge CVS). I managed to compile everything correctly (well... correctly I don't know, but it compiles!), but I cannot set up any kerber

Re: Load modules when booting.

2002-07-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 09 July 2002 07:11, Trevor Fraser wrote: >Hello all. > >Thanks for all the help in the past. > >I've got my tape to work using scsi emulation. I load the relevent > modules and everything works, untill I reboot. How can I get > these modules to load when booting? > >Thanks, Trevor. > >P

Quick Tape cycle query

2002-07-09 Thread Mark Cooke
Hi, I have browsed the online mailings and just really want to confirm some settings for the dumpcycle and runspercycle. At present I'm just setting up a full backup system, then work to daily incrementals. I have got the system to work by running a onetime backup using my configuration, so

Probs with DLT7000 - urgent, can't restore file...

2002-07-09 Thread Peter Normann
I have a FastStor DLT1 changer with Quantum DLT7000. The drive somehow forgot that there's a tape loaded. dobz:~ # mtx -f /dev/sg0 status Storage Changer /dev/sg0:1 Drives, 7 Slots ( 0 Import/Export ) Data Transfer Element 0:Empty Storage Element 1:Empty Storage Element 2:Full

Re: Load modules when booting.

2002-07-09 Thread Robert Kearey
Trevor Fraser wrote: > I've got my tape to work using scsi emulation. I load the relevent modules > and everything works, untill I reboot. How can I get these modules to load > when booting? man modules.conf is a good place to start. You could also make a new initrd, but modules.conf is the way

Re: [Amanda-users] Load modules when booting.

2002-07-09 Thread Jason Thomas
list the modules in /etc/modules On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 01:11:00PM +0200, Trevor Fraser wrote: > Hello all. > > Thanks for all the help in the past. > > I've got my tape to work using scsi emulation. I load the relevent modules > and everything works, untill I reboot. How can I get these modul

Load modules when booting.

2002-07-09 Thread Trevor Fraser
Hello all. Thanks for all the help in the past. I've got my tape to work using scsi emulation. I load the relevent modules and everything works, untill I reboot. How can I get these modules to load when booting? Thanks, Trevor. P.S. Operating System:Red Hat 7.3 Kernel:

Re: New Amanda release (off-topic)

2002-07-09 Thread Nicki Messerschmidt
Jonathan R. Johnson wrote: > Just as a parting shot, however, I have an announcement: > > * * * * New Release of Amanda * * * > * > * Amanda Ruth Johnson > * > * Born June 24, 2002 24 June, 2002 > * 8 lbs, 2 oz(trans

nodump flag

2002-07-09 Thread Jacek Drobiecki
Hi All, I'm using amanda on linux box with ext2 file system. I would not like to ever backup files with nodump flag set. Is there a way to set honor level for dump (-h option) to 0? --- Jacek Drobiecki