Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-13 Thread Will Lowe
Thanks! But I was looking for information on what amanda uses the barcode reader in the robot for, and how to make the tapechanger scripts do it -- not on how to print labels. On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 09:55:48PM +0100, Alexander Jolk wrote: > Will Lowe wrote: > >I've got a Dell PV132T changer I'm

Re: Amanda config for two drives

2005-01-13 Thread Vicki Stanfield
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 15:50 -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 12:06:56PM -0500, Vicki Stanfield wrote: > > > I would be amazed that amcheck did not complain :-) > > > > It hasn't yet been given the chance to. :-) > > Should be the first thing after any config changes. If you ar

Re: Amanda config for two drives

2005-01-13 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 12:06:56PM -0500, Vicki Stanfield wrote: > > I would be amazed that amcheck did not complain :-) > > It hasn't yet been given the chance to. :-) Should be the first thing after any config changes. > > Okay, so I knew that I needed to use the chg-multi changer, but I was

barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-13 Thread Will Lowe
I've got a Dell PV132T changer I'm trying to get working and I'm looking for the stuff that used to be on the faq-o-matic about barcode readers. The FOM seems to be toast. Anybody know where I can find it? (and is the FOM gone for good?) -- thanks,

Re: implausibly old time stamp 1969-12-31 17:00:00

2005-01-13 Thread Bernhard Ott
Jason Davis wrote: Hello, I am new to Amanda and tape drives for that matter. I have set up a Amanda server and for now have it just backing up itself. All works well for the backup part. However when I try to restore I get this message.. tar: ./2005-01-07_17-00-57/ibdata01.ibz: implausibly

Re: Amanda config for two drives

2005-01-13 Thread Vicki Stanfield
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 17:22 +0100, Paul Bijnens wrote: > Vicki Stanfield wrote: > > I am setting up to transition an existing Amanda config on a Debian > > Woody Linux system with one drive to a two drive setup. I have been > > Use the chg-multi changer: it emulates a tape changer using > two or m

Re: Amanda config for two drives

2005-01-13 Thread Paul Bijnens
Vicki Stanfield wrote: I am setting up to transition an existing Amanda config on a Debian Woody Linux system with one drive to a two drive setup. I have been Use the chg-multi changer: it emulates a tape changer using two or more tape drives. trying to research this and have come up with what I b

Re: Amanda and PostgreSQL

2005-01-13 Thread tobias . bluhm
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> changed 3 bytes are sent. Plus you have the lastest backup copy in an >Hmm, not exactly true ;-) Rsync operates on blocks. Thanks! - toby bluhm it support, development systems philips medical s

Re: short write - could that mean that the "use" on holdingdisk is too small?

2005-01-13 Thread Peter Guhl
On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 17:09, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 03:02:15PM +0100, Peter Guhl wrote: > > This error happens all the time - but sometimes it vanishes and then it > > comes again. Now I have got the idea that the space allocated at the > > holding disk is too small (not the h

Re: amanda.8 manpage

2005-01-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Nicolas, on Donnerstag, 13. Jänner 2005 at 16:19 you wrote to amanda-users: >> Maybe we can do that transition with the next AMANDA-release, this >> would be a good point to start. NE> Ok. I'm not looking at the releases everyday, so may I ask you to knock NE> my door when this will be the t

Re: amanda.8 manpage

2005-01-13 Thread Nicolas Ecarnot
Stefan G. Weichinger a écrit : I am very happy about your offer but I would prefer if you could wait with starting that new translation until we have an official version of the docs. There is too much going on right now in those files. Maybe we can do that transition with the next AMANDA-release, t

Amanda config for two drives

2005-01-13 Thread Vicki Stanfield
I am setting up to transition an existing Amanda config on a Debian Woody Linux system with one drive to a two drive setup. I have been trying to research this and have come up with what I believe is the correct amanda config: tapedev "/dev/nst{1,2},2}" # the non-rewinding device to write t

Re: Amanda and PostgreSQL

2005-01-13 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Using rsync: > > shutdown db > rsync all data to backup disk/raid/machine > start db > amanda backup the backup disk/raid/machine > > The first run of rsync will be the slowest - must send all data to make a > complete copy. The next run of rsync wi

Re: amanda.8 manpage

2005-01-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Nicolas, on Donnerstag, 13. Jänner 2005 at 13:13 you wrote to amanda-users: NE> So if the cml files contain up-to-date text, the work of translation can NE> begin. I am very happy about your offer but I would prefer if you could wait with starting that new translation until we have an offici

Re: Amanda and PostgreSQL

2005-01-13 Thread tobias . bluhm
Using rsync: shutdown db rsync all data to backup disk/raid/machine start db amanda backup the backup disk/raid/machine The first run of rsync will be the slowest - must send all data to make a complete copy. The next run of rsync will be much faster. rsync only sends new or changed data. So if

Re: amanda.8 manpage

2005-01-13 Thread Gavin Henry
> Gavin Henry a écrit : >> >> >>>Could you tell me the % of files formated in xml ? >> >> >> >> All of them. >> > > So if the cml files contain up-to-date text, the work of translation can > begin. > Do I have to have a special access on a cvs server ? > > I'll translate into french. Hi, Use:

Re: amanda.8 manpage

2005-01-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Hi, Nicolas, on Donnerstag, 13. Jänner 2005 at 12:17 you wrote to amanda-users: NE> I guess once you have the xml files, the target formats are not a NE> problem. You just have to write a converter. NE> I play a little with Latex, and it's working the same way. I wasn't clear: We have converters

Re: amanda.8 manpage

2005-01-13 Thread Nicolas Ecarnot
Gavin Henry a écrit : Could you tell me the % of files formated in xml ? All of them. So if the cml files contain up-to-date text, the work of translation can begin. Do I have to have a special access on a cvs server ? I'll translate into french. -- Nicolas Ecarnot

Re: amanda.8 manpage

2005-01-13 Thread Gavin Henry
> Could you tell me the % of files formated in xml ? All of them. -- Kind Regards, Gavin Henry. Managing Director. T +44 (0) 1467 624141 M +44 (0) 7930 323266 F +44 (0) 1224 742001 E [EMAIL PROTECTED] Open Source. Open Solutions(tm). http://www.suretecsystems.com/

Re: amanda.8 manpage

2005-01-13 Thread Nicolas Ecarnot
Stefan G. Weichinger a écrit : The AMANDA-docs are about 760 kB right now, still enough to work on. My next goal is to make use of the xml-docs-tree for the AMANDA-releases. The plain-text-files should be substituted (or accompanied) by some other format, maybe pdf, maybe html ... (suggestions welc

Re: amanda.8 manpage

2005-01-13 Thread Nicolas Ecarnot
Stefan G. Weichinger a écrit : Hello, amanda-users, enjoy the updated version of the main amanda.8-manpage at http://www.amanda.org/docs/amanda.8.html Just a little mail to say that we should all thank Stephan and all the people that write *documentation* for Amanda, as this seems to be the most