Re: Problems using amanda to backup SMB shares

2006-07-13 Thread Olivier Nicole
My point is, on _my_ amanda server, that files does NOT exist: Then create an empty file with the name /etc/amandates and that is owned by amanda. And that should do it. Olivier

Re: amrecover Tape is not a dump tape but amrestore works?

2006-07-13 Thread Martin Hepworth
Jon LaBadie wrote: On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 11:03:38AM -0400, Julian C. Dunn wrote: On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Jon LaBadie wrote: So whatever was fed by amrecover to the restore program did not appear to be created by the corresponding dump program. Do you use dump/restore in your amanda dumptypes

Re: backing up to DVD-Rs

2006-07-13 Thread Ross Vandegrift
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 06:31:52PM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 12 July 2006 18:17, Ross Vandegrift wrote: Make a holding area, and use dump with a tape size of just slightly less than the DVD-R size. Tell dump to generate manifests and quick file access data. Then, all you

Re: planner: disk xxx:/, estimate of level N failed

2006-07-13 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2006-07-13 05:29, Frank Smith wrote: Since I've been running Amanda for years, my first thought was just to check the /tmp/amanda/*debug files, but was surprised to find that those files don't exist on any of the 2.5.0 machines, all that is in /tmp/amanda are selfcheck*exclude,

Re: backing up to DVD-Rs

2006-07-13 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 13 July 2006 09:20, Ross Vandegrift wrote: On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 06:31:52PM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 12 July 2006 18:17, Ross Vandegrift wrote: Make a holding area, and use dump with a tape size of just slightly less than the DVD-R size. Tell dump to generate

Exclude list entries

2006-07-13 Thread Joe Donner (sent by Nabble.com)
Dear all, I've now configured an exclusion list for use with Amanda. At first I used these entries: *.ora *.dbf *.dmp *.dmp.gz* but then I re-read the Amanda documentation, which states: When AMANDA attempts to exclude a file or directory it does so relative to the area being archived. For

Re: planner: disk xxx:/, estimate of level N failed

2006-07-13 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Frank Smith wrote: In the last few days I've started seeing a couple of messages like the above in the NOTES section of my daily reports. The DLEs in question do get backed up, but it is a level 0 each night. Originally it was just one server, now it is two. Interesting.

Amanda cygwin client behind a firewall

2006-07-13 Thread McGraw, Robert P.
Is anyone else backuping up an amanda cygwin client, where the cygwin client sits behind a firewall and the server sits on the outside of the firewall? I need to ask a few questions on your firewall settings. Thanks Robert

Re: Problems using amanda to backup SMB shares

2006-07-13 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Jon LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006:07:12:17:49:06-0400] scribed: On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:31:09AM -0500, Michael D Schleif wrote: * Jon LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006:07:12:00:09:07-0400] scribed: snip / When asked to, and if run by root, they record the date and time and level

Re: planner: disk xxx:/, estimate of level N failed

2006-07-13 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
Hi, | sendsize[11906]: argument list: /bin/tar --create --file /dev/null --directory /home/p72 --one-file-system --numeric-owner --listed-incremental /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/anakin_home_p72_orig_3.new --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals --exclude-from

Backup for specific files

2006-07-13 Thread silpa kala
Hi, I am trying to take the backup for .log/.txt/executable file name. But the planner is not able to provide the estimations. I observed that only we can take the backup for the directories. Why this one is happening? Please provide the details is there any restrictions to provide to take the

Re: planner: disk xxx:/, estimate of level N failed

2006-07-13 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: | sendsize[11906]: argument list: /bin/tar --create --file /dev/null --directory /home/p72 --one-file-system --numeric-owner --listed-incremental /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/anakin_home_p72_orig_3.new --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals

Re: planner: disk xxx:/, estimate of level N failed

2006-07-13 Thread Cédric Lucantis
Le jeudi 13 juillet 2006 15:16, Jean-Louis Martineau a écrit : Hi, Hi, I have the same problem since a few days (using Amanda snapshot 2.5.1b1-20060623 with tar 1.15.91 to backup a single PC under Debian/Sid) | sendsize[11906]: time 1.574: /bin/tar: Unexpected field value in | snapshot

Re: planner: disk xxx:/, estimate of level N failed

2006-07-13 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
Hi, I tried tar-1.15.91 and I have the same problem. tar-1.15.91 is buggy, you should not use it. Jean-Louis Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: | sendsize[11906]: argument list: /bin/tar --create --file /dev/null --directory /home/p72

Re: planner: disk xxx:/, estimate of level N failed

2006-07-13 Thread Jean-Louis Martineau
Hi, It's not a bug in tar, it's a bug in amanda. The new file format is not compatible whit the way we read it. I will send a patch soon. Jean-Louis Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: Hi, I tried tar-1.15.91 and I have the same problem. tar-1.15.91 is buggy, you should not use it.

One backup server for two subnets

2006-07-13 Thread Ronald Vincent Vazquez
Hello list: I have been searching the web for a while now and haven't been able to find an answer. Is it possible to set one backup server to handle two different subnets? The backup server is ready to go, two configured NICs. Any guidance on this issue would be great. Thanks in advance,

Re: One backup server for two subnets

2006-07-13 Thread Ronald Vincent Vazquez
Hello: Yes, the server is the router between the two subnets. How do I configure the /etc/xinetd.d/amanda only_from section? Here is what I have (example...): only_from = 1.2.3.0 4.5.6.0 Should this allow access from both subnets? 1.2.3.0 works fine but not 4.5.6.0. Thanks

Re: One backup server for two subnets

2006-07-13 Thread Ronald Vincent Vazquez
Hello: Ok, got it. Dumb mistake... /etc/xinetd.d/amanda disable = yes to disable = no Thanks, / Ronald Vincent Vazquez Senior Unix Systems Administrator Senior Network Manager Christ Tabernacle Church Ministries

making xfs dump work

2006-07-13 Thread Julian C. Dunn
I've got a Linux workstation which uses xfs as one of its volumes (/dev/md2), but which I can't back up using Amanda because Amanda appears to call /sbin/dump on it, which under Linux blows up (/sbin/dump is ext2/3 only). How do I make Amanda call the right dump program (xfsdump rather than

Re: making xfs dump work

2006-07-13 Thread Jean-Francois Malouin
* Julian C. Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20060713 15:44]: I've got a Linux workstation which uses xfs as one of its volumes (/dev/md2), but which I can't back up using Amanda because Amanda appears to call /sbin/dump on it, which under Linux blows up (/sbin/dump is ext2/3 only). How do I make

Re: making xfs dump work

2006-07-13 Thread Jean-Francois Malouin
Oups! Forget that! xfsdump is a package by itself on Debian. Mea Culpa jf * Jean-Francois Malouin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20060713 15:49]: * Julian C. Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20060713 15:44]: I've got a Linux workstation which uses xfs as one of its volumes (/dev/md2), but which I can't back

Re: making xfs dump work

2006-07-13 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 at 3:57pm, Julian C. Dunn wrote I have /usr/sbin/xfsdump already but Amanda doesn't seem to know how to call it, even though sendsize is aware that it's an XFS filesystem: Was xfsdump there when you *compiled* amanda? That's when the locations of such things get noted.

Re: making xfs dump work

2006-07-13 Thread Julian C. Dunn
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 at 3:57pm, Julian C. Dunn wrote I have /usr/sbin/xfsdump already but Amanda doesn't seem to know how to call it, even though sendsize is aware that it's an XFS filesystem: Was xfsdump there when you *compiled* amanda?

Re: making xfs dump work

2006-07-13 Thread Matt Hyclak
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 04:30:01PM -0400, Julian C. Dunn enlightened us: On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 at 3:57pm, Julian C. Dunn wrote I have /usr/sbin/xfsdump already but Amanda doesn't seem to know how to call it, even though sendsize is aware that it's an XFS filesystem: Was xfsdump there when you

Partial backup

2006-07-13 Thread James Wilson
Here is an amstatus before and after the backup. Before it estimated 1231m but after it only backed up 171m. Howcome amanda isn't backing up everything? amanda.transolutions.net://192.168.1.133/ifxsessions 0 1231m partial estimate done SUMMARY part real estimated

Port NNNN not secure (revisited)

2006-07-13 Thread Mike Allen
After some helpful email from Frank Smith off-list I have decided to try a different approach to slve my problem: Here is an excerpt from my tape-server /etc/services file. amanda 20080/udp #Dump server control amandaidx 20082/tcp #Amanda indexing amidxtape 20083/tcp

To whom it may concern

2006-07-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
My best greetings to all of you, the amanda-users and -hackers, I contact you today as I feel the need to do so for quite a while now. -- As some of you might have noticed, my activities related to the Amanda-project are nearly non-existant for quite a while now. This has various reasons, and

Re: Partial backup

2006-07-13 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 05:34:50PM -0500, James Wilson wrote: Here is an amstatus before and after the backup. Before it estimated 1231m but after it only backed up 171m. Howcome amanda isn't backing up everything? amstatus is not the tool to use. After a dump you should receive a report

Re: Port NNNN not secure (revisited)

2006-07-13 Thread Kevin Till
Mike Allen wrote: After some helpful email from Frank Smith off-list I have decided to try a different approach to slve my problem: Here is an excerpt from my tape-server /etc/services file. amanda 20080/udp #Dump server control amandaidx 20082/tcp #Amanda indexing amidxtape

Re: Problems using amanda to backup SMB shares

2006-07-13 Thread Olivier Nicole
My point is that I do NOT have any /etc/amandates on server, NOR clients. Although, Olivier Nicole states that I can simply create my own, and amanda will use it; I remain unclear about this file, because I do NOT find it documented anywhere ?!?! As far as I remember, I do create it by hand

Re: Backup for specific files

2006-07-13 Thread Olivier Nicole
Please provide the details is there any restrictions to provide to take the backup for the file type? Amanda is design to backup directories and file systems, not just individual files. Beside, it is a way better idea to backup any file in a directory except a few one we are sure that we don't

Re: Exclude list entries

2006-07-13 Thread Olivier Nicole
When AMANDA attempts to exclude a file or directory it does so relative to the area being archived. For example if /var is in your disklist and you want to exclude /var/log/somefile, then your exclude file would contain ./log/somefile I understand that rather as a warning not to use /var in

Re: Amanda cygwin client behind a firewall

2006-07-13 Thread Olivier Nicole
Is anyone else backuping up an amanda cygwin client, where the cygwin client sits behind a firewall and the server sits on the outside of the firewall? It does not make any difference if your client is cygwin or any other flavor of Unix. You would have to adapt what you call inside and

Re: Exclude list entries

2006-07-13 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 09:47:22AM +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote: When AMANDA attempts to exclude a file or directory it does so relative to the area being archived. For example if /var is in your disklist and you want to exclude /var/log/somefile, then your exclude file would contain

amtape DailySet1 show --- asks for slot 2 ??

2006-07-13 Thread Brian Neu
I'm confused.Why does this command eject the tape and then ask for me to insert a tape into slot 2?-sh-3.1$ amtape DailySet1 show changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 99 1 changer_query: changer return was 99 1 changer_query: searchable = 0 amtape: scanning all 99 slots in tape-changer rack: changer_find: