Re: gtar program still running after backup failed

On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 07:57:32PM -0700, fedora wrote: In normal failure modes, this should be taken care of. Can you give some detail on the type of failure that's triggering this? Also, amcleanup should function as a second line of defense for killing such processes. Here is the

Self Backups Possible?

Hello I'm wondering if self backups are possible with AMANDA? That is, not having any client machines, but simply installing AMANDA server on a linux box and using it to backup the machine its on? If not, would it be possible to setup both client AND server on the same box and use it in this

setup problem

Hi all, I hope you can help! I'm just setting up amanda on a solaris 5.7 server, and I'm getting this error: odus 99 /home3/local/etc amcheck normal Amanda Tape Server Host Check - Holding disk /home3/amanda/holding: 7302172 KB disk space available, using 7199772 KB

Re: Self Backups Possible?

Debaecke, David M CTR SPAWAR, MILL DET wrote: Hello I'm wondering if self backups are possible with AMANDA? That is, not having any client machines, but simply installing AMANDA server on a linux box and using it to backup the machine its on? If not, would it be possible to setup both

Re: Self Backups Possible?

Debaecke, David M CTR SPAWAR, MILL DET schrieb: Hello I'm wondering if self backups are possible with AMANDA? That is, not having any client machines, but simply installing AMANDA server on a linux box and using it to backup the machine its on? If not, would it be possible to setup both

Re: setup problem

What group is your amanda user in ? Follow the links from the device /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s5 to the /devices/... and check the protections on that. you may want amanda in a different group or something. On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 10:04:42AM -0700, Brian Maxwell wrote: Hi all, I hope you can help!

RE: setup problem

The various dump programs on Solaris need access to the raw device for the file system. The rundump command is set-uid root so it can make the backups, but the amcheck portion is not. The solution I found for my Solaris systems was to change the group membership to the 'amanda' account to the

another setup problem

Hi all, I'm sorry to be so bothersome, but I'm having another problem, and after looking through all of the documentation I could find, I can't solve it. In my disklist file, I've defined a new client, named lucy. I set up the amanda client package on lucy according to the directions in the

Re: setup problem

Thanks all for getting me on the right track. Adding amanda to the sys group fixed the problem. Brian Maxwell Sr. Software Engineer I SWCM RAM Block 1 2 GMLS and Phalanx/SeaRAM 520.794.9076 520.498.5962 Pager 520.975.4725 Cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] image/gifimage/gif

Re: gtar program still running after backup failed

On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 07:57:32PM -0700, fedora wrote: In normal failure modes, this should be taken care of. Can you give some detail on the type of failure that's triggering this? Also, amcleanup should function as a second line of defense for killing such processes. Here is

Re: another setup problem

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 02:38:03PM -0700, Brian Maxwell enlightened us: I'm sorry to be so bothersome, but I'm having another problem, and after looking through all of the documentation I could find, I can't solve it. In my disklist file, I've defined a new client, named lucy. I set up the