Strange amdump

2001-04-08 Thread C Scott
Can anyone think of any reason why I can only get one backup on a tape. The tape is only 38% used, but the amdump report (email) says that next tape expected is a new tape. If amdump is run again, it reports that amflush must be used because it can't overwrite the active tape. There is

Re: Strange amdump

2001-04-08 Thread C Scott
So a backup strategy of a 1 month cycle containing 1 full back up followed by incrementals on the same tape is impossible, and unreliable? I have 8 tapes, and would like to spread them out as much as possible so that I will have a long time span available on backup. Can you recommend a

FreeBSD Build

2001-04-05 Thread C Scott
What is required to build amanda-2.4.2p2 on FreeBSD 4.2? I can't use the ported version because I have a CVS version of amanda installed on my clients which are all Linux and produced timeout errors with the version that FreeBSD has ported. I have tried to build p2, but it fails

FreeBSD dump fails

2001-04-05 Thread C Scott
sendsize.x.debug shows that all dumps are failing with: DUMP: bad sblock magic number DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is reported 30 Gb partition. Is there a 2 Gb partition size limit? Any idea what might be causing this?

Re: FreeBSD dump fails

2001-04-05 Thread C Scott
The sendsize.debug on the failing machine does not show a device being userd. I examined the same file on another machine that is working, and it shows "DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda1 (/(dir var)) to standard output. The problem maching is running FreeBSD 4.2 and the agreeable maching is running Debian

dump fails

2001-03-21 Thread C Scott
is in .amandahosts. The configuration of amanda on the client didn't change, as far as I know. I just did a make install w/ the CVS version. Thanks C. Scott

Re: dump fails

2001-03-21 Thread C Scott
the unannounced change in permissions checking. C. Scott John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The chmod changed fixed the error in the amandad log on the clients, but amcheck is still reporting that client self-checks are timing out. Any idea what might be causing

Re: dump fails

2001-03-21 Thread C Scott
, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just ran amcheck with the CVS version installed. No problems now. THanks a lot for the advice C. Scott

Re: amrecover from client

2001-03-20 Thread C Scott
of diffs because they got tangled up in some other minor tweaks. C Scott John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The CVS version works fine. Thanks a lot! Is that a common problem with Linux clients? The clients here are both Red Hat and Debian. C Scott

Re: amrecover from client

2001-03-19 Thread C Scott
reworked in the latest 2.4.2 sources to deal with some bind() issues that may also be causing what you're seeing. Any chance you could get and install the latest stuff? C Scott John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am using 2.4.2p1. Should I try a development