Hi Folks,
I'm about to start a project during which I want to be able to:
1. Request a backup at any moment and have that backup be either an
incremental backup (Level N+1), meaning everything that has changed since the
last backup (Level N), or a differential backup, meaning everything
Hi Deb,
> From: "Debra S Baddorf"
> To: "Chris Miller"
> Cc: "Debra S Baddorf" , "amanda-users"
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 12:20:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Reusable
>> dumpcycle 1week
>> runspercycle 7
>>
Hi Folks,
> From: "Chris Miller"
> To: "amanda-users"
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 11:55:21 AM
> Subject: Reusable
> I'm also still fighting AMANDA about how to manage vtapes, but I'm developing
> more focused questions. For example, my test runs
Hi Folks,
I have written some very small DLEs so I can rip through weeks of backups in
minutes. I've learned some things. AMANDA can't backup a file; only
directories. Is there any way around that? Suppose I need to backup a large
file in a directory with many other large files, so backing up
Hi Nathan,
- Original Message -
> From: "Nathan Stratton Treadway"
> To: "amanda-users"
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 2:11:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Taper scan algorithm did not find an acceptable volume.
> A common convention (i.e. Amanda doesn't require this, but it seems to
> work
Hi Chris,
> From: "Chris Nighswonger"
> To: "Chris Miller"
> Cc: "amanda-users"
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 10:51:13 AM
> Subject: Re: Taper scan algorithm did not find an acceptable volume.
> amcheck also checks the clients. I see no
Hi Chris,
> From: "Chris Nighswonger"
> To: "Chris Miller"
> Cc: "amanda-users"
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 9:56:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Taper scan algorithm did not find an acceptable volume.
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 10:58 AM Chris M
Hi Folks,
Two of my "clients" are Windows Server boxes. One is a domain controller and
the other is a member of the domain. ZWC needs a username and suggests
"amandabackup", which is fine and the installation procedure creates such a
local user. I need this to be a domain user, meaning
Hi Jon,
- Original Message -
> From: "Jon LaBadie"
> To: "amanda-users"
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 1:44:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Taper scan algorithm did not find an acceptable volume.
> As a general approach, an admin should not run new software systems
> until its dependices are
Hi Jean- François,
From: "Jean-Francois Malouin"
To: "amanda-users"
Cc: "Chris Miller"
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 12:18:16 PM
Subject: Re: Taper scan algorithm did not find an acceptable volume.
BQ_BEGIN
Read 'man amanda-taperscan' for the d
Hi Folks,
Last week I created a set of vtapes {slot0..slot21}, (because I didn't know if
zero was used). I labeled each of them with a unique label. I ran amdump for
each of three clients and I got semi-successful results, meaning two completed
and one left artifacts on the holding disk but
Hi Alan,
> From: "Alan Hodgson"
> To: "amanda-users"
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 9:59:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Manually flush the holding disk
> On Fri, 2018-11-16 at 09:42 -0800, Chris Miller wrote:
> # man amflush
> amflush [-b] [-f] [--exact-ma
Hi Austin,
- Original Message -
> From: "Austin S. Hemmelgarn"
> To: "Chris Miller" , "amanda-users"
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 10:11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: Flushing the Holding Disk
> On 2018-11-16 12:27, Chris Miller wrote:
Hi Folks,
I have 194 files on my holding disk that were written as a result of "amdump
aequitas.tclc.org", but I can't manually flush them.
bash-4.2 $ ls -lv /var/amanda/hold/20181115124329/
:
-rw---. 1 amandabackup disk 1073741824 Nov 15 15:11
aequitas.tclc.org.C__.0.1.tmp
:
Hi Folks,
I'm unclear on the timing of the flush from holding disk to vtape. Suppose I
run two backup jobs,and each uses the holding disk. When will the second job
start? Obviously, after the client has sent everything... Before the holding
disk flush starts, or after the holding disk flush
Hi Brian
> From: "Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH)"
> To: "Chris Miller" , "amanda-users"
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2018 10:54:49 AM
> Subject: RE: Clients that return something else
> Why pipe dd to tar when you can just run tar?
Good question. t
Hi Folks,
Is it possible to have the client run something else besides "tar", like, for
example, "dd | tar"? Can I specify this from the server? Of course, it goes
without saying that I need to be able to do the same thing on a Windows client,
and now I've just said it, so maybe it needed to
Hi Brian and Deb,
> Alternatively - configure all DLE to be non-fulls, disable level 0 backups
> entirely and run cron jobs to force level 0 dumps on particular DLEs.
> That way you can get level 0 when you want it to occur an no other DLE will
> advance to a level 0 on its own.
This is a very
Hi Brian,
> From: "Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH)"
> To: "Cuttler, Brian R (HEALTH)" , "Chris Miller"
> , "amanda-users"
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 9:08:26 AM
> Subject: RE: Configuration confusion
> Tape custody
Hi Charles,
> I think the simplest solution to your problem is to take Gene's advice
> and run the three backups in sequence, using a simple shell script.
> That is what I do. All these issues go away.
I don't think I understand your advice, via Gene.
To refresh your memory, I have three
Hi Ned,
> on my linux system, I have, in amanda.conf
>
> mailto "ned.danie...@duke.edu"
>
> and amdump runs from cron. when amdump completes, I get an email with a
> list of all the DLEs that were dumped, including the level, the size,
> and the time taken.
I also have that line, but I was
Hi Folks,
I now have three working configs, meaning that my test configuration can backup
three clients. I still can't tell what is happening, but that is a topic for a
different thread. There is not much difference among the configs; in fact the
only difference is the src (contents of
Hi Folks,
I now have three working configs, meaning that I can backup three clients.
There is not much difference among the configs, but that is a topic for a
different thread. My question is how I manage what AMANDA is doing?
So, let's suppose I fire up all three amdumps at once:
*
Hi Folks,
My thanks to the guys that helped me. You know who you are -- Austin, Gene,
Stefan, Nathan.
My problem with vtapes was that the name of the slots, "slot..." was not
arbitrary, or at least not arbitrary on my part. I fixed that, and backups are
happening as we speak. Beers all
Hi Nathan,
> A little later I will look for a reference to documentation on this, but
> in short: I believe the issue is that you are mixing the *name of the
> subdirectory* and the *amanda label of on the vtape*.
It may look that way, but that is probably not what is happening.
"Mail.TCLC.org"
Hi Stefan,
> From: "Stefan G. Weichinger"
> To: "Chris Miller" , "amanda-users"
> Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2018 2:01:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Can AMANDA be configured "per client"?
>
> You are free to do as you like but I recomm
Hi Gene,
> From: "Gene Heskett"
> To: "amanda-users"
> Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 12:16:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Can AMANDA be configured "per client"?
> A few questions here:
> How did you build amamda? [here, as the user amanda, always configure
> driven by the same script shown here:]
Hi Austin,
Thanks very much. Your comments have been very helpful, and I appreciate the
obviously considerable amount of time you spent to help me. I'm much farther
along on this project as a result. I have no idea how I'm going to verify that
everything is working the way I expect it to
Hi Folks,
I have four servers, henceforth AMANDA clients, that I need to backup and a lot
of NAS space available. I'd like to configure AMANDA to treat each of the four
AMANDA clients as if it were the only client, meaning each client should have
it's own configuration which includes location
Hi Folks,
I'm working carefully though " [ https://www.zmanda.com/quick-backup-setup.html
| The 15-Minute Backup Solution ] " It is pretty good, but it confuses me a bit
and it has raised questions.
I am in the first client setup section, "Iron". I'm configuring a "tapedev".
The pdf version
Hi Folks,
I have three questions.
First, I need a "Theory of Operation" tutorial. Amanda has a lot of moving
parts, and I don't have a very clear understanding of what they are or how they
work. If I had a better understanding, I might be able to answer a lot of my
own questions. For
Hi Folks,
I can't find any explicit guidance for databases, so I assume that I do any
database preparation in the cron job before I invoke amdump, and then tell
Amanda to prune the database. Am I right? OR, is there an agent for the common
databases, like MySQL, and PostgresSQL?
--
Chris.
Hi Jean-Louis,
| runtapes 1# number of tapes to be used in a single run of amdump
| Because you tell it to use one tape.
As advertised, Amanda behaviors that I don't yet understand...
So, I suspect that vtape behavior is a big piece of Amanda and from this low
point on the
Hi Folks,
I have followed these instructions
(http://docs.huihoo.com/zmanda/amanda-community-setup-15-minutes-ver13.pdf),
interpolating where necessary, and solved all the "computer" problems along the
way. I am now into "Amanda" problems, meaning things I don't completely
understand. (-:
Hi Jean-Louis,
| A vtape do not reserve the space, it only use the space of the dump you put on
| it.
| The vtape size should be the maximum size of any days or larger, they could be
| 120GB or 2TG, the result will be the same.
| Some vtape will use 5GB, some will use 120GB.
Thanks very much.
Hi Winston,
| For the longest time I did traditional backups (fulls and incrementals, via
| tar). If that model still fits your needs, you can stay with that.
| Once I began backing up a small cluster of machines, Amanda's paradigm began
to
| show its value. However, it relies upon volume
Hi Winston,
| Could you explain your concern about multiple volumes?
Yes. It adds a layer between the catalog of backed-up files and the location on
disk. Without tape volumes, I could presumably find what I need with a date and
tar, with tape volumes, I have the additional complexity of
Hi Folks,
Just setting things up, and I think I ran out of docs...
I have no tape drives, so that means "vtape", which is fine, as long as I can
size the vtape volume to be no larger than and no smaller than the current
backup under consideration. Is this possible? Seems like a silly
amadmin find shows a record of the location on tape (record number)
where each dump record exists. Given this information, why does amrecover
start at the beginning of the tape during a restore and read each record
sequentially on the tape until it finds the correct record? I can
significantly
0515632 0% /dev/shm
All other disks work fine without the full path, dumps worked fine last
night with the above config. I searched the archives and couldn't find
mention of this, and I've experienced the same problem on two identical
machines. Ideas?
Regards,
Chris
Chris Miller
help is much
appreciated.
Regards,
Chris
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Chris Miller wrote:
Hello,
I recently had to recover an entire disk from backup. Files were
restored from one tape as well as a dump on the holding disk. Once
complete, all directory ownership and permissions were set
Hello,
I recently had to recover an entire disk from backup. Files were
restored from one tape as well as a dump on the holding disk. Once
complete, all directory ownership and permissions were set to root and
755. All files however were set appropriately. I'm using amanda2.4.2
server on
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