RE: 2 questions::multiple simultaneous instances DIR vs. FS

2002-02-06 Thread Rivera, Edwin
/DMPB5238 lev 0 FAILED [disk /backup2/DMPB5238 offline on amanda.us.lhsgroup.com?] Thanks again for your input. It is much appreciated. Regards, Edwin -Original Message- From: Joshua Baker-LePain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:19 AM To: Rivera, Edwin

2 questions::multiple simultaneous instances DIR vs. FS

2002-02-05 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello all, I know these questions have been asked before, but I can't seem to be able to dig them up in my archives. First: I have Amanda v2.4.2p2 on Linux RHv6.2 w/two 8 Tape DLT autoloaders installed on two seperate SCSI Buses/Adapters Q1: Is it possible to run two simultaneous instances

RE: [data write: File too large]

2002-01-15 Thread Rivera, Edwin
, January 15, 2002 9:24 AM To: Pedro Aguayo Cc: Rivera, Edwin; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [data write: File too large] On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 09:14:33AM -0500, Pedro Aguayo wrote: But, I think Edwin doesn't have this problem, meaning he says he doesn't have a file larger than 2gb. I had

RE: [data write: File too large]

2002-01-15 Thread Rivera, Edwin
- From: Adrian Reyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 9:24 AM To: Pedro Aguayo Cc: Rivera, Edwin; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [data write: File too large] On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 09:14:33AM -0500, Pedro Aguayo wrote: But, I think Edwin doesn't have this problem

lev 1 ERROR [not in disklist]

2002-01-14 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello, I have an AIX v4.2.1 box running Amanda v2.4.2p2 I set it up to backup the directory where we dump our database exports to, however, i get this error after amdump runs: FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: ibmbld1.us /dbexports lev 1 ERROR [not in disklist] This is the entry in my

[data write: File too large]

2002-01-14 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello again, my aix 4.2.1 box running Amanda v2.4.2p2 is not backing up one of my filesystems at level 0 anymore, it did it only once (the first amdump run). here is the error: aix421.us.lhsgroup.com /home4/bscs_fam lev 0 FAILED [data write: File too large] here is the entry in my

RE: lev 1 ERROR [not in disklist]

2002-01-14 Thread Rivera, Edwin
-full ..monday morning.. -Original Message- From: Rivera, Edwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: lev 1 ERROR [not in disklist] hello, I have an AIX v4.2.1 box running Amanda v2.4.2p2 I set it up to backup the directory

RE: [data write: File too large]

2002-01-14 Thread Rivera, Edwin
yeah, it's a CVMC filesystem with a ton of small flat files, no large individual files.. only .c and .h files and things like that. -Original Message- From: Pedro Aguayo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 11:00 AM To: Rivera, Edwin; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE

RE: running Amrecover

2001-12-03 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello ross, remember, on the amanda host (cypress) you have to allow for root to access the box from you're recovering from. cypress should have something like: contents of /home/amanda/.amandahosts : cypress root you have to allow access to the root user for amrecover to work properly.

RE: NT backups

2001-10-24 Thread Rivera, Edwin
http://sourceforge.net/projects/amanda-win32/ it's a bit tricky to get working... -edwin -Original Message- From: Stephen Carville [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:17 PM To: Amanda Users Subject: NT backups I recently read a message here about a native

RE: AMANDA WEBSITE ???

2001-10-24 Thread Rivera, Edwin
we may have to reboot the internet for this. -Original Message- From: Hilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AMANDA WEBSITE ??? To whom it may concern. I would like to access your website but it

How do i extract from a specific tape?

2001-10-10 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello, a superblock on the hard drive of my nfs exported /home filesystem went bad this evening, and i couldn't recover from it, so i lost my /home filesystem today. i turned to amanda to get me out of this jam... 1) i ran amrecover (as root) from the host where i lost my data 2) amanda ran

what's your capacity/hardware?

2001-10-05 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello all, i was just curious how successful anyone has been using large (= 20 tape) DLT drives, robots, stackers, ..etc. if you're running Amanda and using one of these large units, please take a minute to reply to this email and include the manufacturers and models of your hardware. for

help :: DEC 5.1 + amanda 2.4.2p2

2001-08-14 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello all, i've been trying to get amanda to backup one of my DEC boxes for the past couple of days, but i can't seem to get it going on the 5.1 flavor. works fine on my 4.0f and 4.0d boxes. am i doing something weird?.. i've tried all different combos for disklist entries, but i can't seem to

newbie to backups: amrestore / backup image question

2001-07-17 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello all, my amanda installation seems to be running fine (even the smbclient disklist entries are being backed up). now, i'm trying to learn the amrestore utility. i can successfully run `amrestore $TAPE my-host my-fs` and i see that it is restoring a backup image to the directory i'm

RE: Samba problem.

2001-07-16 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hey anthony, i had the same problem too.. found the answer at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amanda-users/message/9211 -edwin -Original Message- From: Anthony Hardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Samba problem. Hi guys!

help:: amtape / amcheck

2001-07-13 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello everyone, i think i've almost got amanda configured to work with my changer 100%. i can load and unload tapes via the amtape command. specifying which slot i want to load also works flawlessly. however, if i try and run an `amtape conf show`, i get errors as it tries to read each tape

RE: upgrading from DAT to DLT

2001-07-11 Thread Rivera, Edwin
thanks jason, I understand. I recommend you pick up the book unix backup and restore. this book also has a HUGE section on amanda. This is the same section online whose link can be found at http://www.amanda.org. - i've been an o'reilly reader since '93. i have pretty much everything but

question: multi DLT drive Linux (RH v7.1)

2001-07-10 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello all, i have a PowerStor L200 DLT tape-changer unit connected via an Adaptec 29160 controller, and am running my amanda server (v2.4.2p2) on a Linux RH v7.1 box. i can read/label/write to a tape in the drive, and if i use 'amtape conf eject', my L200 automatically unloads the tape

RE: Permission denied Error

2001-07-09 Thread Rivera, Edwin
let me give this one a shot: first, make sure that the amanda account on the remote system (if that's what you're using) has an .amandahosts file in its home directory with the server host/user in it. second, make sure (on the remote host) that you make the necessary changes to /etc/hosts.allow

upgrading from DAT to DLT

2001-07-09 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello, i'm sorry as this is definitely a newbie question, however, i don't have much experience with backup devices. i was recently appointed as UNIX admin here (no previous admins) and i began using my workstation with a 20/40 GB DAT drive as an amanda server to do simple network backups for a

volume groups vs. filesystems

2001-07-02 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello again, one more question.. i'm setting up the disklist entry for an HP-UX v11.0 i'll be backing up across the network. since it's setup as a volume and not seperate filesystems, will i have to use the *exclude method to specify what files/dirs i want backed up on the HP box or is there

help: problems building Amanda 2.4.2p2 on HP-UX v10.20

2001-07-02 Thread Rivera, Edwin
hello all, i'm trying to build amanda on an HP A180 box running HP-UX v10.20, however, I'm running into the following errors when running ./configure. It seems to have built fine on my HP-UX v11.0 A180, but the 10.20 box fails the configure process. I've stripped out everything but the errors