amanda-2.4.3b3 and tapeless backup

seconds i'm wondering what should contain the /home/amanda/backup/ directory to emulate a tape .? -- Pierre-yves Verdon Wanadoo Portails (FRANCE) -- First they ignore you Then they laugh at you Then they fight you Then you win --Mahatma Gandhi

amanda with ssh .??

hi all, i'm wondering if i could use sshkey authentication instead of rhost authentication. Connection from the backup server to the client by ssh is ok(without password), but amcheck claims host down. I probably missed something , has anybody got any clues.? -- Pierre-yves Verdon Wanadoo

Re: amanda with ssh .??

just don't have create the .amandahosts... :/ sorry,, -- Pierre-yves Verdon Wanadoo Portails -- First they ignore you Then they laugh at you Then they fight you Then you win --Mahatma Gandhi

how can i backup to disk

-yves Verdon Wanadoo Portails -- First they ignore you Then they laugh at you Then they fight you Then you win --Mahatma Gandhi

recovering index

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amadmin conf tape ?

Hi, all: well amadmin conf tape would give me the name of the tape that amanda is expecting for tomorrow, how should i do if i want to know which tape amanda will use the next days ? thanx for your answer... -- pierre-yves VERDON (FRANCE)

could someone explain me this error?

[data timeout] minosida/c0d0p7 13070384 12.5 0:06 69.3 0:02 185.5 minosida/c0d0p8 1 FAILED --- minosida/c0d2p4 2 506300 222528 44.0 6:45 550.1 0:504450.4 -- pierre-yves Verdon (FRANCE)

Re: is my dumpcycle conf ok ?

and an other one but which tape ? on tape from the config 1 ? or the last level 0 from config 1 ? Alexandre Oliva wrote: On Apr 2, 2001, verdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to perform a FULL dump each sunday during 10 weeks Jason is correct that you want "dumpcycle 0" to forc

Re: is my dumpcycle conf ok ?

el-XX" (remember that i have to store "snapshot" from all my data each week ) well i think i'm going to use the first, what do you think about it? Alexandre Oliva wrote: On Apr 3, 2001, verdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on tape from the config 1 ? or the last l

Re: is my dumpcycle conf ok ?

wrote: On Apr 3, 2001, verdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well i think i'm going to use the first, what do you think about it? Just set the archive configuration to use `record no', as JJ and the FAQ recommend, and all will be fine. -- Alexandre Oliva Enjoy Guarana', see http

Re: is my dumpcycle conf ok ?

dumps on a specific day, which is very un-Amanda-like). you have right this is un-amanda-like, i force full dump because i am able to store all my data onto one tape (DLT IV 40GB) Noone is working during the week-end, and i have to take and store some "snapshost" for 6 mounth Pierre-

extract data from holding-disk

hi all, i was wondering if it is possible to extract data from the holding disk with amrecover ? if it isn't is suppose i had to use amrestore?

Re: amdump to RH7 client

you probably have to check .rhosts and .amandahosts on your client side... you said you have used a rpm ?? which user and group did the amandaserver use to perform backup? "Nardis, Frank" wrote: Hello, Got amanda running on a RH6.2 tape server - able to dump tape server. Try to backup

compiling error on a client...

i'm actually installing amanda on a few server (redhat 6.2) "this is probably why i'm always asking strange question" :) usually when running ./configure i get: checking disk device prefixes... /dev/ - /dev/ checking whether posix fcntl locking works... (cached) yes but on one server i

is my dumpcycle conf ok ?

" " -f1 | uniq | awk '{ print "amadmin sunday force "$1}' | sh great thanks for your further answer Pierre-Yves VERDON

is my dumpcycle conf ok?

" " -f1 | uniq | awk '{ print "amadmin sunday force "$1}' | sh great thanks for your further answer Pierre-Yves VERDON

Re: Messages from amanda are blank

Does anyone know where I can find an rpm for amanda-client for redhat 6.2 which is compatible with amanda-2.4.2p1-3 server? Thanks. if you want you cn create your own rpm if you use the tools checkinstall: it's easy to use... http://mayams.net/~izto/checkinstall-en.html

error while recovering data

Hi, i have this error when i try to recover data: before answering Y i load the tape: amtape auto slot 1 where auto is the conf and slot 1 is the slot where the tape cerbere-05 is located i have retry several time to restore the file it seems that i have to wait for few minutes after loading

Re: flushing backups

i have actually the same problem with a holding-disk , i think there is a way to force the next backup at level 0 and so doing a 'rm -r date' as you said to remove the actual flush. brian wrote: if i have previous backups gone wrong, and i have these backups sitting in my holding

Re: flushing backups

to do a full backup : amadmin config force hostname [ disks ] brian wrote: if i have previous backups gone wrong, and i have these backups sitting in my holding directory, how do i get rid of them without flushing? can i just rm -r date from my holding directory to wipe them out. brian

Re: finding disks

When I changed the disklist on the server to the mount points instead of the devices (eg. /usr/local instead of hda6 or /dev/hda6), it works fine. Great! Is the reason for this: a) because the computer we just fixed is running RedHat 7.0 as opposed to Redhat 6.1 on the other this