Re: How much tape am I really using?

2001-11-26 Thread Frank Smith
d disk usage is only going up so a reasonably > good estimate of actual usage tells me how much I can increase the > length values before allocating another tape to the backups. > > -- > -- Stephen Carville > UNIX and Network Administrator >

amadmin delete question

2001-10-12 Thread Frank Smith
revent me from later restoring any data from the tapes? Also, anyone know when the FAQ-O-Matic will be working again? Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-

Compile options vs config file (was: 2 questions : 1) Replace a tape in a set 2) Specify port range)

2001-12-07 Thread Frank Smith
t; archives for previous discussions it. I was going to offer some guesses > here, but it really wouldn't help. > > -- > Joshua Baker-LePain > Department of Biomedical Engineering > Duke University -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Newbie: Can't get amanda user to work

2001-12-11 Thread Frank Smith
Yet, I have a .amandahosts file with what I think are the proper >> contents and permissions: >> admin:/home/amanda # ll /home/amanda/.amandahosts >> -rw-r--r--1 amanda disk 30 Dec 10 16:36 >> /home/amanda/.amandahosts >> admin:/home/amanda # cat /home/amanda

Paralellism possible for offsite storage?

2002-01-30 Thread Frank Smith
ross a WAN and take several hours, dragging the data across twice seems like a gross inefficiency. I could just make direct copies of the tapes, but two separate writes has better odds of having at least one good one. Thanks, Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL

RE: Amanda install reality check

2002-02-06 Thread Frank Smith
vin Zembower >> > Unix Administrator >> > Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs >> > 111 Market Place, Suite 310 >> > Baltimore, MD 21202 >> > 410-659-6139 >> > >> >>>> gene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/0

RE: Amanda install reality check

2002-02-06 Thread Frank Smith
--On Wednesday, February 06, 2002 22:20:47 -0600 "W. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 16:46 2/6/2002, Frank Smith, wrote: >> Forget about "all fulls on weekend, incrementals weekdays" > > Does this mean do full backups each time? No. it just means y

Re: Amanda install reality check

2002-02-07 Thread Frank Smith
opinion) is better suited for the config file. If the paths/users/portranges/etc were read from the config file then there would be little need for recompiling. Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator

bad versions of tar, index files and restores

2002-02-18 Thread Frank Smith
sf and tar -x of a level 0 return a full backup of the directory, or is it all so much wasted tape? In other words, do corrupted indexes mean corrupted data or just partial incrementals? Just curious, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Adm

Re: question about amflush

2002-02-26 Thread Frank Smith
sk of needing to do a restore on files still in the holding disk (or having your holding disk crash), so the sooner you do your flushes the better. Good luck, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator

Re: FileTooLargeError-2.4.2p2

2002-03-05 Thread Frank Smith
listed-incremental to > /usr/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/buddies_usr_0.new > sendbackup-gnutar: doing level 0 dump from date: 1970-01-01 0:00:00 GMT > sendbackup: spawning /usr/lib/amanda/runtar in pipeline > sendbackup: argument list: gtar --create --file - --directory /usr > --one-file-syst

Re: file too large

2002-03-06 Thread Frank Smith
ze limit smaller than the size of the filesystem you are trying to back up on the client. Try setting chunksize in your amanda.conf to something your server can handle ( try 1 GB ). Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: file too large

2002-03-07 Thread Frank Smith
uot;data write: File too large"] >>> >>> I get this for two of my clients? what does this mean? >>> >>> >> FAQ. Set your chunksize to something less then 2GB-32Kb. 1GB is fine -- >> there's no performance penalty. >>

Re: root-tar failing

2002-03-08 Thread Frank Smith
-Carl Zwanzig | >| | >| | >| "One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things| >| go, and duct tape to make them stop. "| >| -G. Weilacher | > .---. -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: ERRROR: linux1: [access as amanda not allowed from amanda@Linux2.igorsputerfarm.local] amandahostsauth failed

2002-03-23 Thread Frank Smith
be: Linux2.igorsputerfarm.local amanda Good luck, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

effects of changing dumptype?

2002-04-03 Thread Frank Smith
different from the full? I want to quit using compression on a few filesystems that don't compress well to save CPU, but have a few months worth of backups that are compressed. Also, would a switch between dump/tar handled the same way? Thanks, Frank -- Frank

Re: Mysql backup

2002-04-04 Thread Frank Smith
amanda go through and lock the databases > individualy as it works but that I fear is close to impossible. Oh well. > thanks in advance for any help > -john > > > -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administr

RE: amrecover - I have obviously overlooked something

2002-04-05 Thread Frank Smith
tion refused > > Do you have root listed in the .amandahosts on schroeder? Is amidxtape > (or is it amandaidx) from schroeder allowed in hosts.allow? > > -- > Joshua Baker-LePain > Department of Biomedical Engineering > Duke University -- Frank Smith

RE: amrecover - I have obviously overlooked something

2002-04-05 Thread Frank Smith
gt; } > > I am assuming that I need one of these files for amandaidx and amidxtape. Is > this correct? > > Doug > > -Original Message- > From: Frank Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:25 AM > To: Doug Johnson > Cc: Amanda-Use

Re: without tapes

2002-04-10 Thread Frank Smith
not have the correct tape in the drive and amanda will keep accumulating the backups in the holding disk. Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Newbie question: amncheck - unary operator expected

2002-04-10 Thread Frank Smith
the beginning part of amanda.conf: > > changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/chg-scsi-linux" > changerdev "/dev/sga" > tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" > I think you might also need tapedev specified in your amanda.conf, something like: tapedev "/dev

Re: multiple amdump per day overwrites level0 [long]

2002-04-10 Thread Frank Smith
2 17110 7831 > > Current info for orion.progiweb.home /home: > Stats: dump rates (kps), Full: 1006.0, 1003.0, -1.0 > Incremental: 4315.0, 4315.0, 4315.0 > compressed size, Full: 61.6%, 61.6%,-100.0% > Incremental:

Re: amanda overwrites level0 without warning

2002-04-10 Thread Frank Smith
--On Thursday, April 11, 2002 03:37:15 +0200 Frederic Saincy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Frank Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The planner logic might not be set >> up to handle this extreme case. > > I don't know very well aman

Re: Guidelines for using a tape library?

2002-04-10 Thread Frank Smith
Amanda works, but maybe someone else on the list can give some advantages to that approach. Good luck, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Guidelines for using a tape library?

2002-04-10 Thread Frank Smith
e. I believe tape-spanning is in development but I don't know an ETA. I personally prefer tar over dump, but many on this list have the opposite opinion. Good luck, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Amcheck errors with ADIC FastStor (dlt8000)

2002-04-12 Thread Frank Smith
Otherwise try watching the library while you run amcheck and see what it is trying to do, and how far along it gets before it returns the error. Good luck, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administra

Re: Order of dumps? (Want large ones first, I think)

2002-04-12 Thread Frank Smith
something like that. > > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wouldn't it be simpler to just set a 'starttime' value for all the 'unimportant' disks so that all the dumpers will do the 'important' ones first? FRank -- Frank

Re: localhost: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?

2002-04-15 Thread Frank Smith
amanda). So it seems OK, if localhost amanda is set (isn't it?). > > I'm a bit irritated if the the server-client works properly, when it's is on one >computer. Can you help? > > Thanks. > AxxL -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: planner explanation....

2002-04-19 Thread Frank Smith
ould have to know more about your configuration to give a more definite answer. Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Please help -- planner askfor: lev out of range -1..10: 10

2002-04-22 Thread Frank Smith
han a tape. > > I have about 200Gb to backup to a DLT8000 (40 Gb) tape drive. I recently > went from a 2 to 3 week dumpcycle, hoping that the extra space would get rid > of the "dumps way too big" error. > > Please cc me with any hints as to how to clear this up, as I only

RE: Please help -- planner askfor: lev out of range -1..10: 10

2002-04-22 Thread Frank Smith
ess you can use compression to get more on a tape, it will take quite a while to get everything backed up if you only use one tape (5 or 6 days to do the first set of fulls without any incrementals). I prefer having more than one full backup around, so I would prefer the shorter dumpcycl

Re: Increasing number ot tapes used.

2002-04-22 Thread Frank Smith
s in the archive on editing your tapelist. Also, don't forget to label the new tapes (the first option is much easier, IMHO). Good luck, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: What to do when tape is full?

2002-04-23 Thread Frank Smith
way to redo a previous backup, and the one time you accidently overwrite a tape will be the time you most need a file that only existed on that tape. Power glitches, I/O errors, SCSI resets, other users, and various other things can easily cause a

Re: What to do when tape is full?

2002-04-23 Thread Frank Smith
to restore your data (and just because you have one copy doesn't mean you will be able to restore it), then get more tapes. If your management doesn't see the need, write up what you need and why, and be sure to save the response if they disagree, since your head is on the line if critical da

Re: What to do when tape is full?

2002-04-23 Thread Frank Smith
--On Tuesday, April 23, 2002 17:44:27 +0100 Niall O Broin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 09:54:45AM -0500, Frank Smith wrote: > >> Or leave the tape out of the drive and let it go to to the holding disk, >> then amflush whenever you have a full ta

Re: What to do when tape is full?

2002-04-23 Thread Frank Smith
our holding disk is RAIDed in a way to provide redundancy, it should be fairly safe to leave some data there, since you would have to have both a RAID failure and lose the original file at the same time. Personally I wouldn't do it as a general practice, but it is a nice feature to have if you nee

Re: Elaboration on tape changer behavior

2002-04-24 Thread Frank Smith
ot be recreated with the following 4 incrementals so all you can recover from those filesytems of that week is the changed files. If the full of those filesystems can't be read from the one this week (due to a bad tape or whatever) you are SOL. I would recommend making sure you always have

Re: Qualstar 4222 Tape Library

2002-04-26 Thread Frank Smith
in the same family) and it works fine with Amanda. Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: amcheck problems

2002-04-28 Thread Frank Smith
until I can get this problem solved. TIA. > > Trevor gnutar-lists is supposed to be a directory, not a file. Amanda (well, probably GNU tar) saves files there containing times that files were backed up so it knows what is 'new' for incrementals.

Re: amcheck

2002-04-28 Thread Frank Smith
the contents of /tmp/amanda/amandad.debug on the client, if there is a firewall in between, and the output from tests you have tried (such as what happens if you run amandad from the command line on the client as the Amanda user). Good luck, Frank -- Frank S

Re: Can I backup to disk Only

2002-04-28 Thread Frank Smith
eater. Just my opinion, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: what to do if I put in the wrong tape

2002-04-29 Thread Frank Smith
tape in of course). Normally Amanda writes none, some, or all of the backups to the holding disk (depending on its size and reserve setting) if the correct tape is unavailable, and then exits. What exactly do you see when it "stalls"? Frank -- Frank Smith

Re: Amanda increment level?

2002-04-29 Thread Frank Smith
and rest made > level 2? > > > -- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ: 41776461 > 2:465/207@Fidonet Alexander Belik > http://www.vnet.dn.ua[EMAIL PROTECTED] You p

Re: Qualstar 4222 Tape Library

2002-04-30 Thread Frank Smith
--On Tuesday, April 30, 2002 16:49:26 +0200 Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 26/04 2002 16:47 Frank Smith wrote: >> --On Friday, April 26, 2002 12:42:31 +0200 Toralf Lund >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone used Amanda with

Re: problems with GNUtar and --sparse

2002-04-30 Thread Frank Smith
--sparse but I >want > to have an understanding of what it is doing first. > > Thanks, > > Luke > > > * > * Luke Miller Unix System Administrator * > * Integra Telecom

Re: problems with GNUtar and --sparse

2002-04-30 Thread Frank Smith
gt; to have an understanding of what it is doing first. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Luke >> > >> > >> > * >> > * Luke Miller Unix System Administrator * >> > * Integra Telecom

Re: ./configure error with amanda 2.4.2

2002-05-01 Thread Frank Smith
dline" it returns > "readline-2.05-21" > > What's wrong ? > > -- > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > http://www.gmx.net -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Tape rotation problem?

2002-05-02 Thread Frank Smith
on one tape, then you would need more tapes. Actually, you need more tapes anyway so you would have more than one level 0 of a disk on tape in case of a read error during a restore. Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tape rotation problem?

2002-05-02 Thread Frank Smith
ell: 708-243-2850 > "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless." - The Tao > of Programming > - Original Message - > From: "Frank Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Michael Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROT

Re: I need help getting amanda working

2002-05-13 Thread Frank Smith
ex" # index directory > [snip] > > Well your configuration looks okay. So when you run 'amcheck TestSet1' > it checks out okay and 'amdump TestSet1' nothing happens?? > > I'd look in the various configuration areas, i.e. /tmp/Amanda and

Re: mtx

2002-05-15 Thread Frank Smith
ons on the best changer script to use. Frank --On Wednesday, May 15, 2002 14:02:03 -0400 fil krohnengold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Next question - folks using chg-mtx with it? > -- > fil krohnengold > systems administrator - IT > american museum of natural histor

Re: 500 Access not allowed: (but should be)

2002-05-15 Thread Frank Smith
gt;From what I can see > user amanda is allowed from grumpy. > > Any ideas why this is happening? > > Thanks > > Kevin Good luck, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Pointer to info on holding disk requirements?

2002-05-20 Thread Frank Smith
ht at the info I need without recognizing it. > > May I respectfully request a pointer to a resource to determine my > holding disk requirements? > > Thank you, > -- > Brad Felmey -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Ad

RE: Me again, still getting WARNING: host: selfcheck request time d out. Host down?

2002-05-22 Thread Frank Smith
t; You can see that amanda is communicating ONLY over the broadcast. Thanks, > and only thanks, to my manipulation of /etc/hosts and .amandahosts, this is > producing any output at ALL. If I remove the broadcast hosts and > .amandahosts entry, selfcheck doesn't even RUN. >

Re: AMANDATES file

2002-05-29 Thread Frank Smith
39 /mnt/srv/backups 1 1022639924 /mnt/srv/home/app 0 1022381269 /mnt/srv/home/app 1 1022639885 /mnt/srv/home/app 2 1018233460 Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voi

RE: Dump Program Not available

2002-06-01 Thread Frank Smith
gt;> or see if there is an amanda in /etc/xinetd.d. If so, edit it to >> change the disable = yes line to disable = no, then restart >> /etc/rc.d/int.d/xinetd. >> >> -- >> Cheers, Gene >> AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M >> Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M >> 98.96+% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a hillbilly >> >> >> >> > > > - > This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. > http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ > > > > -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Hmmmm...all of a sudden I'm strange

2002-06-10 Thread Frank Smith
> sendbackup: end > \ > > Rebecca A. Pakish > Systems Administrator > Unterberg & Associates, P.C. > (219) 736-5579 ext. 184 -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: 2 tape strategy

2002-06-10 Thread Frank Smith
w that just getting more tapes would be the ideal solution, > but that is not economically possible in the short term. I'll > appreciate comments on how to make amanda run as tapewise as it can, > given my shortage of tape media. > > -- > >| F e r n a n A g u e r o

Re: New User, config issues

2002-06-10 Thread Frank Smith
rive at your initial tape length, you may need to adjust it downward as needed if your backup runs hit EOT (taper will tell you how many bytes it wrote). Good luck, Frank > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > Mike -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: NFS mount

2002-06-13 Thread Frank Smith
#x27;t descend into another filesystem using the options Amanda calls it with. Good luck, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: GNU tar and SAMBA backups

2002-06-14 Thread Frank Smith
t accept responsibility for any virus transmitted by us > and recommend that you subject any incoming Email to your own virus > checking procedures. > > Wolfson Microelectronics Limited is a company > incorporated in Scotland having its Registered Office at > 20 Bernard Terrace,

RE: GNU tar and SAMBA backups

2002-06-14 Thread Frank Smith
MacPherson > IT Manager > DDI: +44 131 272 7091 > > -Original Message- > From: Frank Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 14 June 2002 16:48 > To: Kenny MacPherson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: GNU tar and SAMBA backups > > Does /usr/local/bin/tar exist (and is i

RE: Suggestions Please -- help!

2002-06-20 Thread Frank Smith
xclude.gtar > amandad.20020619210502.debug:/home/proj/bia-9584 0 SIZE 16919390 > amandad.20020619210502.debug:/home/proj/bia-9584 1 SIZE 16919390 > amandad.20020619210502.debug:/home/proj/bia-9584 2 SIZE 16919390 > amandad.20020619232309.debug:GNUTAR /home/proj/bia-9584

Re: GNU Tar for SunOS 4.1.3 Amanda client

2002-06-21 Thread Frank Smith
> > Jonathan > > -- > / Jonathan R. Johnson | "Every word of God is flawless." \ > |Minnetonka Software, Inc.| -- Proverbs 30:5 | > \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | My own words only speak for me. / -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Warning - old messages being resent to list

2002-06-22 Thread Frank Smith
Before replying to a message, check the sent date. A batch of old messages is being re-injected into the list. Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems AdministratorVoice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's O

Re: amanda overwrites level0 without warning

2002-06-23 Thread Frank Smith
--On Thursday, April 11, 2002 03:37:15 +0200 Frederic Saincy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Frank Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The planner logic might not be set >> up to handle this extreme case. > > I don't know very well aman

Re: localhost: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?

2002-06-23 Thread Frank Smith
amanda). So it seems OK, if localhost amanda is set (isn't it?). > > I'm a bit irritated if the the server-client works properly, when it's is on one >computer. Can you help? > > Thanks. > AxxL -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: problems with GNUtar and --sparse

2002-06-23 Thread Frank Smith
gt; to have an understanding of what it is doing first. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Luke >> > >> > >> > * >> > * Luke Miller Unix System Administrator * >> > * Integra Telecom

Re: FileTooLargeError-2.4.2p2

2002-06-23 Thread Frank Smith
listed-incremental to > /usr/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/buddies_usr_0.new > sendbackup-gnutar: doing level 0 dump from date: 1970-01-01 0:00:00 GMT > sendbackup: spawning /usr/lib/amanda/runtar in pipeline > sendbackup: argument list: gtar --create --file - --directory /usr > --one-file-syst

Re: Amanda crontab error

2002-06-26 Thread Frank Smith
ine, finds the tape and > OKs the job. > > Help? > > Robert Renzetti > Computer Systems Manager > Geology & Geophysics > Texas A&M University > (979) 845-1366 -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Unable to connect to host

2002-07-02 Thread Frank Smith
xinetd.d/amanda > > service amanda > { > socket_type = dgram > wait = yes > protocol = udp > user = amanda > groups = yes > server = /usr/amanda/backup/libexec/amandad > disable = no > } > > > Any suggestions would be greatly

Re: quick question?

2002-07-17 Thread Frank Smith
ump of 3 of the > "directories" ahead 5 days "Full dump of filezzz:/home promoted from 5 days ahead", >or am i reading that wrong > > all i all i am quite happy with amanda and i look forward to implementing it here at >work i

Re: Times from amreport

2002-07-21 Thread Frank Smith
--On Sunday, July 21, 2002 12:30:05 -0400 Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 12:28:52PM +0200, Ulrik Sandberg wrote: >> On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Frank Smith wrote: >> >> >For example, cron started one config at 9:30PM, sent the rep

Re: Times from amreport

2002-07-21 Thread Frank Smith
--On Sunday, July 21, 2002 12:28:52 +0200 Ulrik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Frank Smith wrote: > >>For example, cron started one config at 9:30PM, sent the report >> email at 11:23PM, and reported the following: >> >> Es

Re: Multiple configs

2002-07-21 Thread Frank Smith
ith different names and portranges. Good luck, Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: FW: tape labels

2002-07-22 Thread Frank Smith
"`@("`@("`@*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*@T**BHJ*BHJ*BH@($%L97)T(&=E > M;F5R871E9"!A=#H@36]N9&%Y+"!*=6QY(#(R+"`R,#`R(#$R.C0P.C4W(%!- > M($-E;G1R86P@1&%Y;&EG:'0@5&EM90T**BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ > M*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ*BHJ

Re: amcheck

2002-07-23 Thread Frank Smith
rry about? > > Jane. Those will get created when Amanda backs up Dataserv the first time. Nothing to worry about when you add a new disklist entry, but you should be worried if it pops up on something thats already being backed up. Frank -- Frank Smith

Re: amcheck - Host Down

2002-07-23 Thread Frank Smith
City University > Northampton Square > London EC1V 0HB > Tel. 0207 040 8779 > Fax. 0207 477 8911 > -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Permissions, configuration, and errors, oh my!

2002-07-23 Thread Frank Smith
goes through the rest of your tapecycle. While you are testing just do an 'amrmtape tub qbn-backup01' and then you can re-use it. Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Is this OK? "Ignoring cruft file"

2002-08-15 Thread Frank Smith
ssen/raid/xic_local 1 360980 338464 93.8 N/A >N/A3:021859.8 > jansen_en_janssen/root1 750 96 12.8 N/A >N/A0:09 10.9 > jansen_en_janssen/sbin1 20 64 320.0 N/A >N/A

Re: Is this OK? "Ignoring cruft file"

2002-08-15 Thread Frank Smith
--On Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:45:52 -0400 Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 15 August 2002 11:01, Frank Smith wrote: >> --On Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:47:24 +0200 Edwin Hakkennes > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>&g

Re: Labels and Barcodes

2002-08-15 Thread Frank Smith
; is the header record that is the first record on the tape. 'barcode' is the paper barcode on the outside of the tape. Some changer scripts can associate the two if you have a barcode reader in your library, some can't. Frank -- Frank Smith

Re: Labels and Barcodes

2002-08-16 Thread Frank Smith
from places like colorflex or print your own. Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: amrecover - can't talk to tape server

2002-08-16 Thread Frank Smith
irectory /home/jg/recover-tmp > Continue? [Y/n]: y > > Load tape E04 now > Continue? [Y/n]: y > cannot connect to 192.168.100.1: Connection refused > amrecover - can't talk to tape server > > > > -- > Jay -- Frank Smith

Re: file system sizes

2002-08-16 Thread Frank Smith
hat maybe Amanda might have this info stored away in some > secret file somewhere, or I can use some deft command-line switches to > "audit" all my file systems. > > Any ideas? > > wab. -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: amrecover unable to connect to remote client

2002-08-17 Thread Frank Smith
ll as amanda in /etc/xinetd.d in the clients xinetd.d > directory ? (thus using RH, you have to install amanda-server rpm as > well) > > as I have specified in both .amandahosts that root can connect (just in > case) > > cheers > > Mark > > -- > --- > To st

Re: Diagnosing an elusive fault on a critical system [long]

2002-08-19 Thread Frank Smith
4896 1 (autoclean) [ppp_generic] > via686a 8548 0 (unused) > eeprom 3040 0 (unused) > i2c-proc6368 0 [via686a eeprom] > i2c-isa 1156 0 (unused) > i2c-viapro 3848

Re: Diagnosing an elusive fault on a critical system [long]

2002-08-19 Thread Frank Smith
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Frank (et al.), > > On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 14:16:22 -0500, Frank Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I doubt it is an Amanda problem (you might want to also try the > > linux-managers mailing list <http://www.lin

Re: amandahostsauth failing -- why?

2002-08-20 Thread Frank Smith
the archives since yahoo stripped most of the error thinking it was an email address). Look for the error message that says [access as amanda not allowed from [EMAIL PROTECTED]] amandahostsauth failed and make sure that whatever is after the '@' is the first field and the name

Re: mt rewind strangness

2002-08-27 Thread Frank Smith
t; > Just musing. > > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road(609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) -- Frank Smith

Re: Ongoing issues

2002-08-27 Thread Frank Smith
ing 'backupuser@host' instead of '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' and failing. To amanda, 'host' is not the same as 'host.fq.dn'. Is it in backupuser's home directory? Not likely to be wrong, but if you have a multi-

Re: Backing the backup server

2002-08-27 Thread Frank Smith
on: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE9P+Y5awsElDuSDs0RAgxoAJ40NBfXWSP5dwsRK6AWZRXP6fNm+wCgpWf4 > MwLEwsq3TDVGR8ntq3+w65k= > =qTeY > -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Frank Smith[EMAIL

Re: Testing tapes

2002-09-01 Thread Frank Smith
g. I guess its possible to have a bad spot on the tape past the normal size of your backups that would get hit only when the backup was larger than normal and make it seem intermittent. Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Trivial question - No Flames please

2002-09-01 Thread Frank Smith
(nothing above 500 MB > a day) > > Thanks! > > Ross -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Re: Amanda-2.4.3b4 and tar exclude lists working?

2002-09-03 Thread Frank Smith
y defined in your dumptype? Are you using tar? Is the exclude list file in the top level of the directory you're trying to back up and is it in the correct format? Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator

Re: Amanda-2.4.3b4 and tar exclude lists working?

2002-09-03 Thread Frank Smith
--On Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:41:29 -0400 Jean-Francois Malouin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Frank Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20020903 11:18] thus spake: >> --On Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:10:18 -0400 Jean-Francois Malouin ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>

Re: 2.4.3b4 gnutar exclude troubles

2002-09-03 Thread Frank Smith
0020903112939.exclude e a copy of > amanda.exclude? or a `cat /path/to/amanda.exclude` > > Or am I the only one having a problem with the GNUTAR exclude files? > -- > Ben Lutgens| > http://people.sistina.com/~blutgens/ > System Administrator | http://ww

Re: statistics

2002-09-04 Thread Frank Smith
rs to dump 54GB or 24GB compressed. I have a > quantum DLT8000-40 which is rated > at 6MB/s or 12MB/s compressed. 11hrs seems a long time even considering > gzip as the software compression. > Is there something I am missing here? > > -greg > >

Re: confused by nightly dump report

2002-09-05 Thread Frank Smith
53.80:53 1440.6 > newton/usr3 119711 8032 40.71:13 110.10:06 1280.6 > newton/usr4 0 FAILED ---- > newton/usr5 1 12140738304 31.63:34 178.90:28 1370.5 > newton/wcl

Re: Spam's a sacrific, at least there's no viruses.

2002-09-10 Thread Frank Smith
ld how its done. Frank -- Frank Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

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