Taper apparently not working (take 2)

Hello, My name is Jason. I have been off and on this list for a few years now. I have just compiled and installed 3.3.2 on my system. I am having trouble getting taper to work. When I ran amdump, the system began to correctly pull the data from the sources, and filling up the holding

Re: amrecover and tape seeking

center over the years, this is a question that's plagued me given the several versions released. Just want to understand the logic or respectfully request an enhancement. Kind regards, Chris -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503

Re: amrecover and tape seeking

will use your changer if you # set your tape with 'settape changer' Jason Brooks wrote: Good question. I would like to know as well. As for me, I pretty much always pre-position to the file number with mt. I hadn't realized amanda didn't do that. Chris Miller wrote: amadmin

RE: Amanda not backing up Veritas file systems correctly

You know, I am always amazed at the different things to be found in amanda's source code. I tried writing a more detailed INTERNALS document a while ago: it did not work out. I will try the make getfsent. thank you again for your time. --jason ~~~ Jason Brooks

Amanda not backing up Veritas file systems correctly

'/bybee9SnapVol', dirname '/bybee9SnapVol', spindle 3 sendsize[8725]: time 1.020: child 8728 terminated normally sendsize: time 1.020: pid 8725 finish time Thu May 27 12:18:01 2004 ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 Email

RE: Amanda not backing up Veritas file systems correctly

. Thanks for the reply... --jason ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twiki: http://twiki.wrs.com/do/view/Main/JasonBrooks Senior Systems Administration Analyst Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255

Negative numbers seen in amreport stats

/weed1/images1 470 470 --0:01 854.6 0:-2 -462.8 ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twiki: http://twiki.wrs.com/do/view/Main/JasonBrooks Senior Systems

RE: nfs mounted executable

/amanda-2.4.4p2client/libexec/amandad env = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/net/jetstream/jetstream1/amanda-2.4.4p2client/lib } ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twiki: http

RE: Negative numbers seen in amreport stats

... --jason ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Twiki: http://twiki.wrs.com/do/view/Main/JasonBrooks Senior Systems Administration Analyst Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255 Beaverton

Re: The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape

for this and the only useful thing relating to this is that 'it's a showstopper' which is not what I really want to hear. :( If it IS a showstopper, I'll have to hope the dump to disk has enough space til the tape can arrive. Thanks folks. j -- ~~~ Jason Brooks

Re: Help with AMRESTORE

what I must do, either that or find a filesystem/operating system that can handle giant huge files. I'll provide version numbers of the OS/amanda if necessary... Thanks Wayne Byarlay ITD, Purdue Libraries [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503

Re: cant switch to incremental dump

be appreicated. Thank You. Andrew -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255 Beaverton, Or 97008

Peer review for chg-scsi usage document

Hello, I am in the process of documenting in a bit more detail chg-scsi. I would love it if you all would tell me what you thought so far. I would eventually like to expand it to include some of amanda's actual interactions, etc. --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks

Re: Peer review for chg-scsi usage document

it if you all would tell me what you thought so far Encrypting the document makes it kinda tough to read. -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255

Re: chg-chio and barcode's

- but rather than use the barcode/labels - it actually needs to look on the tape for the labels. Which seems a bit of a pity. Thanks ! Dw. -- Dirk-Willem van Gulik -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network

Re: SMBCLIENT program not available

. There is no hint in the FAQs, the doc - directory, but several questions in the mailing list, but all unanswered. So I hope, I get an answer and wipe this problem off. Thanks Martin -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861

Compile error, resolution, confusion

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Re: use of changer

you're using Linux, from the /dev/sg1 reference. Get the mtx package installed, and see what that makes of your changer. Nik Jason Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/20/02 06:36PM Hello, How do I get amanda to use the barcode reader on my brandnew scsi-changer? (it's an independant changer

attempt to use chg-zd-mtx...

the /dev/sg1 reference. Get the mtx package installed, and see what that makes of your changer. Nik Jason Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/20/02 06:36PM Hello, How do I get amanda to use the barcode reader on my brandnew scsi-changer? (it's an independant changer with its own scsi-generic

Amanda, clearcase and Veritas

already done this, and what sorts of problems have you had? thanks... --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255 Beaverton, Or 97008

use of changer

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Variables to control tape changer

would have worked, if I had unloaded kernel module st, and reloaded sg. I didn't want to do that though since I am running backups on /dev/nst0. What do you all think? Should I also post this to amanda-developers? --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440

Recommendations sought for DLT drive

, and 8. I am also especially interested in those of you who have had BAD experiences with DLT libraries. Thanks in advance... --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River Systems

Re: Estimates taking a long time.

. Day 1 incremental /home 100mb Day 2 incremental /home 110mb Day 3 incremental /home 120mb Day 4 incremental /home ???mb -- Colin Smith -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River

amcheck bug(?)

succeeeded? again, the backups themselves are running just fine. --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255 Beaverton, Or 97008

Re: upgrading from DAT to DLT

. thanks in advance for any assistance. You are welcome. I hope this helps... Highest Regards, Edwin R. Rivera UNIX Administrator Tel: +1 305 894 4609 Fax: +1 305 894 4799 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503

Re: amdump error

-amanda I guess I will see what happens tonight... --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255 Beaverton, Or 97008

partition name conversions

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Test dumps

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amdump error

/DailySet1/log. Neither one of these files exist, so why is amdump balking at this point? --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255

increasing level zero dumps per tape cycle (?)

for the moment...) --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255 Beaverton, Or 97008

amanda applications questions

Hello, can I run the planner program independantly to see how amanda is scheduling dumps? I realize planner puts out estimations based on my tape type info, netusage limits, etc. --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861

Disklist formatting questions:

philosophy of if it ain't broke, don't fix it. --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255 Beaverton, Or 97008

Re: Tar, general, and amindexd questions

Hello, I forgot to include I am running version 2.4.2p1 on all systems. I am running amrecover on the amanda server to remove any networking hardware issues. On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 02:30:23PM -0700, Jason Brooks wrote: Hello, Thank you for responding to my message. this platform

Re: Tar, general, and amindexd questions

and probably should not be there. Do you mean to say that the -C option shouldn't be optional? --jason -- ~~~ Jason Brooks ~ (503) 641-3440 x1861 Direct ~ (503) 924-1861 System / Network Administrator Wind River Systems 8905 SW Nimbus ~ Suite 255 Beaverton