Re: newbie Q: DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 05:30:12PM -0800, Yan Seiner wrote: > Christoph wrote: > > > > >2.) the main reason for the error above: > >you are trying to use dump to backup the subdirectory /home/mysql. > >Dump is designed to work on complete devices, like /dev/hda1 or so, > >it can not do what you ask it for, and exactly that it is telling you. > > > >easy solution: > > > >use tar to dump your directory, add in your amada.conf in the dumptype > >for that directory the line > > > >program "GNUTAR" > > > Thanks everyone. That in fact was the problem > > amanda is now working fine. Unfortunately, my tape drive seems to have > died :-( > > At least I got one good backup out of it Though it will be hard to recover without a tape drive. :) -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road(609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
Re: newbie Q: DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
Christoph wrote: 2.) the main reason for the error above: you are trying to use dump to backup the subdirectory /home/mysql. Dump is designed to work on complete devices, like /dev/hda1 or so, it can not do what you ask it for, and exactly that it is telling you. easy solution: use tar to dump your directory, add in your amada.conf in the dumptype for that directory the line program "GNUTAR" Thanks everyone. That in fact was the problem amanda is now working fine. Unfortunately, my tape drive seems to have died :-( At least I got one good backup out of it --Yan
RE: newbie Q: DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
Looks like you are trying to tell dump to dump a subdirectory rather than a volume/partition ? I assume /home/mysql is not a mount point for a drive but a sub-dir on a paritiion. Change your disklist entry (DLE) to be the name of a drive. On my machine an example of one drive would be: In my disklist: ncti103 sd2g comp-user 2 >From my Unix "df" command: /dev/sd2g 8258270 562030 7283326 7%/data9 Scott... Scott R. Burns NETCON Technologies Incorporated Suite 135 - 4474 Blakie Road London, Ontario, Canada N6L 1G7 Voice: +1.519.652.0401 Fax: +1.519.652.9275 Web: www.netcontech.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Yan Seiner Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 12:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: newbie Q: DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. I've set up amanda as best as I know how amcheck reports everything is OK. Permissions, etc. all seem OK. But when I try to run amdump I get: FAIL dumper localhost /home/mysql 20051119 0 [/sbin/dump returned 1] sendbackup: start [localhost:/home/mysql level 0] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/sbin/dump sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |/sbin/restore -f... - sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz sendbackup: info end | DUMP: You can't update the dumpdates file when dumping a subdirectory | DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. sendbackup: error [/sbin/dump returned 1] INFO taper tape SeinerHome02 kb 0 fm 0 [OK] FINISH driver date 20051119 time 81.367 Any ideas on where to start? I don't want to clutter the list with long files So where do I need to look? Or what should I provide to the list so you can advise? Thanks, --Yan
Re: newbie Q: DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 09:21:52AM -0800, Yan Seiner enlightened us: > I've set up amanda as best as I know how > > amcheck reports everything is OK. Permissions, etc. all seem OK. > > But when I try to run amdump I get: > > FAIL dumper localhost /home/mysql 20051119 0 [/sbin/dump returned 1] > sendbackup: start [localhost:/home/mysql level 0] > sendbackup: info BACKUP=/sbin/dump > sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |/sbin/restore -f... - > sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz > sendbackup: info end > | DUMP: You can't update the dumpdates file when dumping a > subdirectory > | DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > sendbackup: error [/sbin/dump returned 1] > INFO taper tape SeinerHome02 kb 0 fm 0 [OK] > FINISH driver date 20051119 time 81.367 > > Any ideas on where to start? I don't want to clutter the list with > long files So where do I need to look? Or what should I provide > to the list so you can advise? > > Thanks, > > --Yan Well, the error is right there: > sendbackup: info end > | DUMP: You can't update the dumpdates file when dumping a > subdirectory > | DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > sendbackup: error [/sbin/dump returned 1] You are trying to use dump on a directory, not a mount point like it was designed. If you only want to do a subdirectory, you should use tar, not dump. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263
Re: newbie Q: DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
Check /tmp/amanda/sendbackup* logs on the client for more details. Dump backups whole filesystems only. I think you should use tar. tar works with subdirectories. You can include/exclude directories. Change dumptype entry in disklist file to use tar. Paddy On 11/19/05, Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've set up amanda as best as I know howamcheck reports everything is OK. Permissions, etc. all seem OK. But when I try to run amdump I get:FAIL dumper localhost /home/mysql 20051119 0 [/sbin/dump returned 1]sendbackup: start [localhost:/home/mysql level 0]sendbackup: info BACKUP=/sbin/dumpsendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |/sbin/restore -f... - sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gzsendbackup: info end| DUMP: You can't update the dumpdates file when dumping asubdirectory| DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.sendbackup: error [/sbin/dump returned 1] INFO taper tape SeinerHome02 kb 0 fm 0 [OK]FINISH driver date 20051119 time 81.367Any ideas on where to start? I don't want to clutter the list withlong files So where do I need to look? Or what should I provide to the list so you can advise?Thanks,--Yan
