Hi All

I have made sure the directory is /usr/local/etc/amanda/daily and the
directory exists.

All my config files are in there and backups work, but not restore now.

I did test this originally once setup and it work, but now under the
pressure it dosen't work.

Joseph

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Smith" <fsmith AT hoovers DOT com>
To: "Sirucka, Joseph" <Joseph.Sirucka AT team.telstra DOT com>;
<amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: recovering


> --On Thursday, May 01, 2003 11:06:45 +1000 Joseph Sirucka
> <Joseph.Sirucka AT team.telstra.com DOT au> wrote:
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > I'm trying to recover as my previous emails.
> >
> > I am running redhat linux 8 with amanda 2.4.2p1.
> >
> > I consistantly get 501 errors "Couldn't cd into
> > /usr/local/etc/amanda/daily. Misconfiguration?"
> >
> > the debug in /tmp/amanda is shwing no errors.
> >
> > what exactly can I do to get this working.
>
> It means what it says. Apparently you have a config named 'daily'
> and Amanda is unable to cd into the directory where it thinks that
> config's files should be (/usr/local/etc/amanda/daily).  If that
> directory
> exists, check the permissions.  If it doesn't exist, the quick and
> dirty fix is to link it to wherever it actually resides.  Then after
> you restore what you need you can debug why your configuration doesn't
> match your installation.
>    For the benefit of others who might be reading the list, it's best
> to try a restore before you actually need it in order to get familiar
> with the procedure while not under a lot of stress.
>
> > If all else fails can I extract the data from the tape manually.
>
> Yes, that's one of Amanda's strengths. The first 'file' on a tape
> is a label, each following 'file' is a dump or tar image.  Just
> skip forward to the one you need and read it and pipe it to restore
> or tar as appropriate.  There are more detailed instructions in the
> docs and in 'the chapter' at http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Joseph
>
> Good luck,
> Frank
>
>
>
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