Hi Gene,
hi list,

But I still have proplems with the vtapes.
The output of amcheck is:

amanda@linbox:~> /usr/local/sbin/amcheck daily
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------

amcheck-server: slot 4: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 5: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 6: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 1: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 2: not an amanda tape
amcheck-server: slot 3: not an amanda tape
ERROR: new tape not found in rack
      (expecting a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
NOTE: info dir /home/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo: does not exist
NOTE: it will be created on the next run
Server check took 0.449 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
Client check: 0 hosts checked in 0.089 seconds, 0 problems found

(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p2)
amanda@linbox:~>

Where is my fault or what did I forget?

Many greetings
Andreas

Gene Heskett wrote:

On Saturday 05 June 2004 07:09, Andreas Moser wrote:

[and I snipped]

Please find and remove any amanda executables now installed. Leave the configs as is, they can be fixed later.

The proceedure I use to build a bulletproof amanda install, and I do this everytime Jean-Louis releases a new snapshot, is as follows:

1. Get the tarball and put it in the /home/amanda directory.
2.  As root, unpack it with a "tar xzvf tarball.name.gz"
3.  As root, copy this short shell script into the unpacked.dirname.
-----------------------
#!/bin/sh
# since I'm always forgetting to su amanda...
if [ `whoami` != 'amanda' ]; then
        echo
        echo "!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!"
        echo "Amanda needs to be configured and built by the user amanda,"
        echo "but must be installed by user root."
        echo
        exit 1
fi
make clean
rm -f config.status config.cache
./configure --with-user=amanda \
        --with-group=disk \
        --with-owner=amanda \
        --with-tape-device=/dev/nst0 \
        --with-changer-device=/dev/sg1 \
        --with-gnu-ld --prefix=/usr/local \
        --with-debugging=/tmp/amanda-dbg/ \
        --with-tape-server=coyote.coyote.den \
        --with-amandahosts \
        --with-configdir=/usr/local/etc/amanda

make
--------------------------

Save that out and set the exec bit with a "chmod +x whatever.you.named.it". If you don't have a changer, or are not using chg-scsi, comment or remove that line. If your non-rewinding tape device isn't /dev/nst0, change that too. The --with-tape-server= can be either the FQDN of the machine, or its ip address as long as it isn't localhost/127.0.0.1. The FQDN must be exactly as used in the /etc/hosts file and in the disklist, and in .amandahosts. Aliases are fine too as long as you use them uniformly.

4. As root, still in /home/amanda,
"chown -R amanda:disk unpacked.directories.name"
5. become the user amanda with an
"su amanda"
6. cd unpacked.dirname

7. exec the above script with a "./whatever.you.named.it"

8. hit a ctrl d to exit the su amanda & become root again
9. cd to that directory again, and
"make install"
10. Do an
"ldconfig"
to update the library lists the os keeps.

Only with this proceedure will you arive at the proper perms etc on all the parts of amanda, and do it automaticly everytime.

Next, we want to see the output of an "amcheck configname" done by the user amanda.