Hi, Max,

on Mittwoch, 30. Juni 2004 at 13:06 you wrote to amanda-users:

MW> Hi,

MW> I'm getting some errors in my amstatus output - can anyone enlighten me?

>> # su amanda -c "/usr/sbin/amstatus DailySet1"
>> Using /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/amdump from Wed Jun 30 16:46:16 CST 2004
>> 
>> localhost:/etc                           2      24k finished (16:46:53)
>> Use of uninitialized value in printf at /usr/sbin/amstatus line 760.
>> Use of uninitialized value in numeric ne (!=) at /usr/sbin/amstatus line 761.
>> localhost:/home                          017720729k dumping     0k (16:49:27)
>> Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at /usr/sbin/amstatus line 770.
>> localhost:/usr/local                     0   22701k finished (16:47:32)
>> localhost:/var                           0  232660k wait for dumping driver: 
>> (aborted)

MW> It seems to be taking ages to complete this backup...is something wrong?

yes, it is. Those uninitialized values should not be there. A quick
look into amstatus seems to lead us to the estimates  ....

But the estimates seem to succeed.

What release of AMANDA is this, btw?

At first edit your disklist.

Don't use "localhost", use the full hostname instead.
Read docs/TOP-TEN-QUESTIONS for the explanation, if you want.

Stefan