hmmm you've got a point with the characters, I'll try my luck on a samba list.
meanwhile I'm trying what you suggested regarding ntbackup
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:34:38 -0000, Mark Lidstone
<mark.lidstone AT bmtseatech.co DOT uk> wrote:
> Hi Lars,
>
> Could it be something to do with character representation? If I remember
> rightly there are many different ways that Samba can represent some unusual
> characters (such as the å, ¢ and æ characters I see in there).
>
> If that's the case, then maybe someone on a Samba list could give you an
> answer.
>
> You could try copying one of those files to the local machine and doing a
> test dump of that file - see if it complains in a similar manner.
>
> Another alternative for a quick fix - I notice you've used ntbackup to backup
> the Exchange database to a file which you then backup - you could again use
> ntbackup to backup the file storage then backup that single file. It's
> hardly an ideal situation, but it could get your backups up and running in
> the short term.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Lidstone
> IT and Network Support Administrator
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lars Sørensen [mailto:zaphodbeeb AT gmail DOT com]
> Sent: 15 March 2005 14:27
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: debug error messages
>
> Hi I'm using
>
> amanda 2.4.3 on a RedHat 9.0. Up until now amanda have been working
> perfectly. Then I made some changes:
>
> 1) migrated mailserver from Redhat 8 to a MS Exchange server
> 2) migrated fileserver from a RedHat 8 to a MS Excahnge server
>
> I did number one quite a while ago and most of the time there is no problems
> but sometimes I get the following report in the daily amanda
> mail:
>
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
> backuphost //exchange/backups lev 0 STRANGE
>
> FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
>
> /-- backuphost //exchange/backups lev 0 STRANGE
> sendbackup: start [backuphost://exchange/backups level 0]
> sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/bin/smbclient
> sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/smbclient -f... -
> sendbackup: info end
> ? File size change - truncating \mail_backup.bkf to 1825887232 bytes
> | tar: dumped 1 files and directories
> | Total bytes written: 1825887744
> sendbackup: size 1783094
> sendbackup: end
> \--------
>
> 2) was a emergency operation since the old file server started acting weird.
> I will later set up a MS 2003 server to host the file server. But since I
> moved it I've been getting the followeing error:
>
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
> backuphost //exchange/finance lev 1 STRANGE
>
> FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
>
> /-- backuphost //exchange/finance lev 1 STRANGE
> sendbackup: start [backuphost://exchange/finance level 1]
> sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/bin/smbclient
> sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/smbclient -f... -
> sendbackup: info end
> ? NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND listing \03 PAS\Fravær\*
> ? NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file \03 PAS\Liste over
> bredbånd.xls (\03 PAS\) ? NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file
> \03 PAS\Morten\Best-m¢de 2004-07-02 FIN.xls (\03
> PAS\Morten\) ? NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file \03
> PAS\Salary, vacation\Fravær_Videlity 2003.xls (\03 PAS\Salary,
> vacation\) ? NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file \03
> PAS\Salary, vacation\Lon 2002\Ferietillæg udbetaling sum.xls (\03 PAS\Salary,
> vacation\Lon 2002\) ? NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file \03
> PAS\Salary, vacation\Lon 2003\November hensættelse.xls (\03 PAS\Salary,
> vacation\Lon 2003\) ? NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file \03
> PAS\Salary, vacation\Lon 2004\L¢nliste til James.xls (\03 PAS\Salary,
> vacation\Lon
> 2004\) ? NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file
> \Finance\Navision\Sælger.prf (\Finance\Navision\) ?
> NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file
> \Finance\unitel\Definitions\Account advices\Export\Bankoverf¢rsel advis.def
> (\Finance\unitel\Definitions\Account advices\Export\) ?
> NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file
> \Finance\unitel\Definitions\Entries and balances\Export\Bankoverf¢rsel
> advis.def (\Finance\unitel\Definitions\Entries and balances\Export\) ?
> NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file
> \Finance\unitel\Definitions\Entries and balances\Print\Kontoudtog med
> tilh¢rende adviseringer.def (\Finance\unitel\Definitions\Entries and
> balances\Print\) ? NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file
> \Finance\unitel\HODINST\Definitions\Account
> advices\Export\Bankoverf¢rsel advis.def
> (\Finance\unitel\HODINST\Definitions\Account advices\Export\) ?
> NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file
> \Finance\unitel\HODINST\Definitions\Entries and
> balances\Export\Bankoverf¢rsel advis.def
> (\Finance\unitel\HODINST\Definitions\Entries and balances\Export\) ?
> NT_STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND opening remote file
> \Finance\unitel\HODINST\Definitions\Entries and balances\Print\Kontoudtog med
> tilh¢rende adviseringer.def (\Finance\unitel\HODINST\Definitions\Entries and
> balances\Print\)
> | tar: dumped 223 files and directories
> | Total bytes written: 0
> sendbackup: size 0
> sendbackup: end
> \--------
>
> my disklist looks like this:
> # Take everything on the mail server
> backuphost //exchange/backups samba
>
> # New Finance
> backuphost //exchange/finance samba
> backuphost //exchange/marvin samba
>
> # Take DB dumps from F.Engel (placed on suseref) suseref.videlity /backup
> client_compression
>
> and my dumptypes are difend like this:
> define dumptype normal_backup {
> compress NONE
> index yes
> maxdumps 5
> program "GNUTAR"
> record yes
> }
>
> define dumptype samba {
> normal_backup
> program "GNUTAR"
> compress server fast
> index yes
> }
>
> define dumptype client_compression {
> normal_backup
> compress client fast
> index yes
> }
>
> Anyone got any ideas what is going on? I've tried google but can't verify
> that anyone talks about exactly whats going on in my case.
>
> thanks in advance.
>
>
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