On Tuesday 19 July 2005 10:02, Brian Cuttler wrote:
>Brian,
>Gene,
>
>couple of things, 1st, I'm thinking that if there is a jukebox
>involved (tape loaded from slot 3) then perhaps a 5 minute delay
>to load the tape isn't necessarilly a problem.
Maybe not a problem, but I recall my robots were generally only a 2 to
3 minute lag, back when I was using them. Seagate 4586n's,
admittedly pretty cheap though.
>2nd, I'm stupid
>and should have seen it yesterday - estimate failed, suggest
>raising the etimeout value is amanda.conf.
I saw that too, and figured somebody would catch it as the message was
fairly old by the time I saw it. And I agree. Maybe its time the
default etimeout was raised from 5 minutes to 10 or 15?
>If the partition(s) are large and etimeout is low or the client is
>slow for any reasons...
>
>On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 08:57:57AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Tuesday 19 July 2005 07:49, LaValley, Brian E wrote:
>> >I do have some things in different places. What files should be
>> > in /tmp/amanda?
>> >I already had a username of amanda at this location, so my AMANDA
>> > username is "backup"
>> >Here is my amcheck run:
>> >
>> >backup@blavalley-l [27]>amcheck DailySet1
>> >Amanda Tape Server Host Check
>> >-----------------------------
>> >Holding disk /native/amanda-2.4.4p2/dumps: 89164984 KB disk space
>> > available, that's plenty
>> >amcheck-server: slot 3: date X label DailySet1-A03 (new
>> > tape) NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
>> >Tape DailySet1-A03 label ok
>> >WARNING: info file
>> >/native/amanda-2.4.4p2/DailySet1/curinfo/blavalley-l/hdc5/info:
>> > does not exist
>> >WARNING: info file
>> >/native/amanda-2.4.4p2/DailySet1/curinfo/blavalley-l/hdc1/info:
>> > does not exist
>> >Server check took 312.817 seconds
>>
>> Somethings definitely wrong here, but from this I've no idea what.
>> It should not take a tape drive over 5 minutes to locate and load
>> the next correct tape. My server check is usually a very small
>> fraction of a second, but I'm also using virtual tapes on a 200Gb
>> drive.
>>
>> >Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>> >--------------------------------
>> >Client check: 1 host checked in 0.025 seconds, 0 problems found
>> >
>> >(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p3)
>> >backup@blavalley-l [28]>
>>
>> The client check time is more realistic. Heres a clip from mine:
>> Server check took 0.579 seconds
>>
>> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>> --------------------------------
>> Client check: 2 hosts checked in 0.523 seconds, 0 problems found
>>
>> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.5-20050711)
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Brian Cuttler [mailto:brian AT wadsworth DOT org]
>> >Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 4:45 PM
>> >To: LaValley, Brian E
>> >Cc: 'amanda-users AT amanda DOT org'
>> >Subject: Re: all estimate failed
>> >
>> >
>> >Brian,
>> >
>> >On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 04:44:00PM -0400, LaValley, Brian E wrote:
>> >> Yes, amcheck passed.
>> >>
>> >> /tmp/amanda doesn't exist.
>> >> There isn't anything that seems to be related to amanda in the
>> >> messages
>> >
>> >log.
>> >
>> >> amcheck didn't pass until I setup the xinetd files. Can I
>> >> assume they are setup correctly if amcheck is fine?
>> >> How can I test the .amandahosts file?
>> >
>> >If amcheck said you where ok talking to the client then all of
>> > those issues should be ok.
>> >
>> >I take that back, if amcheck said your client was ok you should
>> > have had files in /tmp/amanda at that point. Both amcheck and
>> > amdump should be causing files to be created on the client. You
>> > sure the client passed the check ?
>> >
>> >
>> >The rest of this email may not be relevant.
>> >
>> >Haven't a lot of experience in, er, xinetd ?, must be linux ?
>> >Can comment but can tell you that in IRIX and Solaris if my
>> >amanda user on the client wasn't in the correct group I needed
>> >to fix the group and/or devices files /dev/dsk/* to allow RW for
>> >the amanda user's group.
>> >
>> >Suspect you have some similar issue there.
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Brian Cuttler [mailto:brian AT wadsworth DOT org]
>> >> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 4:31 PM
>> >> To: LaValley, Brian E
>> >> Cc: 'amanda-users AT amanda DOT org'
>> >> Subject: Re: all estimate failed
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Brian,
>> >>
>> >> You said manual dump, the amcheck succeeded ?
>> >>
>> >> Did you find any files in the client's /tmp/amanda/ directory ?
>> >> Do you see any errors in /var/adm/{messages|SYSLOG} ?
>> >> The client's xinetd files are properly configured to activate
>> >> the service ? The client's .amandahosts file is properly setup
>> >> ?
>> >>
>> >> Even if the client == server this must be done.
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 04:28:00PM -0400, LaValley, Brian E
wrote:
>> >> > I have just decided to give AMANDA a try and am learning as I
>> >> > go. I have gotten as far as trying a manual amdump, but it
>> >> > seems the estimate is failing and nothing gets backed up.
>> >> > What could this be?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > The email report follows, and the amdump log is attached.
>> >
>> >-----------------------------------------------------------------
>> >--- --------
>> >
>> >
>> >-----------------------------------------------------------------
>> >--- --------
>> >
>> >> > ----------------------
>> >> >
>> >> > These dumps were to tape DailySet1-A02.
>> >> > The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape.
>> >> > The next new tape already labelled is: DailySet1-A01.
>> >> >
>> >> > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
>> >> > blavalley- hdc5 lev 0 FAILED [disk hdc5, all estimate
>> >> > failed] blavalley- hdc1 lev 0 FAILED [disk hdc1, all estimate
>> >> > failed]
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > STATISTICS:
>> >> > Total Full Daily
>> >> > -------- -------- --------
>> >> > Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:00
>> >> > Run Time (hrs:min) 0:03
>> >> > Dump Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00
>> >> > Output Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0
>> >> > Original Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0
>> >> > Avg Compressed Size (%) -- -- --
>> >> > Filesystems Dumped 0 0 0
>> >> > Avg Dump Rate (k/s) -- -- --
>> >> >
>> >> > Tape Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00
>> >> > Tape Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0
>> >> > Tape Used (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0
>> >> > Filesystems Taped 0 0 0
>> >> > Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) -- -- --
>> >> >
>> >> > USAGE BY TAPE:
>> >> > Label Time Size % Nb
>> >> > DailySet1-A02 0:00 0.0 0.0 0
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > NOTES:
>> >> > planner: Adding new disk blavalley-l:hdc1.
>> >> > planner: Adding new disk blavalley-l:hdc5.
>> >> > driver: WARNING: got empty schedule from planner
>> >> > taper: tape DailySet1-A02 kb 0 fm 0 [OK]
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > DUMP SUMMARY:
>> >> > DUMPER STATS
>> >> > TAPER STATS
>> >> >
>> >> > HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s
>> >> > MMM:SS
>> >
>> >KB/s
>> >
>> >> > -------------------------- ---------------------------------
>> >
>> >------------
>> >
>> >> > blavalley-l hdc1 0 FAILED
>> >
>> >---------------------------------------
>> >
>> >> > blavalley-l hdc5 0 FAILED
>> >
>> >---------------------------------------
>> >
>> >> > (brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.4p3)
>> >> > <<amdump.1>>
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >> Brian R Cuttler brian.cuttler AT wadsworth DOT org
>> >> Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
>> >> Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
>> >> NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
>> >
>> >---
>> > Brian R Cuttler brian.cuttler AT wadsworth DOT org
>> > Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
>> > Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
>> > NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Gene
>> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>> 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
>> Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
>> message by Gene Heskett are:
>> Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
>
>---
> Brian R Cuttler brian.cuttler AT wadsworth DOT org
> Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
> Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
> NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
message by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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