Thanks Alastair
I just checked tar but it seems ok.

bigfish# tar czvf error.tar clamfs-0.9.1
a clamfs-0.9.1
a clamfs-0.9.1/doc
a clamfs-0.9.1/src
a clamfs-0.9.1/NEWS
a clamfs-0.9.1/TODO
a clamfs-0.9.1/build
a clamfs-0.9.1/aclocal.m4
a clamfs-0.9.1/README

bigfish# which tar
/usr/bin/tar

Thanks
Terry

bigfish#
Alastair Neil wrote:
> Hi Terry
>
> I had a similar strange problem the other day when all the tar
> dumptypes on one client started failing just like this.  I finally
> tracked it down to a failure with tar.  I had updated some packages
> and tar broke because one of the symbolic libraries it was linked to
> was no longer in the search path.    This was a solaris box, so a
> quick crle -u -d /usr/local/lib and I was back up and running.  The
> lesson I took from this is to make sure root can run tar properly on
> the client.
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:41 AM, terry <terry AT bluelight.org DOT uk> wrote:
>   
>> I followed this howto here
>>  http://www.howtoforge.com/disk_based_backups_amanda_debian_etch
>>  and of course adjusted for my os but when I run a backup I get an email
>>  containing
>>
>>  These dumps were to tape DailySet1-2.
>>  The next tape Amanda expects to use is: DailySet1-3.
>>
>>  FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
>>   bigfish.bluelight.org.uk  /  lev 0  FAILED [disk /, all estimate failed]
>>
>>  bigfish# more amanda.conf
>>  mailto "root"
>>  tapecycle 6 tapes
>>  tapetype DISK
>>  tpchanger "chg-disk"
>>  changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/changer"
>>  tapedev "file:/mnt/usr_f/dumps/amandatapes/DailySet1"
>>
>>
>>  define tapetype DISK {
>>    comment "Backup to HD"
>>    length 3072 mbytes
>>  }
>>
>>  define dumptype root-tar  {
>>
>>    comment "tar dumptype"
>>    compress client fast
>>    program "GNUTAR"
>>    strategy standard
>>    priority high
>>
>>  bigfish# more disklist
>>  bigfish.bluelight.org.uk / root-tar
>>
>>  bigfish# more tapelist
>>  20080413 DailySet1-2 reuse
>>  20080412 DailySet1-1 reuse
>>  20080412 DailySet1-6 reuse
>>  20080412 DailySet1-5 reuse
>>  20080412 DailySet1-4 reuse
>>  20080412 DailySet1-3 reuse
>>
>>  any pointers welcomes
>>  Thanks
>>
>>
>>     
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