On Thursday 23 October 2008, Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
>Jens Haeuser schrieb:
>> gdasvr01.xxx.local  sdb1             lev 0  FAILED [disk sdb1, all
>> estimate timed out]
>>
>> is this just the estimate timeout summary?
>
># man amanda.conf
>-> etimeout
>Increase the etimeout value.
>
> >  gdasvr02.xxx.local  /media/mails/jh  lev 0  STRANGE
> > What does STRANGE mean?
>
>"Strange" means that something happend during the backup, you should notice.
>E. g. a file changed during the read, or like in your case "Cannot stat: No
>such file or directory", the file is gone before it could be backuped.
>
>> How can i turn off the estimate?! Is it bad to turn it off?
>
>I think you can't. The entry in the manpage doesn't says anything about
> disabling.
>
For a reason.  Amanda plans the backup it is going to do, so that the data 
will fit in the allocated space.  Amanda may do a small DLE ahead of time 
just to make room for a bigger DLE when it comes time to do it, and is 
continuously looking for a better way.  It can't do that without surveying 
the system to see what it needs to do before every run.  It can be told to 
use the history only I believe (I don't do that here), which is faster, but 
not as accurate most of the time.

>> What does gtar mean with:
>> Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>>
> > Why should the file or directory not be there anymore?
>
>The file was there during the estimation, but not when the backup was done.
>This often happens here on the mail files, because sometimes users delete
>mails during backup runs.
>
>> All in all if i look at the backup summary, it seems to be "ok" except
>> /dev/sdb1 which failed?!

/dev/sdb1 is likely not a workable disklist entry, one should use 
FQDN/filesystem paths only.

>Have you successfully run
># amcheck {Setname}
>before your backup? If not, what kind of problems were reported?
>
>
>Regards
>Marc



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