On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 09:46:38AM -0500, chris weisiger wrote:
> I am able to use the following commands for amanda properly:
> amlabel
> amtape
> amcheck
>
> but...i am unable to write to a tape(never used tape backup before, so i
> dont know exactly how to read the log files properly)......i am wanting
> to backup the server that amanda is running on
> so do i need amanda-client rpm installed also...if so i have it installed...
>
> this is the only thing i have in my disklist file
>
> bs1.domain.name /etc comp-root-tar
>
> i added the following to .amandahosts file:
>
> bs1.domain.name amanda
>
> i can telnet to ports 10082 and 10083 but NOT 10080
telnet uses tcp, port 10080 is set up for udp only
>
> and when i run amcheck DailySet1 this is the output:
>
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> Holding disk /data: 66999148 KB disk space available, using 66998124 KB
> amcheck-server: slot 3: date 20030924 label DailySet14 (first labelstr
> match)
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Tape DailySet14 label ok
> NOTE: info dir /usr/adm/amanda/normal/database: does not exist
> NOTE: it will be created on the next run
> NOTE: index dir /usr/adm/amanda/normal/index: does not exist
> Server check took 28.989 seconds
>
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.039 seconds, 0 problems found
>
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3)
>
> when i run the following:
>
> su amanda -c "amadmin DailySet1 find bs1"
> bash: /root/.bashrc: Permission denied
You really should fix whatever is wrong in the .bashrc file.
Unlikely to affect anything here however.
> the following is returned: by the way "/data" is the main holding disk
>
> Scanning /data...
> lost+found: skipping cruft directory, perhaps you should delete it.
>
> No dump to list
>
> So is there anything i overlooked or havent completed yet to write to a
> tape?
What I'd like to know is if you have run an amanda backup yet,
i.e. amdump? If not, there can't be any backups to find.
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