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Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: gnutar version -- exactly 1.13.25 or just 1.13.25 and above?

2003-12-17 11:14:55
Subject: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: gnutar version -- exactly 1.13.25 or just 1.13.25 and above?
From: "Dan L. Ostrom" <dostrom AT umich DOT edu>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:06:33 -0500
All,
        Sorry for the extra email, but I tried to reply to Gene Heskett
on this and the email gets bounced:

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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:54:35 -0500
To: gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net
From: "Dan L. Ostrom" <dostrom AT umich DOT edu>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: gnutar version -- exactly 1.13.25 or just 1.13.25
  and  above?
Cc: "Dan L. Ostrom" <dostrom AT umich DOT edu>

Gene,
At 08:13 AM 12/17/2003, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Wednesday 17 December 2003 06:20, Dan L. Ostrom wrote:
>Gene,
>         Well, this did not change anything.
>
>         I now have version 1.13.25 of tar and the latest version of
> amanda (patched).

I missed this line on the first reply :(

Patched? AFAIK, running last nites 20031216 snapshot (which ran fine
here), and no other patches have been applied.  What are you
patching?

        My bad. I meant to say I have amanda version 2.4.4p1

        The etimeout in amanda.conf is 300 (the default 5 minutes)


>         It still fails with the *disk offline* error. The log file
> shows that amanda is
>not getting the size parameter from the sendsize module:

Also, whats your etimeout? (in amanda.conf)

>====================================================================
>======== =========
>tidi05:/tmp/amanda> more sendsize.20031217020109.debug
>sendsize: debug 1 pid 27259 ruid 2 euid 2: start at Wed Dec 17
> 02:01:09 2003 sendsize: version 2.4.4p1
>sendsize[27262]: time 0.017: calculating for amname
>'/data/tidi/BACKUP_LOGS', dirname '/data/tidi/BACKUP_LOGS', spindle
-1
>sendsize[27262]: time 0.018: getting size via gnutar for
>/data/tidi/BACKUP_LOGS level 0
>sendsize[27259]: time 0.019: waiting for any estimate child
>sendsize[27262]: time 0.054: spawning /usr/local/libexec/runtar in
> pipeline sendsize[27262]: argument list: /opt/bin/tar --create
> --file /dev/null --directo
>ry /data/tidi/BACKUP_LOGS --listed-incremental
>/usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-list
>s/tidi05_data_tidi_BACKUP_LOGS_0.new --sparse --ignore-failed-re
>ad --totals --exclude-from
>/tmp/amanda/sendsize._data_tidi_BACKUP__LOGS.20031217
>020109.exclude .

>sendsize[27262]: time 0.090: runtar: error [must be invoked by root]
>sendsize[27262]: time 0.092:
>sendsize[27262]: time 0.093: .....
>sendsize[27262]: estimate time for /data/tidi/BACKUP_LOGS level 0:
> 0.039 sendsize[27262]: no size line match in /opt/bin/tar output
> for "/data/tidi/BACKU
>P_LOGS"
>sendsize[27262]: .....
>sendsize[27262]: estimate size for /data/tidi/BACKUP_LOGS level 0:
> -1 KB sendsize[27262]: time 0.093: waiting for /opt/bin/tar
>"/data/tidi/BACKUP_LOGS" c
>hild
>sendsize[27262]: time 0.093: after /opt/bin/tar
> "/data/tidi/BACKUP_LOGS" wait sendsize[27262]: time 0.103: done
> with amname '/data/tidi/BACKUP_LOGS', dirname
>'/data/tidi/BACKUP_LOGS', spindle -1
>sendsize[27259]: time 0.104: child 27262 terminated normally
>sendsize: time 0.104: pid 27259 finish time Wed Dec 17 02:01:09 2003
>====================================================================
>======== =====================
>         So I guess some more investigation is needed here.
>
>>X-Authentication-Warning: guinness.omniscient.com: majordom set
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>>Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:31:40 -0500
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>
From: "Dan L. Ostrom" <dostrom AT umich DOT edu>
>
>>Subject: Re: gnutar version -- exactly 1.13.25 or just 1.13.25 and
>>   above?
>>Cc: Paul Bijnens <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>,
>> Mark_Conty AT cargill DOT com, amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
>>Sender: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
>>
>>Gene,
>>         Thanks, our version of tar here is 1.13. Looking into
>> upgrading it.
>>
>>         I am currently running amanda-2.4.4p1. I'll check into the
>>patches available.
>>
>>         I'll post to the group the success/failure of all of this.
>>
>>At 07:23 PM 12/16/2003, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>On Tuesday 16 December 2003 17:38, Paul Bijnens wrote:
>>> >Mark_Conty AT cargill DOT com wrote:
>>> >> Question:  Is it to be understood that versions of gnutar
>>> >> _greater_ than 1.13.25 are also incompatible?  Or is it
>>> >> implied that those are also valid & acceptable for use with
>>> >> Amanda?
>>> >>
>>> >> I ask because I'm seeing the same problem as is Mr. Kato, only
>>> >> I'm on an HP-UX server, running gnutar 1.13.90 and Amanda
>>> >> 2.4.4p1. chg-scsi is dumping to one of four tape drives in a
>>> >> 4/48 DLT library.
>>> >
>>> >Wow, tar seems to be awake again.
>>> >Download 1.13.92, compiled, tested.
>>> >
>>> >Not good, at least not without some patches to amanda...
>>> >
>>> >1. Every backup now generates a message
>>> >
>>> >       tar: Removing leading `./' from member names
>>> >
>>> >    Amanda flags this line for each DLE as "strange".
>>> >
>>> >2.  by removing the leading `./' now amrecover has trouble
>>> >     and does not find anything back in the index.
>>>
>>>I got an even better question Paul.  Why not file a bug report
>>> against the new version?  And see what sort of a reason they give
>>> for breaking all semblences of backwards compatibility.
>>>I haven't tried it personally of course, and it appears thats my
>>> clue to leave that sleeping dog lie quietly.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Cheers, Gene
>>>AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M
>>>Athlon1600XP@1400mhz  512M
>>>99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
>>>Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message
>>>by Gene Heskett are:
>>>Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
>>
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--
Cheers, Gene
AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M
Athlon1600XP@1400mhz  512M
99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message
by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.



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