On Monday 29 December 2003 12:27, jessica blackburn wrote:
>On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 11:44, Jon LaBadie wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 11:13:18AM -0500, jessica blackburn wrote:
>> > > > > Err, amrecover is a recovery tool (hence the name) not a
>> > > > > backup tool.
>> > > >
>> > > > i'm a bit frazzeled and met to say recover.  do you have any
>> > > > ideas as to why its not working?
>> > >
>> > > Please post your responses below the quoted text -- it makes
>> > > it easier to follow the conversation.  And please keep all
>> > > responses on the list, so that others can chime in.
>> > >
>> > > As for why it's not working, do what the error message tells
>> > > you to do: "check amidxtaped.debug file on hccweb".  It should
>> > > be in /tmp/amanda and may have a time stamp in the middle of
>> > > the file name.  Post the contents of that file.
>> >
>> > here is my debug
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > amidxtaped: time 0.001: Ready to execv amrestore with:
>> > path = /usr/sbin/amrestore
>> > argv[0] = "amrestore"
>> > argv[1] = "-h"
>> > argv[2] = "-p"
>> > argv[3] = "file:/backup/"
>> > argv[4] = "^hccweb$"
>> > argv[5] = "^/TestNT/test$"
>> > argv[6] = "20031229"
>> > amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
>>
>> Can you access your file tapes using things like the amtape
>> command? Does it show you the correct tape is loaded and has a
>> good header?
>>
>> If that can not be done, no reason to try other things.
>>
>> When amrecover said "load ..... now" did you actually load the
>> correct file tape before answering "y"?
>> That message is not so much a question but a directive.
>
>yes i can use the amtape command and i am also sure that the correct
>tape is loaded.  the most recent error that i am now getting is as
>follows:
>
>FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
>
>/-- hccweb     /TestNT/test lev 0 STRANGE
>sendbackup: start [hccweb:/TestNT/test level 0]
>sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/tar
>sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/tar -f... -
>sendbackup: info end
>? gtar: ./ccc.mp3: file changed as we read it
>
>| Total bytes written: 2027520 (1.9MB, 990kB/s)
>
>sendbackup: size 1980
>sendbackup: end
>\--------
>
>this happens when i run an amdump.

Thats not an error per sei.  Its an advisory only, hence the "info" 
label, its telling you something changed about that file between the 
time the estimate was made, and the read for makeing the tarball was 
done.

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