Hi,

I have been trying to use Amanda to backup a large Linux file system that is
bigger than my tape capacity.  I have broken the file system up into bite
size tar backups.  Two examples are listed below with the error messages
that I get back from amcheck.

1.  Everything but the directories that I have separate .tar configs for.

hsadm2 /home/nobig /home {
# all directories except the following
comp-root-tar
exclude "./umsv4"
exclude "./cvs*"
exclude "./linux.mry"
exclude "./shared"
} 1

WARNING: hsadm2:/home/nobig does not support multiple exclude
ERROR: hsadm2:/home/nobig (/home): selfcheck does not support device.
ERROR: hsadm2:/home/nobig (/home): sendsize does not support device.
ERROR: hsadm2:/home/nobig (/home): sendbackup does not support device.

2.  One of the separate .tar configs.  There is a separate entry like this
one for each of the excluded directories above.

hsadm2 /home/samba-share /home {
comp-root-tar
include "./shared"
} 1

WARNING: hsadm2:/home/samba-share does not support include file
ERROR: hsadm2:/home/samba-share (/home): selfcheck does not support device.
ERROR: hsadm2:/home/samba-share (/home): sendsize does not support device.
ERROR: hsadm2:/home/samba-share (/home): sendbackup does not support device.


My Amanda server (Amanda 2.4.3) with tape drive (32 GB Sony AITi90-A) is a
Linux 9 machine.  'hsadm2' is a Linux 7.1 machine.

Can anyone point out how I need to change the amanda config file to correct
these .tar backups?

Thank you,

Don Clary


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org]On Behalf Of Christoph Scheeder
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 3:24 AM
> To: Ranveer Attalia
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: data timeout - no replies...anyone???
>
>
> Hi,
> yes you can, go to your amanda.conf:
> have a look at the defined dumptypes at the bottom of it, an check if
> one meets your requirements. in the example-amanda.conf there are some
> dumptypes defined using tar. if none meets your requirements create a
> new one including the line
>
>       programm "GNUTAR"
>
> which tells amanda to use tar as backup-program.
> then edit your disklist setting the disks in question to use this
> dumptype.
> now run amcheck to make shure the needed files and directorys for tar
> exist. If it complains about something fix it and you should be fine for
> the next run.
>
> Christoph
>