On Tuesday 17 August 2004 04:19, Christoph Scheeder wrote:
>Hi,
>first sorry for the delay in answering.
>The exclude-list option gives the path to a text-file containig
> patterns which describe what files should be excluded from the
> backup. mine contains lines like
>
>./core
>./*.tmp
>./*~
>
>etc the "./" at the start is required, without it won't work.
>
>you'll have to create one meeting your requirements or, as Gene
> already pointed out, you can remove this line from the dumptype
> definition, or you can modify it to read:
>
>exclude list optional "/path/to/your/exclude-list"
>
>which makes it an optional file, and amanda will work with or
> without it and stop complaining if it does not exist.
>Christoph
At what tarball version did that 'optional' get built in? He may, if
a beginner, be trying to use an (spit) rpm. I don't know, either I
wasn't paying enough attention, or he didn't say.
>Ranveer Attalia schrieb:
>> Hi Christoph
>>
>> I've found the GNUTAR dumptype and changed the partition which was
>> failing to backup:
>>
>> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
>> tsslin1 /export/mansun1_telco lev 0 FAILED [data timeout]
>>
>>
>> Amanda.conf:
>> define dumptype root-tar {
>> global
>> program "GNUTAR"
>> comment "root partitions dumped with tar"
>> compress none
>> index
>> exclude list "/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar"
>> priority low
>> }
>>
>> Disklist data:
>> #TSSLIN1
>> tsslin1 / nocomp
>> tsslin1 /boot nocomp
>> tsslin1 /usr nocomp
>> tsslin1 /var nocomp
>> tsslin1 /opt nocomp
>> tsslin1 /databases nocomp
>> tsslin1 /export/home nocomp
>> tsslin1 /export/mansun1_tss nocomp
>> tsslin1 /export/mansun1_telco root-tar
>>
>>
>> When I run an amcheck Daily -C tsslin1, I get the following error.
>> Problem is, the exclude.gtar file doesnt actually exist on the
>> server.. Can this just be downloaded?
>>
>> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>> --------------------------------
>> ERROR: tsslin1: [Can't open exclude file
>> '/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar': No such file or directory]
>> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.095 seconds, 1 problem found
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Christoph Scheeder [mailto:christoph.scheeder AT scheeder DOT de]
>> Sent: 13 August 2004 11:24
>> 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
>>
>> Ranveer Attalia schrieb:
>>>Thanks for getting back to me
>>>The filesystem version we are using is ext3. Can I run a tar using
>>>Amanda, so it doesnt interfere with the filesystem versions? How
>>> would
>>>
>>>
>>>I go about doign that?
>>>Would a separate config and disklist need to be created?
>>>By the way, we dont have a firewall issue because these machines
>>>(servers & clients) are completely independant of any connection
>>> via the firewall.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>- Ranveer
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Gene Heskett [mailto:gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net]
>>>Sent: 12 August 2004 18:04
>>>To: Ranveer Attalia
>>>Cc: Christoph Scheeder; amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
>>>Subject: Re: data timeout - no replies...anyone???
>>>
>>>On Thursday 12 August 2004 12:08, Ranveer Attalia wrote:
>>>>Yes tsslin1 is a linux machine and no there was no finishing line
>>>> on sendbackup, but I have another linux machine that is working
>>>> fine with
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>the same version of amanda client on it. What do you mean by
>>>>ext2/3 ?
>>>
>>>The question is what filesystem version you are using? We're
>>> assuming
>>>
>>>
>>>that its ext2, with the journalling laid on top which is then
>>> called ext3. Dump would care, tar would not.
>>>
>>>>- Ranveer
>>>>
>>>>DUMP SUMMARY:
>>>> DUMPER STATS TAPER
>>>>STATS
>>>>
>>>>HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s
>>>> MMM:SS KB/s
>>>>-------------------------- ---------------------------------
>>>>------------
>>>>pedlinux1 / 1 64770 64770 -- 11:37 93.0
>>>>0:106639.1
>>>>pedlinux1 /boot 1 10 10 -- 0:02 4.1
>>>> 0:00 34.9
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Christoph Scheeder [mailto:christoph.scheeder AT scheeder DOT de]
>>>>Sent: 12 August 2004 16:57
>>>>To: Ranveer Attalia
>>>>Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
>>>>Subject: Re: data timeout - no replies...anyone???
>>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>That is all what your sendbackup.debug file contains?
>>>>no line telling dump reached 100% ?
>>>>and no finishing line from sendbackup?
>>>>Then your dump-process is dying whitout message after 43.03% of
>>>> the Backup.
>>>>am i correct that this is a linux-box?
>>>>then i would recomend switching to tar for the backup's, as dump
>>>> for ext2/3 is known to be problematic with active (mounted)
>>>> filesystems. Christoph
>>>
>>>Something Chhristoph wrote triggerd another fading memory. If
>>> there is a firewall involved, and the ports were opened ok, but
>>> the firewall
>>>
>>>
>>>see's no activity to 'keep-alive' within a certain time, it closed
>>> the
>>>
>>>
>>>ports. This happened to another user at least a year ago IIRC. I
>>>believe the cure was to extend the autoclosure timeing in the
>>> firewall
>>>
>>>
>>>rules.
>>>
>>>And I concur with Christoph regarding dump. Tar worked better for
>>> me,
>>>
>>>
>>>and it usually gives sensible error messages when it doesn't. But
>>> tar
>>>
>>>
>>>versions vary too, and historicly we have been recommending only
>>>version
>>>1.13-19 or 1.13-25. There is an even newer version extant, but I
>>>can't recall if anyone here on this list has said it works
>>> correctly
>>
>> or not.
>>
>>>--
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