I think the other admin used RPM's - in any case I am going to try to
use amrecover on the same linux machine and get away from the dump
problem all together.

Thanks - will let you know how I go.

TJ

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:30:09 +0000, Martin Hepworth
<martinh AT solid-state-logic DOT com> wrote:
> TJ
> 
> This is all client side. how did you install, from an RPM, hand compile???
> 
> --
> 
> 
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
> 
> TJ wrote:
> > Hi Martin
> >
> > Thanks for this I am not really sure if you're saying that it has to
> > be recompiled on the main Amanda server? Also it sounds as if I do not
> > know my config that well - so will have to look at where the dump is
> > set for location at the moment.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Tariq
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 13:52:08 +0000, Martin Hepworth
> > <martinh AT solid-state-logic DOT com> wrote:
> >
> >>Tariq
> >>
> >>it's not finding dump at that location. On Linux systems dump/restore
> >>isn't always a good option as Linus thinks they are outdated and thus
> >>doesn't make sure the filesystems are working with dump.
> >>
> >>You might have to recompile with dump in the correct location, or use
> >>tar sa the backup program (see the backup styles in amanda.conf on the
> >>server). Again you have to compile with --tar= pointing to the correct spot.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Martin Hepworth
> >>Snr Systems Administrator
> >>Solid State Logic
> >>Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>TJ wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi
> >>>
> >>>I have amanda set up on a Solaris 8 serevr and it is successfully
> >>>backing up and restoring Solaris and windows files.  However with
> >>>Redhat 7.3 I am getting the following errors
> >>>
> >>>warning: restore program for /sbin/dump not available.
> >>>amrecover couldn't exec: No such file or directory
> >>> problem executing restore
> >>>extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1
> >>>
> >>>Any assistance greatly appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>Regards
> >>>
> >>>Tariq Juneja
> >>>Hosting and Operations
> >>>MTV Networks Europe
> >>>00 44 207 478 6379
> >>>
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