My amandad debug file looks like this:
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amandad: debug 1 pid 32572 ruid 34 euid 34
start time Thu Jan 6 10:52:00 2005
amandad: version 2.4.2p2
amandad: build:
VERSION="Amanda-2.4.2p2"
amandad:
BUILT_DATE="Tue Apr 2 21:24:21 UTC 2002"
amandad:
BUILT_MACH="Linux cyberhq 2.4.18pre2 #1 SMP Tue Jan 8 18:13:43 PST 2002
i686 unknown"
amandad:
CC="gcc"
amandad: paths:
bindir="/usr/sbin" sbindir="/usr/sbin"
amandad:
libexecdir="/usr/lib/amanda" mandir="/usr/share/man"
amandad:
AMANDA_TMPDIR="/tmp/amanda" AMANDA_DBGDIR="/tmp/amanda"
amandad:
CONFIG_DIR="/etc/amanda" DEV_PREFIX="/dev/"
amandad:
RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/r" DUMP="/sbin/dump"
amandad:
RESTORE="/sbin/restore" SAMBA_CLIENT="/usr/bin/smbclient"
amandad:
GNUTAR="/bin/tar" COMPRESS_PATH="/bin/gzip"
amandad:
UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/bin/gzip" MAILER="/usr/bin/Mail"
amandad:
listed_incr_dir="/var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists"
amandad: defs:
DEFAULT_SERVER="localhost" DEFAULT_CONFIG="DailySet1"
amandad:
DEFAULT_TAPE_SERVER="localhost"
amandad:
DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE="/dev/null" HAVE_MMAP HAVE_SYSVSHM
amandad:
LOCKING=POSIX_FCNTL SETPGRP_VOID DEBUG_CODE
amandad:
AMANDA_DEBUG_DAYS=4 BSD_SECURITY USE_AMANDAHOSTS
amandad:
CLIENT_LOGIN="backup" FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP
amandad:
COMPRESS_SUFFIX=".gz" COMPRESS_FAST_OPT="--fast"
amandad:
COMPRESS_BEST_OPT="--best" UNCOMPRESS_OPT="-dc"
got packet:
--------
Amanda 2.4 REQ HANDLE 000-D8490608 SEQ
1105008720
SECURITY USER backup
SERVICE selfcheck
OPTIONS ;
GNUTAR /var/lib/mysql/ 0 OPTIONS
|;bsd-auth;compress-best;index;exclude-list=/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar;
GNUTAR /etc/ 0 OPTIONS |;bsd-auth;compress-best;index;exclude-list=/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar;
GNUTAR /dev/vg0/perforce 0 OPTIONS
|;bsd-auth;compress-best;index;exclude-list=/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar;
--------
sending ack:
----
Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 000-D8490608 SEQ
1105008720
----
bsd security: remote host
platinum.azuro.com user backup local user backup
amandahosts security check passed
amandad: running service
"/usr/lib/amanda/selfcheck"
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The selfcheck debug file looks like this:
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selfcheck: debug 1 pid 32575 ruid 34 euid
34 start time Thu Jan 6 10:52:00 2005
/usr/lib/amanda/selfcheck: version 2.4.2p2
selfcheck: checking disk /var/lib/mysql/
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And that, as they say, is that. Not
very enlightening as far as I can see :o( It just reports that it is
checking the disk /var/lib/mysql and then stops all output, leaving the dodgy
selfcheck and amandad processes hanging around and preventing the dump from
continuing.
Another thing I might mention is, Amanda is
successfully backing up directories from other machines on our network.
It is just failing for this one particular machine (which also happens to be
running the Amanda demon and has the tape drive).
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated…
Dan
From:
Dan Tomlinson
Sent: 06 January 2005 14:20
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: amcheck hang
Hi all,
amanda has
been failing during my nightly dumps:
FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
mymachine /var/lib/mysql/ lev 0 FAILED [mymachine NAK: amandad busy]
Trawled newsgroups for answers and it appears that this particular
error can be caused by amandad processes hanging around after a failed amanda
operation. Did a quick "ps -ef | grep amanda" and saw there were
"amandad" and "..amanda/selfcheck" processes active. Tried
to kill them, but only the amandad would die :o( Eventually managed to kill the
selfcheck with a kill -9
I
labeled up another new tape to attempt to manually continue the dumpcycle, and
ran an "amcheck" after labelling, only to have it fail to finish.
Another "ps -ef | grep amanda" found that there was now a new
selfcheck process and a new amandad.
So
the problem seems to be that the selfcheck process is hanging during amcheck
execution and preventing the dump from finishing. As to how to solve it?
Various in the mailing lists suggest rebooting machine but a) this is
inconvienient to say the least, and b) how do I know this wont just happen
again next time amanda runs...
I
am using amanda version 2.4.2p2 on debian with a 2.4 kernel, any ideas?
Do we need to upgrade our amanda?
Many
thanks in advance
Dan
T
