Thanks for the advice on doing that. I had such an environment set up last
year, and was able to replicate it at will on the Windows boxes. I'll set
it up again for the linux systems. Working this out on Windows stalled
because I was reluctant to toy with these production systems. Windows
doesn't need any help to be shaky ;-)
In the meantime, can you confirm "exclude file" versus "exclude list" ?
Someone else reported a different syntax that conflicts with the man page,
but actually makes more sense to the naked eye. This may be a
documentation problem.
On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 10:33:23AM +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote:
> Joe Rhett wrote:
> >
> >These systems I can test with to my heart's content, unlike those Windows
> >boxes, so tell me what you need to know.
>
> OK, I'll jump on this.
> I can assure you there is at least one configuration in the world where
> the excludes do work.
>
> First some general info needed:
> Amanda version on server and client (is client the server itself too?)
> Gnutar version of server and client?
> And OS version of server and client?
>
> To test and experiment with amanda, it's nice to set up a special
> config for this, and the file-driver is perfect. (we're testing
> excludes, not tape drives.). Create a new config for amanda,
> e.g. "Test", which has it's own amanda.conf and disklist.
> Configure the "chg-disk" driver for this configuration, see:
> http://www.amanda.org/docs/howto-filedriver.html
>
> Now set up a little disklist too, backing up only a small directory
> where you have complete control (create files or directories with
> names you need to test. And make sure the "amcheck Test" works
> and a basic "amdump Test" works too. Do not make the disklist too
> large, so that "amadmin Test force" followed by "amdump Test" runs a
> few minutes at most.
> Do not add filesystems or directories to the disklist that
> also are added in the production disklists. And if you really need
> to, add "record no" to its disktype, to avoid interference with
> your production environment.
>
> Creating such a setup takes about an hour, but it's very handy
> to experiment with amanda. I mean, it's not a wasted resource for
> the future either.
>
> Once you have set it up, try to duplicate the problem.
>
> I have already done that all here, and I cannot reproduce the problem.
> That means there must be some difference between your config and mine.
> We just need to get that nailed down.
>
>
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