Hi again

I have briefly read info with the link provide and I had previous
entries in the exclude list as below:

#Exclude a number of files from the backup, this is done using the
following file:
# /usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar
#The contents of the file will be similar to the following:
core
*.o
*.gz.tmp
*/.mozilla/cache */gnutar-lists/*.new
*/spool/mqueue/?f[A-Z]*
*/tmp/*.errout
*pagefile.sys
*/.thumbnails/*
*/trader-cache/*
*/cache/*
*/.thumbcache/*
# Thus use exclusions for all those sockets? This would remove all
# those nasty ignore-errors and No media found in the Report.
./dev
./tmp
./var
./media/cdrom
./media/floppy

I assume the last five entries are the correct syntax to Exclude those
directories.

Cheers



On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 12:04 +0200, sgw AT amanda DOT org wrote:
> Hello, Chuck,
> 
> on 23.06.2005, 11:41 you wrote to amanda-users AT amanda DOT org:
> 
> > I was getting the following this error - server / lev 0 FAILED [dump to
> > tape failed] I assume tar is not working.
> 
> > I am using this version of tar.
> 
> > server:/etc/postfix # /bin/tar --version
> > tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25
> 
> Ok.
> 
> tar works:
> 
> >>  Total bytes written: 5874155520 (5.5GB, 3.5MB/s)
> 
> > USAGE BY TAPE:
> >   Label             Time      Size      %    Nb
> >   DailySet110       0:27    4212.7   21.6     1
> 
> Seems you use the right tapetype now ...
> 
> > FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
> 
> > /-- server / lev 0 FAILED [/bin/tar returned 2]
> > sendbackup: start [greenbottle.smtl.co.uk:/ level 0]
> > sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/tar
> > sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |/bin/tar -f... -
> > sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz
> > sendbackup: info end
> > ? gtar: ./media/cdrom: Cannot savedir: No medium found
> > ? gtar: ./media/floppy: Cannot savedir: No medium found
> > ? gtar: ./media/cdrom: Warning: Cannot savedir: No medium found
> > ? gtar: ./media/floppy: Warning: Cannot savedir: No medium found
> > | gtar: ./dev/log: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./tmp/.ICE-unix/19580: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop19563-1118847061: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./tmp/.X11-unix/X0: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./tmp/ksocket-root/kdeinit-\:0: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./tmp/ksocket-root/kdeinit__0: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./tmp/ksocket-root/klaunchermrw2tb.slave-socket: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./tmp/mcop-root/linux_site-28b2-423ab4ee: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./tmp/ssh-PFKtU17880/agent.17880: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./tmp/ssh-TQywwj4017/agent.4017: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/lib/ntp/dev/log: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/run/.nscd_socket: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/run/.resmgr_socket: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/run/powersave_socket: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/anvil: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bounce: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/bsmtp: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/defer: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/error: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/ifmail: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/local: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/maildrop: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/procmail: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/proxymap: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/relay: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/smtp: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/trace: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/uucp: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/verify: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/virtual: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/private/vscan: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/flush: socket ignored
> > | gtar: ./var/spool/postfix/public/showq: socket ignored
> > | Total bytes written: 5874155520 (5.5GB, 3.5MB/s)
> 
> > I have tried to figure out what is going on any suggestions would be
> > great.
> 
> Maybe use exclusions for all those sockets? This would remove all
> those nasty ignore-errors above.
> 
> Refer to http://www.amanda.org/docs/exclude.html for example.
> 
> Best regards,
> Stefan G. Weichinger.
> 
> mailto://sgw AT amanda DOT org
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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