I checked the amanda.conf file, and yes, I am indexing.
Thanks,
Steve
--- Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net> wrote:
> On Thursday 29 September 2005 21:26, Steve H wrote:
> >I am on a Red Hat 9 box. Pervious tar verion was 1.13, just upgraded to
> > 1.15 and it didn't fix the issue. What do you mean by indexing DLE?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Steve
> >
> I think he was referring to the DLE (DiskList Entry) pointing to a
> dumptype that had a line saying "index yes".
>
> You can set this once in the global section of your amanda.conf as
> long as the final dumptype chosen does an "include global"
>
> >--- Vera <dobryanskaya AT adelphia DOT net> wrote:
> >> I do not remember exactly what was a reason for this error, but I saw
> >> it before :-)
> >>
> >> 1. Are you indexing this DLE?
> >> 2. What OS are you using? FC3 distributive had tar 1.14 with a bug - >
> >> check the amrecover log file and if error happens at the "tar" point,
> >> then simple upgrade your tar RPM or reinstall it from sources
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Steve H" <big_dog_steve AT yahoo DOT com>
> >> To: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:42 PM
> >> Subject: Using amrecover - strange happenings
> >>
> >> > Guys,
> >> >
> >> > I would appreciate some help with this one, as it's freaking me
> >> > out. I have
> >> > been getting backups for a while now of a particular host and file
> >> > system. I
> >> > have tested the recovery before and it worked great.
> >> > This time, I put the necessary tape in, and run amrecover and it
> >> > will only
> >> > restore the directories. The files will not restore, and I keep
> >> > getting the
> >> > error:
> >> >
> >> > ./laptopBackups/Documents and Settings/My Documents/
> >> > tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
> >> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> >> > extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 2
> >> > Continue [?/Y/n]?
> >> >
> >> > so I started looking at the actual index for that and their are no
> >> > files listed
> >> > in the index, only directories.
> >> >
> >> > I started checking the dates, and it seems like the directories have
> >> > been backed up, and they all have the same date of backup, but the
> >> > actual documents
> >> > have a different date. It's like they were backed up once, but
> >> > never got backed up again.
> >> >
> >> > Does this have to do with the tape rotation? what am I missing? I
> >> > have the
> >> > tape that lists the documents, and it even lists them when I browse
> >> > the tape
> >> > with amrecover, but I can't extract them, I get the error above.
> >> >
> >> > Please help,
> >> > Steve
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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