On Thursday 29 September 2005 22:21, Steve H wrote:
>I checked the amanda.conf file, and yes, I am indexing.
>
>Thanks,
>Steve
I'll be up for a little bit yet. Does the index file exist?
>
>--- 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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>> Cheers, Gene
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Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
message by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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