On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 09:21:52AM -0800, Yan Seiner enlightened us:
> I've set up amanda as best as I know how....
>
> amcheck reports everything is OK. Permissions, etc. all seem OK.
>
> But when I try to run amdump I get:
>
> FAIL dumper localhost /home/mysql 20051119 0 [/sbin/dump returned 1]
> sendbackup: start [localhost:/home/mysql level 0]
> sendbackup: info BACKUP=/sbin/dump
> sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |/sbin/restore -f... -
> sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz
> sendbackup: info end
> | DUMP: You can't update the dumpdates file when dumping a
> subdirectory
> | DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
> sendbackup: error [/sbin/dump returned 1]
> INFO taper tape SeinerHome02 kb 0 fm 0 [OK]
> FINISH driver date 20051119 time 81.367
>
> Any ideas on where to start? I don't want to clutter the list with
> long files.... So where do I need to look? Or what should I provide
> to the list so you can advise?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Yan
Well, the error is right there:
> sendbackup: info end
> | DUMP: You can't update the dumpdates file when dumping a
> subdirectory
> | DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
> sendbackup: error [/sbin/dump returned 1]
You are trying to use dump on a directory, not a mount point like it was
designed. If you only want to do a subdirectory, you should use tar, not dump.
Matt
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Matt Hyclak
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