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sendsize failures on Fedora Core 4

2006-02-20 17:25:32
Subject: sendsize failures on Fedora Core 4
From: Drew Derbyshire <avatar AT 2006-02.plus.kew DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:17:16 -0500
I've run amanda for years on various FreeBSD machines. I THINK in days of old I also backed up at least one Redhat 8 client system, but the system retired a while back so I have no data and little memory.

I'm now trying to add a Fedora 4 client, with poor results. amcheck runs fine, but the infamous estimate failed keeps happening when I actually try to run. It's not a timeout (total execution is only 30 seconds), and sendsize seems to be actively failing. I'm not sure what to make of it. In particular:

   * "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576 - /dev/sda1" works fine as the amanda
     user run from the command line.
   * GNU dump output hasn't changed much in years
   * /etc/dumpdates is world readable and group writable.

Suggestions?

sendsize: debug 1 pid 22313 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Mon Feb 20 13:17:20 2006
sendsize: version 2.4.5
sendsize[22315]: time 0.012: calculating for amname '/dev/sda1', dirname 
'/boot', spindle 1
sendsize[22315]: time 0.012: getting size via dump for /dev/sda1 level 0
sendsize[22315]: time 0.015: calculating for device '/dev/sda1' with 'ext3'
sendsize[22315]: time 0.016: running "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576 - /dev/sda1"
sendsize[22315]: time 0.029: running /usr/lib/amanda/killpgrp
sendsize[22313]: time 0.037: waiting for any estimate child: 1 running
sendsize[22315]: time 0.045:   DUMP: cannot read /etc/dumpdates: Permission 
denied
sendsize[22315]: time 0.047:   DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
sendsize[22315]: time 0.049: .....
sendsize[22315]: estimate time for /dev/sda1 level 0: 0.032
sendsize[22315]: no size line match in /sbin/dump output for "/dev/sda1"
sendsize[22315]: .....
sendsize[22315]: estimate size for /dev/sda1 level 0: -1 KB
sendsize[22315]: time 0.049: asking killpgrp to terminate
sendsize[22315]: time 1.053: done with amname '/dev/sda1', dirname '/boot', 
spindle 1
sendsize[22313]: time 1.054: child 22315 terminated normally
sendsize[22318]: time 1.055: calculating for amname '/dev/sda5', dirname '/', 
spindle 1
sendsize[22318]: time 1.055: getting size via dump for /dev/sda5 level 0
sendsize[22318]: time 1.057: calculating for device '/dev/sda5' with 'ext3'
sendsize[22318]: time 1.057: running "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576 - /dev/sda5"
sendsize[22318]: time 1.065: running /usr/lib/amanda/killpgrp
sendsize[22313]: time 1.073: waiting for any estimate child: 1 running
sendsize[22318]: time 1.087:   DUMP: cannot read /etc/dumpdates: Permission 
denied
sendsize[22318]: time 1.088:   DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
sendsize[22318]: time 1.090: .....
sendsize[22318]: estimate time for /dev/sda5 level 0: 0.033
sendsize[22318]: no size line match in /sbin/dump output for "/dev/sda5"
sendsize[22318]: .....
sendsize[22318]: estimate size for /dev/sda5 level 0: -1 KB
sendsize[22318]: time 1.091: asking killpgrp to terminate
sendsize[22318]: time 2.093: done with amname '/dev/sda5', dirname '/', spindle 
1
sendsize[22313]: time 2.094: child 22318 terminated normally
sendsize[22321]: time 2.095: calculating for amname '/dev/sdb2', dirname 
'/export', spindle 2
sendsize[22321]: time 2.096: getting size via dump for /dev/sdb2 level 0
sendsize[22321]: time 2.098: calculating for device '/dev/sdb2' with 'ext3'
sendsize[22321]: time 2.099: running "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576 - /dev/sdb2"
sendsize[22321]: time 2.105: running /usr/lib/amanda/killpgrp
sendsize[22313]: time 2.108: waiting for any estimate child: 1 running
sendsize[22321]: time 2.129:   DUMP: cannot read /etc/dumpdates: Permission 
denied
sendsize[22321]: time 2.131:   DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
sendsize[22321]: time 2.133: .....
sendsize[22321]: estimate time for /dev/sdb2 level 0: 0.034
sendsize[22321]: no size line match in /sbin/dump output for "/dev/sdb2"
sendsize[22321]: .....
sendsize[22321]: estimate size for /dev/sdb2 level 0: -1 KB
sendsize[22321]: time 2.134: asking killpgrp to terminate
sendsize[22321]: time 3.137: done with amname '/dev/sdb2', dirname '/export', 
spindle 2
sendsize[22313]: time 3.138: child 22321 terminated normally
sendsize[22324]: time 3.139: calculating for amname '/dev/sda2', dirname 
'/var', spindle 1
sendsize[22324]: time 3.140: getting size via dump for /dev/sda2 level 0
sendsize[22324]: time 3.143: calculating for device '/dev/sda2' with 'ext3'
sendsize[22324]: time 3.143: running "/sbin/dump 0Ssf 1048576 - /dev/sda2"
sendsize[22313]: time 3.144: waiting for any estimate child: 1 running
sendsize[22324]: time 3.148: running /usr/lib/amanda/killpgrp
sendsize[22324]: time 3.172:   DUMP: cannot read /etc/dumpdates: Permission 
denied
sendsize[22324]: time 3.174:   DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
sendsize[22324]: time 3.175: .....
sendsize[22324]: estimate time for /dev/sda2 level 0: 0.032
sendsize[22324]: no size line match in /sbin/dump output for "/dev/sda2"
sendsize[22324]: .....
sendsize[22324]: estimate size for /dev/sda2 level 0: -1 KB
sendsize[22324]: time 3.176: asking killpgrp to terminate
sendsize[22324]: time 4.176: done with amname '/dev/sda2', dirname '/var', 
spindle 1
sendsize[22313]: time 4.178: child 22324 terminated normally
sendsize: time 4.178: pid 22313 finish time Mon Feb 20 13:17:25 2006




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