On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 07:21:42PM +0530, Rajeh kuri enlightened us:
> I am new to the  Amanda utility and evaluating it on SUSE Linux
> 10(2.6.16 kernel)
> I have been trying to backup the my home directory using dump program.
> 
> The amstatus showing
> planner: ["backup path",all estimate failed]
> 
> but iam able to backup using "GNU TAR" program.
> 
> Can I know what is going wrong.
> If iam not giving enough info for clue please let me know what need to be
> sent.
> 

Generally dump is used to do complete filesystems, not subdirectories. You
*can* use dump for subdirectories, but you can only do full (level 0) dumps,
not incrementals.

Without more information, we can't tell you what's wrong.

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics 
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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