On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 08:45:37AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> I have a new installation on Fedora Core 5, amanda 2.4.5p1-3.2. The
> server can back itself up, and I can access the backups. The storage
> device is an external hard drive.
> 
> I have just added a client to the setup. For its backups, I get:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
>   themoose.localdomain  /etc              lev 0  FAILED 20060621 [too many 
> dumper retry]
>   themoose.localdomain  /home             lev 0  FAILED 20060621 [too many 
> dumper retry]
>   themoose.localdomain  /var              lev 0  FAILED 20060621 [too many 
> dumper retry]
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> Looking at the log files, I see a typical runtar log as follows:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> runtar: debug 1 pid 6507 ruid 33 euid 0: start at Wed Jun 21 08:24:02 2006
> /bin/tar: version 2.4.5p1
> running: /bin/tar: /bin/tar --create --file /dev/null --directory /var 
> --one-file-system --listed-incremental 
> /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/themoose.localdomain_var_0.new --sparse 
> --ignore-failed-read --totals . 
> runtar: pid 6507 finish time Wed Jun 21 08:24:02 2006
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> I notice that the file is /dev/null. Is that correct?
> 

During estimates is it.

If gnutar outputs to /dev/null, it goes through all the
normal steps without actually reading the ordinary file
data blocks.  Saves mucho time for estimates.

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