On Friday 20 October 2006 10:15, Steven Settlemyre wrote:
>Server:
>Debian (sarge) Linux.
>amanda version: 2.5.0p2
>
>Client:
>tar: (GNU tar) 1.13.19
>amanda-client: ? how do i find this?
>
Any machine being backed up is a client.  This includes the server itself.

Building the client version is as simple as the whole thing, I use this 
script to build the install for the server:
==================
#!/bin/sh
# since I'm always forgetting to su amanda...
if [ `whoami` != 'amanda' ]; then
 echo
 echo "!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!"
 echo "Amanda needs to be configured and built by the user amanda,"
 echo "but must be installed by user root."
 echo
 exit 1
fi
make clean
rm -f config.status config.cache
./configure --with-user=amanda \
 --with-group=disk \
 --with-owner=amanda \
 --with-gnu-ld \
 --prefix=/usr/local \
 --with-tapedev="FILE:/amandatapes" \
 --with-debugging=/tmp/amanda-dbg/ \
 --with-tape-server=coyote.coyote.den \
 --with-bsdtcp-security --with-amandahosts \
 --with-configdir=/usr/local/etc/amanda \
 --with-config=Daily \
 --with-gnutar=/usr/local/bin/tar

make

==========
Adjust to suit of course...


And this one to build just the client pieces:
==========
#!/bin/sh
# since I'm always forgetting to su amanda...
if [ `whoami` != 'amanda' ]; then
 echo
 echo "!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!"
 echo "Amanda needs to be configured and built by the user amanda,"
 echo "but must be installed by user root."
 echo
 exit 1
fi
make clean
rm -f config.status config.cache
./configure --with-user=amanda \
 --with-group=disk \
 --with-owner=amanda \
 --without-server \
 --with-gnu-ld --prefix=/usr/local \
 --with-debugging=/tmp/amanda-dbg/ \
 --with-tape-server=coyote.coyote.den \
 --with-bsdtcp-security --with-amandahosts

make
==========
I haven't adjusted either of those scripts since I changed to using the 
FILE: device.  Consistency is the keyword, so amanda versions in use often 
get updated 2-4 times a month, but forward compatibility is maintained.

>Paul Bijnens wrote:
>> On 2006-10-20 15:05, Steven Settlemyre wrote:
>>> I recently broke a disk up into subfolders to (hopefully) allow amanda
>>> to do a better job fitting things onto daily single-tape backups. But
>>> I keep getting the following errors.
>>>
>>> HOSTNAME /files6/vol/speech7    lev 0  FAILED [disk
>>> /files6/vol/speech7, all estimate failed]
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>
>> Any useful error message in one of the debug files:
>> have a look in:
>>    amdump.1  (in directory ~amanda/TheConfig)
>>    planner.datetime.debug (only 2.5.1+; in /tmp/amanda probably)
>>
>> What version of Amanda do have have on client/server.
>> And version of gnutar on client?

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