Right on.  GNU tar version is 1.15.91 and
/var/log/amanda/sendsize.blahblah has the following errors:

  sendsize[16402]: argument list: /bin/tar --create --file /dev/null
      --directory /boot --one-file-system --numeric-owner --listed-incremental 
      /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/gw.n.xatl.drdc-rddc.gc.ca_boot_1.new
      --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals .
  sendsize[16402]: time 0.815: /bin/tar: Unexpected field value in snapshot file
  sendsize[16402]: time 0.815: /bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

I've just built and installed tar 1.15 and we'll see what happens
tonight...

regards :-)
BruceS


"Dustin J. Mitchell" <dustin AT zmanda DOT com> writes:

> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 01:04:47PM -0300, Bruce S. Skinner wrote:
>> I'm only getting level 0 dumps for all my disks as estimates for level
>> 1 are failing.  I'm using gnu tar to do the dumps.  I've included some
>> excerpts pertaining to an example disk (/boot) from two days consecutive 
>> amdump log
>> files.  Does anyone have a suggestion why estimates may be failing or
>> where I should look next?
>
> What version of tar are you using?
>
> See:
>   http://forums.zmanda.com/archive/index.php/t-299.html
>
> Dustin

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