Mister Olli <mister.olli AT googlemail DOT com> (Do 20 Mär 2008 18:42:14 CET):
> hi...
> 
> I have big troubles with amanda on vmware ESX server 3.
> 
> The gtar proccess hang up/ go into endless loop...
> 
> however with the help of the vmware support, we were able to figure out
> the following:
> 
> gtar works, if called like this:
> ================================
> > gtar --create --file - --directory /boot --one-file-system
> > --listed-incremental /root/gtar_test/gnutar-lists/172.31.3.9_boot_0.new
> > --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals --exclude-from
> > /root/gtar_test/sendbackup._boot.20080320110639.exclude . >
> > /root/boot_new.tar

Output goes to some other directory than that being tarred. Fine.

> it also works with this command:
> ================================
> > gtar --create --file /root/boot_new.tar --directory /boot --one-file-system
> > --listed-incremental /root/gtar_test/gnutar-lists/172.31.3.9_boot_0.new
> > --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals --exclude-from
> > /root/gtar_test/sendbackup._boot.20080320110639.exclude . 

Output goes to some other directory than that being tarred. Fine.

> but this does not work, gtar proccess are eating a lot of CPU cycles:
> =====================================================================
> > gtar --create --file - --directory /boot --one-file-system
> > --listed-incremental /root/gtar_test/gnutar-lists/172.31.3.9_boot_0.new
> > --sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals --exclude-from
> > /root/gtar_test/sendbackup._boot.20080320110639.exclude . 


Where do you send the output (STDOUT) of the above tar command? To some
file? And where is the file located?


    Best regards from Dresden
    Viele Grüße aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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