I need to run the commands that will reproduce this error. I need to see
what is the unexpected field value. 

What is the input to the gtar line "sendbackup: time 0.396: started
index creator: "/opt/csw/bin/gtar -tf - 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/^\.//'"

Thanks

Robert


[620][root@zorn]:amanda/client/daily# cat sendbackup.200905271119*.debug
sendbackup: debug 1 pid 6070 ruid 30002 euid 30002: start at Wed May 27
11:19:20 2009
sendbackup: version 2.5.2p1
Could not open conf file
"/local/Amanda/amanda-2.5.2p1/etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf": No such
file or directory Could not open conf file
"/local/Amanda/amanda-2.5.2p1/etc/amanda/daily/amanda-client.conf": No
such file or directory
sendbackup: debug 1 pid 6070 ruid 30002 euid 30002: rename at Wed May 27
11:19:20 2009
  sendbackup req: <GNUTAR /export/users-h /export/fssnap/users 1
2009:5:27:13:49:42 OPTIONS |;auth=BSD;index;include-file=./h*;>
  parsed request as: program `GNUTAR'
                     disk `/export/users-h'
                     device `/export/fssnap/users'
                     level 1
                     since 2009:5:27:13:49:42
                     options `|;auth=BSD;index;include-file=./h*;'
sendbackup: start: zorn:/export/users-h lev 1
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.102: doing level 1 dump as listed-incremental
from '/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/zorn_export_users-h_0' to
'/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/zorn_export_users-h_1.new'
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.353: doing level 1 dump from date: 2009-05-27
13:49:43 GMT
sendbackup: time 0.390: spawning
/local/Amanda/amanda-2.5.2p1/libexec/runtar in pipeline
sendbackup: time 0.391: argument list: runtar daily gtar --create --file
- --directory /export/fssnap/users --one-file-system
--listed-incremental /var/amanda/gnutar-lists/zorn_export_users-h_1.new
--sparse --ignore-failed-read --totals --files-from
/tmp/amanda/sendbackup._export_users-h.20090527111921.include
sendbackup: time 0.396: started index creator: "/opt/csw/bin/gtar -tf -
2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/^\.//'"
sendbackup-gnutar: time 0.394:
/local/Amanda/amanda-2.5.2p1/libexec/runtar: pid 6074
sendbackup: time 0.402: started backup
sendbackup: time 0.725: 118: strange(?): gtar: Unexpected field value in
snapshot file
sendbackup: time 0.726: 118: strange(?): gtar: Error is not recoverable:
exiting now
sendbackup: time 0.730: index created successfully
sendbackup: time 0.733: error [dump (6074) /opt/csw/bin/gtar returned 2]
sendbackup: time 0.734: pid 6070 finish time Wed May 27 11:19:21 2009

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Robert P. McGraw, Jr.
Manager, Computer System                    EMAIL: rmcgraw AT purdue DOT edu
Purdue University                            ROOM: MATH-807
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