On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 04:15:43PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 25 July 2014 15:26:00 Debra S Baddorf did opine > And Gene did reply: > > I just create two DLEs > > > > mynode / backuptype > > mynode /boot backuptype > > > > Then amdump myconfig ( or amdump myconfig mynode ) > > will get both of them. Is this not an option for you? > > That would completely hose amanda's ability to spread the levels of the > backups out over the cycle in its attempt to make full use of the backup > media available. > > I could do it, yes, but that is not what amanda is all about.
"amadmin force" both DLEs on the same day(s)? > It would not be a huge problem with vtapes, but for those using individual > tapes, that would never fly unless you allowed amanda to use a virtually > unlimited number of tapes when it is doing a level 0 backup. I am > currently set for about 30Gb per vtape, and it will very occasionally use > a few megs of the 2nd vtape. I'd have to let it use 9 or more of the 30 > formatted with just 4 entries. 2 on this machine, and the / entries on my > pair of cnc boxes. That backup would also take quite a few more hours to > complete, currently in the 1:25 range. > > Thanks Deb. > > > Deb Baddorf > > Fermilab > > > > On Jul 25, 2014, at 1:45 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings; > > > > > > It turns out some of my backups for this machine will not be usable, > > > particularly for a bare metal recovery on a new drive, due to a miss- > > > understanding of the --one-filesystem option by tar-1.27, and 1.27.1 > > > does not fix it. > > > > > > The problem is that this system is currently installed with two > > > partitions, 3 actually if you count swap space. > > > > > > They are /boot, and / > > > > > > So tar refuses to back up a softlink that points to a directory/file > > > that is in a different dir than the current disklist entry points > > > to, EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN FACT on the same filesystem. > > > > > > The config I've been using for a decade and change uses that option > > > command. Will removing it (--one-filesystem) from my config fix this > > > missing links in the backup problem? Or will that result in its > > > making a duplicate backup file of what is at the end of that > > > softlink? > > > > > > IMNSHO, when tar encounters such a link, instead of making a backup > > > of that file at the end of the link, it should backup the contents > > > of the links text so that an amrecovery will re-create the link > > > file. > > > > > > It is not doing that either, so how do, or can, I force tar to do > > > that and result in a fully usable backup? > > > > > > This does not seem to me to be a violation of the one filesystem > > > command, making sense ONLY if the link is to a different partition, > > > which could be a different filesystem, which this present situation > > > is most certainly not. Different directory yes, different > > > filesystem, no. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS --- Brian R Cuttler [email protected] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
