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Hi ,
I need help here.
I am trying to install amanda-2.4.4p2 to backup my system on hard-disks.
Got it working till amrecover. When I try to extract something it gives
me following error :

Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/amanda/daily on host
localhost.
Load tape daily-04 now
Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? y
EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on localhost.
amrecover: short block 0 bytes
UNKNOWN file
amrecover: Can't read file header
extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1
Continue [?/Y/n/r]?


Output in debug files is :

amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 1350 ruid 87 euid 87: start at Thu Jun 10
16:49:27 2004
amidxtaped: version 2.4.4p2
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > SECURITY USER root
amidxtaped: time 0.001: bsd security: remote host localhost user root
local user amanda
amidxtaped: time 0.001: amandahosts security check passed
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > CONFIG=daily
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > LABEL=daily-4
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > FSF=1
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > HEADER
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > DEVICE=file:/home/amandatapes/daily
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > HOST=^localhost$
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > DISK=^/home/siim$
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > DATESTAMP=20040610
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > END
amidxtaped: time 0.002: amrestore_nargs=0
amidxtaped: time 0.002: Ready to execv amrestore with:
path = /usr/local/sbin/amrestore
argv[0] = "amrestore"
argv[1] = "-p"
argv[2] = "-h"
argv[3] = "file:/home/amandatapes/daily"
argv[4] = "^localhost$"
argv[5] = "^/home/siim$"
argv[6] = "20040610"
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: 0: reached end of information
amidxtaped: time 0.009: amrestore terminated normally with status: 1
amidxtaped: time 0.009: rewinding tape ...
amidxtaped: time 0.010: done
amidxtaped: time 0.010: pid 1350 finish time Thu Jun 10 16:49:27 2004

Any ideas?
Siim

Hi, Siim,

on Freitag, 11. Juni 2004 at 18:49 you wrote to amanda-users:

SS> Hi ,
SS> I need help here.
SS> I am trying to install amanda-2.4.4p2 to backup my system on hard-disks.
SS> Got it working till amrecover. When I try to extract something it gives
SS> me following error :

SS> Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/amanda/daily on host
SS> localhost.

A common mistake is to use the hostname "localhost".

Please read the localhost-question in the document
docs/TOP-TEN-QUESTIONS in your AMANDA-tarball.

As I have mentioned already the current AMANDA-CVS-version already
contains a patch which will give you a WARNING if you run amcheck and
have something like localhost in your disklist.

This patch will also go into AMANDA 2.4.4p3.

As the regular readers and/or contributors on this list will agree,
this patch will reduce the localhost-centric traffic in here ...

--
best regards,
Stefan

Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:monitor < at > oops.co.at

On Friday 11 June 2004 12:49, Siim Saarlo wrote:
Hi ,
I need help here.
I am trying to install amanda-2.4.4p2 to backup my system on
hard-disks. Got it working till amrecover. When I try to extract
something it gives me following error :

Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/amanda/daily on host
localhost.
Load tape daily-04 now
Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? y
EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on localhost.
amrecover: short block 0 bytes
UNKNOWN file
amrecover: Can't read file header
extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1
Continue [?/Y/n/r]?


Output in debug files is :

amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 1350 ruid 87 euid 87: start at Thu Jun 10
16:49:27 2004
amidxtaped: version 2.4.4p2
amidxtaped: time 0.000: > SECURITY USER root
amidxtaped: time 0.001: bsd security: remote host localhost user
root local user amanda
amidxtaped: time 0.001: amandahosts security check passed
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > CONFIG=daily
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > LABEL=daily-4
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > FSF=1
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > HEADER
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > DEVICE=file:/home/amandatapes/daily
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > HOST=^localhost$
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > DISK=^/home/siim$
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > DATESTAMP=20040610
amidxtaped: time 0.001: > END
amidxtaped: time 0.002: amrestore_nargs=0
amidxtaped: time 0.002: Ready to execv amrestore with:
path = /usr/local/sbin/amrestore
argv[0] = "amrestore"
argv[1] = "-p"
argv[2] = "-h"
argv[3] = "file:/home/amandatapes/daily"
argv[4] = "^localhost$"
argv[5] = "^/home/siim$"
argv[6] = "20040610"
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be
offset amrestore: 0: reached end of information
amidxtaped: time 0.009: amrestore terminated normally with status: 1
amidxtaped: time 0.009: rewinding tape ...
amidxtaped: time 0.010: done
amidxtaped: time 0.010: pid 1350 finish time Thu Jun 10 16:49:27
2004

Any ideas?
Siim

I won't say the docs are full of it, but there are warnings about
using 'localhost' as a domain name for anything amanda related. The
problem is that its non-specific in that every machine is 'localhost'
to itself. You MUST use either the FQDN or a known alias or the true
ip address of the machine in question. And yes, 127.0.0.1 is just as
invalid as localhost.

I'm told the newer amcheck will warn you about it, just to keep
everybody on the same page. But I've not tested it as I don't use it
(localhost).

--
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Siim Saarlo wrote:

argv[0] = "amrestore"
argv[1] = "-p"
argv[2] = "-h"
argv[3] = "file:/home/amandatapes/daily"
argv[4] = "^localhost$"
argv[5] = "^/home/siim$"
argv[6] = "20040610"
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset

Besides the "localhost" problem, you have to rewind the tape, even if
it is a virtual tape:

ammt -f file://home/amandatapes/daily rewind

or, alternatively, add these two directives to amanda.conf:

amrecover_do_fsf yes # this implies a rewind
amrecover_check_label yes



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