Re: [Dump-users] Restore of a dump -- empty directory?!?!?!

[Stelian P. <st...@po...>]

Le mercredi 08 juin 2005 =C3=A0 11:26 -0400, Bryan Dina a =C3=A9crit :


> > > restore > extract
> > > You have not read any volumes yet.
> > > Unless you know which volume your file(s) are on you should start
> > > with the last volume and work towards the first.
> > > Specify next volume # (none if no more volumes): 1
> > > Mount volume 1
> > > Enter ``none'' if there are no more volumes
> > > otherwise enter volume name (default: /dev/st0)=20
> > > resync restore, skipped 251 blocks
> > >=20
> > > When the restore finishes, I am left with an empty directory fo2
> > > underneath my home directory (for root).  Please help!!
> >=20
> > Are there any other messages from restore ?
> >=20
>=20
> none at the console, Im not sure if I can make restore more verbose...

Add -v for verbose output, -d for even more debugging output.

> its hard to mess around with because I have to wait so long in between
> tape runs.
> > Was this a multi-volume dump ?
> >=20
>=20
> single volume, the dump does try right now to make a multi-volume, but
> fails....
>=20
>   DUMP: No group entry for operator.
>   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Jun  2 03:16:37 2005
>   DUMP: Dumping /dev/hda8 (/var/backups) to /dev/st0
>   DUMP: Added inode 8 to exclude list (journal inode)
>   DUMP: Added inode 7 to exclude list (resize inode)
>   DUMP: Label: /var/backups
>   DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
>   DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
>   DUMP: estimated 16038596 tape blocks.
>   DUMP: Volume 1 started with block 1 at: Thu Jun  2 03:16:49 2005
>   DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
>   DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
>   DUMP: 2.06% done at 1101 kB/s, finished in 3:57
>   DUMP: 3.89% done at 1038 kB/s, finished in 4:07
>   DUMP: 5.75% done at 1025 kB/s, finished in 4:05
>   DUMP: 8.67% done at 1159 kB/s, finished in 3:30
>   DUMP: 11.96% done at 1278 kB/s, finished in 3:04
>   DUMP: 14.84% done at 1321 kB/s, finished in 2:52
>   DUMP: 16.65% done at 1271 kB/s, finished in 2:55
>   DUMP: 18.47% done at 1233 kB/s, finished in 2:56
>   DUMP: 20.29% done at 1204 kB/s, finished in 2:56
>   DUMP: 22.07% done at 1179 kB/s, finished in 2:56
>   DUMP: 23.89% done at 1160 kB/s, finished in 2:55
>   DUMP: 25.71% done at 1145 kB/s, finished in 2:53
>   DUMP: 27.52% done at 1131 kB/s, finished in 2:51
>   DUMP: 29.34% done at 1120 kB/s, finished in 2:48
>   DUMP: 31.17% done at 1110 kB/s, finished in 2:45
>   DUMP: 32.98% done at 1101 kB/s, finished in 2:42
>   DUMP: 34.79% done at 1093 kB/s, finished in 2:39
>   DUMP: 36.61% done at 1087 kB/s, finished in 2:35
>   DUMP: 38.42% done at 1080 kB/s, finished in 2:32
>   DUMP: 40.24% done at 1075 kB/s, finished in 2:28
>   DUMP: 42.06% done at 1070 kB/s, finished in 2:24
>   DUMP: 43.86% done at 1065 kB/s, finished in 2:20
>   DUMP: 45.68% done at 1061 kB/s, finished in 2:16
>   DUMP: 47.50% done at 1058 kB/s, finished in 2:12
>   DUMP: 49.35% done at 1055 kB/s, finished in 2:08
>   DUMP: 51.38% done at 1056 kB/s, finished in 2:03
>   DUMP: 53.20% done at 1053 kB/s, finished in 1:58
>   DUMP: 55.01% done at 1050 kB/s, finished in 1:54
>   DUMP: 56.83% done at 1047 kB/s, finished in 1:50
>   DUMP: 58.66% done at 1045 kB/s, finished in 1:45
>   DUMP: 60.47% done at 1042 kB/s, finished in 1:41
>   DUMP: 62.29% done at 1040 kB/s, finished in 1:36
>   DUMP: 64.11% done at 1038 kB/s, finished in 1:32
>   DUMP: 65.68% done at 1032 kB/s, finished in 1:28
>   DUMP: End of tape detected
>   DUMP: Closing /dev/st0
>   DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Thu Jun  2 06:12:40 2005
>   DUMP: Volume 1 10794650 tape blocks (10541.65MB)
>   DUMP: Volume 1 took 2:55:51
>   DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 1023 kB/s
>   DUMP: Change Volumes: Mount volume #2
>   DUMP: fopen on /dev/tty fails: No such device or address
>   DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
>=20

Is this from the console or from some automated cron script ?
Because /dev/tty should exist if it is run interactively.

> > Does restore -r (full restore) work ?
>=20
> I have not tried this yet, I don't have enough disk space available...
> but I had considered making some to try.

What version of restore are you using ?

Stelian.

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