flexbackup-help — Support/help/usage

Re: [flexbackup-help] buffer not found in $PATH

[Charlie B. <cha...@e-...>]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, James Hill wrote:

> I have just installed version 1.2.1 and it looks like just what I need
> for my backup purposes. However I am getting an error output when I
> attempt any commands that communicate with the tape drive.
> 
> >    flexbackup version 1.2.1 (http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net)
> >    /etc/flexbackup.conf syntax OK
> >
> >    Errors:
> >       buffer not found in $PATH
>  
> Has anyone else had this error and found a solution?
> Have I missed something in the config file? 

Have you read and thought about the error message?

Do you have the "buffer" program installed? If so, where, and what is the 
PATH variable set to when flexbackup runs? If not, disable the use of 
buffer in your config.

--
Charlie

[flexbackup-help] buffer not found in $PATH

[James H. <jam...@in...>]

I have just installed version 1.2.1 and it looks like just what I need
for my backup purposes. However I am getting an error output when I
attempt any commands that communicate with the tape drive.

>    flexbackup version 1.2.1 (http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net)
>    /etc/flexbackup.conf syntax OK
>
>    Errors:
>       buffer not found in $PATH
 
Has anyone else had this error and found a solution?
Have I missed something in the config file? 

Thanks,

Jamie Hill

Re: [flexbackup-help] 2nd try: Extraction question.

[Scott C. <sc...@bn...>]

On Friday 13 August 2004 14:15, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> Am I asking this question wrong? Do I need to supply more info?
>
> perfect for me. So I get one full backup on the first Sunday of the month and 
> then an incremental every night.
> 
> How do I restore a file or files? Do I restore from the full backup and then 
> restore from the incrementals till I'm done or is there a single command to 
> cycle through them all?

I don't think that a single command exists.  I am sure I will be corrected on
this point if I am wrong.

The answer is "it depends" (and may seem obvious):

* If you want to restore a single file, you need to restore it from the tape
  which has the latest version that you want of the file.  You appear to be doing
  incremental backups, so if the file in question had not changed since your last
  full backup, then the latest version is on the last full backup tape.  If the
  file in question did change since the last full backup you need to find the
  tape from the incremental done after it changed, and just restore from that tape.
  If you don't have a clue when the file may have been modified then you may have
  to do restores from several tapes (perhaps starting with the last full backup
  tape which likely contains the file).

* If you want to restore many files, which may be in several directories with
  subdirectories, then you need to apply the same logic as above, but with the
  topmost directory as your starting point rather than a single file.  If it
  was a static directory then a restore from the last full backup should do it.
  If there were some changes then resore from the last full backup, then start
  with the tape from the incremental done just after changes were made.  If you
  don't know when changes were made then you may have to do many restores from
  many backups until you are sure you have restored all of the changes.  You do
  the restores from the tapes in the order they were written in.

Hope this help.  If not, let us know.

Cheers,

Scott

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* Brookhaven National Laboratory
* sc...@bn... 631.344.7110
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Re: [flexbackup-help] 2nd try: Extraction question.

[Diego A. A. G. <da...@un...>]

Hi!

El vie, 13-08-2004 a las 13:15, Steven W. Orr escribi=F3:
> Am I asking this question wrong? Do I need to supply more info?
I dont think so .. it is just that the project is almost dead or "in
standby".
>=20
> Thanks.
>=20
>=20
> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:48:17 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Steven W. Orr <st...@sy...>
> To: flexbackup help <fle...@li...>
> Subject: Extraction question.
>=20
> I just installed flexbackup and I'm sorry to say that this what I've be=
en=20
> looking for for a very long time. I wish I had know about it earlier.
Me too. I really like it.
>=20
> I have an extract question. I now backup N directories to a backup disk=
 every=20
> night. I'm using the cron entries that came with flexbackup since they'=
re just=20
> perfect for me. So I get one full backup on the first Sunday of the mon=
th and=20
> then an incremental every night.
>=20
> How do I restore a file or files? Do I restore from the full backup and=
 then=20
> restore from the incrementals till I'm done or is there a single comman=
d to=20
> cycle through them all?
Reading the man and the FAQ I dont know anything about a single command.
I dont believe on its existence.
>=20
> TIA

Bye.

[flexbackup-help] 2nd try: Extraction question.

[Steven W. O. <st...@sy...>]

Am I asking this question wrong? Do I need to supply more info?

Thanks.


Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:48:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Steven W. Orr <st...@sy...>
To: flexbackup help <fle...@li...>
Subject: Extraction question.

I just installed flexbackup and I'm sorry to say that this what I've been 
looking for for a very long time. I wish I had know about it earlier.

I have an extract question. I now backup N directories to a backup disk every 
night. I'm using the cron entries that came with flexbackup since they're just 
perfect for me. So I get one full backup on the first Sunday of the month and 
then an incremental every night.

How do I restore a file or files? Do I restore from the full backup and then 
restore from the incrementals till I'm done or is there a single command to 
cycle through them all?

TIA

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Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000
individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
steveo at syslang.net

Re: [flexbackup-help] timestamp files and ctime

[Karl-Michael S. <sch...@ph...>]

I made some changes to the flexbackup perl script that implement the following:

- timestamp files for backups from remote hosts are kept on the remote hosts.
  This solves the problem that ctime could not be considered on remote files.

- timestamp files are created at the start of the backup rather than at the
  end. When timestamp files are created at the end of the backup, files that
  change or are created while the backup is in progress will not be considered
  for subsequent backups with higher backup level.

I'm running this version on my system and it works fine. Is there a place where
I can submit the changes?

Karl-Michael

[flexbackup-help] Extraction question.

[Steven W. O. <st...@sy...>]

I just installed flexbackup and I'm sorry to say that this what I've been 
looking for for a very long time. I wish I had know about it earlier.

I have an extract question. I now backup N directories to a backup disk 
every night. I'm using the cron entries that came with flexbackup since 
they're just perfect for me. So I get one full backup on the first Sunday 
of the month and then an incremental every night.

How do I restore a file or files? Do I restore from the full backup and 
then restore from the incrementals till I'm done or is there a single 
command to cycle through them all?

TIA

-- 
Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have  .0.
happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0
Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000
individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
steveo at syslang.net

Re: [flexbackup-help] Errors: Can't tie DB

[Diego A. A. G. <da...@un...>]

Hi!

El vie, 06-08-2004 a las 03:39, bjs...@be...
escribi=F3:
> Flexbackup has displayed the following:
>=20
> Errors:
>  Can't tie DB backup/lib/index
If you do have an index entry .. then you can read the "o file" in your
tape .. so the tape is busy .. and you cant do anything but wait the
backup to finish .. or restart it.

Bye.
>=20
> Yesterday everything was working - today it isn't.
>=20
> I have had this happen once before (months ago) and I discarded the cur=
rent
> setup and restarted. Can I salvage anything from this rather than resta=
rting
> yet again?
>=20
>=20
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> http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk
> The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain
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Re: [flexbackup-help] Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found

[Diego A. A. G. <da...@un...>]

Hi, how are you ..?

El mar, 27-07-2004 a las 13:15, Sharon Kimble escribi=F3:
> On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 10:56 -0500, Diego Andres Asenjo Gonzalez wrote:
> > Hi, how are you ?
> >=20
> > I think I answered you, but I cant make the people understand me. (Im
> > not being sarcastic). I will try.
> > El mar, 27-07-2004 a las 04:10, Sharon Kimble escribi=F3:
> > > I've done further work on this and I'm still getting the same resul=
t.
> > > So, basic information first.
> > >=20
> > > Fedora Core 2, and fully updated. Installed flexbackup-1.2.1-1.noar=
ch.
> > > rpm. Trying to backup [from flexbackup.conf]
> > > $set{'docs'} =3D "/mnt/windowsf/documents";
> > > $set{'boztu'} =3D "/home/boztu /mnt/windowsf/documents";
> > It's ok.
> > > >From fstab.conf
> > > /dev/hde7		/mnt/windowsf		vfat	auto,exec,umask=3D000 0 0 [NB - line
> > > wrapped]
> > It's ok.
> > >=20
> > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Backup start: Tue Jul 27 09:47:08 2004
> > > | Backup end:   Tue Jul 27 09:47:19 2004
> > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Compressing log (boztu.0.200407270940.gz)
> > > | Linking boztu.latest.gz -> boztu.0.200407270940.gz
> > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Thats the full backup done.
>=20
> Read what I said above ......... ^^^ [Hint - 'Thats the full backup
> done.'] :)

Sorry ... I live so scattered ... (Free Software effects) :)

>=20
> The full backup WAS done, and IS done. And then the differential backup
> was done, but it fails every time on the '/mnt/windowsf/documents'
> command.
>=20
> > >=20
> > > A few minutes later, after a few minor changes, a differential back=
up
> > > undertaken with the command;-
> > > ./flexbackup -set boztu -differential=20
> > You CAN'T do a differential backup before doing a complete backup. Yo=
u
> > MUST do a COMPLETE BACKUP BEFORE doing a differential or an increment=
al
> > backup. =20
> > > [as su]
> > >=20
> > > And this is the result;-
> > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Backup start: Tue Jul 27 09:56:19 2004
> > > | Backup end:   Tue Jul 27 09:56:36 2004
> > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Backup of: /mnt/windowsf/documents
> > > Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found at ./flexbac=
kup
> > > line 2288.
> > >=20
> > > /home/boztu is backed up, but it fails every time at attempting to =
do a
> > > differential or incremental backup of /mnt/windowsf/documents and w=
ith
> > > the same error message too.
> > Maybe you have a complete backup of /home/botzu.
> > # flexbackup -toc
> > shows you the "Table of Contents of the backups".
>=20
>=20
> Ah, didn't know that command.=20
> so heres the output [sorry for the length, but you're getting everythin=
g
> in an effort to sort this out]
> ./flexbackup -toc
>=20
> flexbackup version 1.2.1 (http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net)
> /etc/flexbackup.conf syntax OK
>=20
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Checking 'buffer' on this machine... Ok
> | Checking /bin/sh on this machine... bash2
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Found directory index key 200407161415
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Bogus index entry - mnt-windowsf-documents.1.200407270837.zip does no=
t
> exist
> | Deleting record for 200407161415 file mnt-windowsf-
> documents.1.200407270837.zip
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Bogus index entry - mnt-windowsf-documents.1.200407270839.zip does no=
t
> exist
> | Deleting record for 200407161415 file mnt-windowsf-
> documents.1.200407270839.zip
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Bogus index entry - mnt-windowsf-documents.1.200407270907.zip does no=
t
> exist
> | Deleting record for 200407161415 file mnt-windowsf-
> documents.1.200407270907.zip
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Bogus index entry - mnt-windowsf-documents.1.200407270956.zip does no=
t
> exist
> | Deleting record for 200407161415 file mnt-windowsf-
> documents.1.200407270956.zip
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Bogus index entry - mnt-windowsf-documents.1.200407271325.zip does no=
t
> exist
> | Deleting record for 200407161415 file mnt-windowsf-
> documents.1.200407271325.zip
> |------------------------------------------------------------
>=20
> File  Contents    (dir index 200407161415)
> ---------------------------------------------
> 00-index-key <index keyfile, dir=3D/mnt/lind/backup>
> home-boztu.0.200407241049.zip level 0 /home/boztu Sat Jul 24 10:52:05
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.0.200407270842.zip level 0 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 08:42:57
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.0.200407270933.zip level 0 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 09:33:15
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.0.200407270940.zip level 0 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 09:40:00
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.0.200407250200.zip level 0 /home/boztu Sun Jul 25 02:00:02
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.0.200407201125.zip level 0 /home/boztu Tue Jul 20 11:27:42
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.1.200407260200.zip level 1 /home/boztu Mon Jul 26 02:00:01
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.1.200407270907.zip level 1 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 09:07:17
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.1.200407271325.zip level 1 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 13:25:34
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.1.200407240200.zip level 1 /home/boztu Sat Jul 24 02:00:01
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.1.200407210200.zip level 1 /home/boztu Wed Jul 21 02:00:01
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.1.200407270956.zip level 1 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 09:56:19
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.1.200407270200.zip level 1 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 02:00:02
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.2.200407220200.zip level 2 /home/boztu Thu Jul 22 02:00:01
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.2.200407270839.zip level 2 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 08:39:10
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home-boztu.3.200407230200.zip level 3 /home/boztu Fri Jul 23 02:00:02
> 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home.0.200407170918.zip level 0 /home Sat Jul 17 09:18:35 2004 from dsl=
-
> 80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> home.0.200407161415.zip level 0 /home Fri Jul 16 14:15:55 2004 from dsl=
-
> 80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.0.200407170918.zip level 0 /opt/setiathome Sat Jul 17
> 09:18:35 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.0.200407241049.zip level 0 /opt/setiathome Sat Jul 24
> 10:49:40 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.0.200407201125.zip level 0 /opt/setiathome Tue Jul 20
> 11:25:59 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.0.200407250200.zip level 0 /opt/setiathome Sun Jul 25
> 02:00:01 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.1.200407240200.zip level 1 /opt/setiathome Sat Jul 24
> 02:00:01 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.1.200407200200.zip level 1 /opt/setiathome Tue Jul 20
> 02:00:02 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.1.200407210200.zip level 1 /opt/setiathome Wed Jul 21
> 02:00:01 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.1.200407270200.zip level 1 /opt/setiathome Tue Jul 27
> 02:00:02 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.1.200407260200.zip level 1 /opt/setiathome Mon Jul 26
> 02:00:01 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.2.200407220200.zip level 2 /opt/setiathome Thu Jul 22
> 02:00:01 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.2.200407270837.zip level 2 /opt/setiathome Tue Jul 27
> 08:37:48 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.3.200407270839.zip level 3 /opt/setiathome Tue Jul 27
> 08:39:09 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> opt-setiathome.3.200407230200.zip level 3 /opt/setiathome Fri Jul 23
> 02:00:02 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> usr-local.0.200407201125.zip level 0 /usr/local Tue Jul 20 11:26:10 200=
4
> from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> usr-local.0.200407170918.zip level 0 /usr/local Sat Jul 17 09:20:58 200=
4
> from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> usr-local.0.200407241049.zip level 0 /usr/local Sat Jul 24 10:50:01 200=
4
> from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> usr-local.1.200407200200.zip level 1 /usr/local Tue Jul 20 02:00:01 200=
4
> from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> usr-local.2.200407270837.zip level 2 /usr/local Tue Jul 27 08:37:48 200=
4
> from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
> usr-local.3.200407270839.zip level 3 /usr/local Tue Jul 27 08:39:10 200=
4
> from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
>=20
> Are we any nearer finding a solution? I did wonder about permissions of
> the windowsf/documents/ folder, except that its all being run as 'su' s=
o
> there shouldn't be any problem. Is that right?

Yes ... it have to work with su.

Do you have a test tape ? Do you make a flexbackup -newtape before
starting the backups ... I see a BOGUS index entry for the windows
documents ...=20

I really dont know what is happening ..=20

Bye.

>=20
> Sharon.
>=20
> > >=20
> > > Can anyone help me sort this out please and get this working proper=
ly?
> > Hope helping you.
> > >=20
> > > Sharon.
> > >=20
> > > On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 09:19 -0500, Diego Andres Asenjo Gonzalez wro=
te:
> > > > Hi, how are you ?
> > > > El vie, 23-07-2004 a las 05:41, Sharon Kimble escribi=F3:
> > > > > I'm getting a problem every time that I run flexbackup, and the=
 email to
> > > > > root says this ;-
> > > > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > | Checking 'buffer' on this machine... Ok
> > > > > | Checking /bin/sh on this machine... bash2
> > > > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > | Doing incremental backup of docs using zip
> > > > > | Found directory index key 200407161415
> > > > > | Backup set "docs" (/mnt/windowsf/documents)
> > > > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > | Backup of: /mnt/windowsf/documents
> > > > > Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found at /usr/=
bin/
> > > > You are probably trying to do a differential backup (level 1) ...=
 that
> > > > tries to backups the difference between the files present "today"=
 and
> > > > the files backed up in the complete backup (or level 0).
> > > >=20
> > > > You have to do a complete backup _before_ try to do a differentia=
l
> > > > bakcup.
> > > >=20
> > > > > flexbackup line 2288.
> > > > > |-------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > and the relevant line form the conf file says ;-
> > > > >=20
> > > > > $set{'docs'} =3D "/mnt/windowsf/documents";
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Can anyone help me sort this out please?=20
> > > > Hoping help you ...
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Every other set works okay on this Fedora Core 2 box, and it wo=
rks okay
> > > > > if I do it from the command line as '-set all'.
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Sharon.
> > > >=20
> > > > Bye.
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
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[flexbackup-help] timestamp files and ctime

[Karl-Michael S. <sch...@ph...>]

Hello,

I started using flexbackup, nice tool.

The changes for version 0.9.9.7 (200301015) talk about considering ctime when
selecting files for backup. This currently only works for local backups, not
remote backups. Are there any plans to make ctime checking available also for
remote backups? This could possibly be done by storing timestamp files for
remote backups on the remote machine rather than on the local machine.

Another problem with ctime is that even for local backups, the timestamp file
is created after the backup has finished. Its mtime is set to the beginning of
the backup, but its ctime is obviously set to the time the file is created,
i.e. after the backup, so files whose attributes changed during the backup will
not be considered in the next backup. Timestamp files should be created at the
beginnning of the backup.

Karl-Michael

[flexbackup-help] Errors: Can't tie DB

[<bjs...@be...>]

Flexbackup has displayed the following:

Errors:
 Can't tie DB backup/lib/index

Yesterday everything was working - today it isn't.

I have had this happen once before (months ago) and I discarded the curre=
nt
setup and restarted. Can I salvage anything from this rather than restart=
ing
yet again?


Barry Samuels
http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk
The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain

[flexbackup-help] Using the -d command line option

[Scott C. <sc...@bn...>]

Hello,

I am trying to use the -d 'var=3Dval' command line option of flexbackup.
The option appears to work, but it does not seem to do what I expected
it would.

Here is the command line:

zimtok5# flexbackup -set all -level 7 -d 'idhost=3Dzimtok5' -c /backups/zim=
tok5/flexbackup.conf

My file /backups/zimtok5/flexbackup.conf has lines in it like this:

$idhost    =3D "nohost";
$basedir   =3D "/backups/$idhost";
$device    =3D "$basedir/images";
$logdir    =3D "$basedir/log";
$tmpdir    =3D "$basedir/tmp";
$stampdir  =3D "$basedir/state";
$index     =3D "$basedir/log/index";

The "nohost" above is just a placeholder for the real host name, which I
would like to pass in on the command line.  (So that I can use the same
flexbackup.conf file on lots of different hosts.)

When I run flexbackup with the above command line this is what I get:

flexbackup version 1.2.1 (http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net)
/backups/zimtok5/flexbackup.conf syntax OK
(override) idhost =3D zimtok5

Errors:
=A0$device must be set to a directory, a local device, or a remote device
=A0Can't write to /backups/nohost/images
=A0$tmpdir /backups/nohost/tmp is not a directory
=A0$tmpdir /backups/nohost/tmp is not writable
=A0Can't mkdir /backups/nohost/log: No such file or directory
=A0Can't write to /backups/nohost/log
=A0Can't mkdir /backups/nohost/state: No such file or directory
=A0Can't write to /backups/nohost/state: No such file or directory
=A0Can't tie DB /backups/nohost/log/index

The (override) seems to work, but the value of 'zimtok5' does not get inser=
ted
into the strings where I need it.  The 'nohost' value is still there.

So, it seems that flexbackup goes through the whole flexbackup.conf file,
does its thing, and then checks to see if there are any command line overri=
des.
What I was expecting was that it would use any command line overrides while
it was doing its thing with the flexbackup.conf file.  The later seems like
a more intuitive behavior.

Is this a correct interpretation of this problem, or am I doing something
wrong?

Thanks for any help,

Scott

=2D-=20
* Scott Coburn
* Brookhaven National Laboratory
* sc...@bn... 631.344.7110
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Re: [flexbackup-help] Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found

[Sharon K. <sha...@li...>]

On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 10:56 -0500, Diego Andres Asenjo Gonzalez wrote:
> Hi, how are you ?
>=20
> I think I answered you, but I cant make the people understand me. (Im
> not being sarcastic). I will try.
> El mar, 27-07-2004 a las 04:10, Sharon Kimble escribi=C3=B3:
> > I've done further work on this and I'm still getting the same result.
> > So, basic information first.
> >=20
> > Fedora Core 2, and fully updated. Installed flexbackup-1.2.1-1.noarch.
> > rpm. Trying to backup [from flexbackup.conf]
> > $set{'docs'} =3D "/mnt/windowsf/documents";
> > $set{'boztu'} =3D "/home/boztu /mnt/windowsf/documents";
> It's ok.
> > >From fstab.conf
> > /dev/hde7		/mnt/windowsf		vfat	auto,exec,umask=3D000 0 0 [NB - line
> > wrapped]
> It's ok.
> >=20
> > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > | Backup start: Tue Jul 27 09:47:08 2004
> > | Backup end:   Tue Jul 27 09:47:19 2004
> > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > | Compressing log (boztu.0.200407270940.gz)
> > | Linking boztu.latest.gz -> boztu.0.200407270940.gz
> > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > Thats the full backup done.

Read what I said above ......... ^^^ [Hint - 'Thats the full backup
done.'] :)

The full backup WAS done, and IS done. And then the differential backup
was done, but it fails every time on the '/mnt/windowsf/documents'
command.

> >=20
> > A few minutes later, after a few minor changes, a differential backup
> > undertaken with the command;-
> > ./flexbackup -set boztu -differential=20
> You CAN'T do a differential backup before doing a complete backup. You
> MUST do a COMPLETE BACKUP BEFORE doing a differential or an incremental
> backup. =20
> > [as su]
> >=20
> > And this is the result;-
> > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > | Backup start: Tue Jul 27 09:56:19 2004
> > | Backup end:   Tue Jul 27 09:56:36 2004
> > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > | Backup of: /mnt/windowsf/documents
> > Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found at ./flexbackup
> > line 2288.
> >=20
> > /home/boztu is backed up, but it fails every time at attempting to do a
> > differential or incremental backup of /mnt/windowsf/documents and with
> > the same error message too.
> Maybe you have a complete backup of /home/botzu.
> # flexbackup -toc
> shows you the "Table of Contents of the backups".


Ah, didn't know that command.=20
so heres the output [sorry for the length, but you're getting everything
in an effort to sort this out]
./flexbackup -toc

flexbackup version 1.2.1 (http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net)
/etc/flexbackup.conf syntax OK

|------------------------------------------------------------
| Checking 'buffer' on this machine... Ok
| Checking /bin/sh on this machine... bash2
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Found directory index key 200407161415
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Bogus index entry - mnt-windowsf-documents.1.200407270837.zip does not
exist
| Deleting record for 200407161415 file mnt-windowsf-
documents.1.200407270837.zip
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Bogus index entry - mnt-windowsf-documents.1.200407270839.zip does not
exist
| Deleting record for 200407161415 file mnt-windowsf-
documents.1.200407270839.zip
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Bogus index entry - mnt-windowsf-documents.1.200407270907.zip does not
exist
| Deleting record for 200407161415 file mnt-windowsf-
documents.1.200407270907.zip
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Bogus index entry - mnt-windowsf-documents.1.200407270956.zip does not
exist
| Deleting record for 200407161415 file mnt-windowsf-
documents.1.200407270956.zip
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Bogus index entry - mnt-windowsf-documents.1.200407271325.zip does not
exist
| Deleting record for 200407161415 file mnt-windowsf-
documents.1.200407271325.zip
|------------------------------------------------------------

File  Contents    (dir index 200407161415)
---------------------------------------------
00-index-key <index keyfile, dir=3D/mnt/lind/backup>
home-boztu.0.200407241049.zip level 0 /home/boztu Sat Jul 24 10:52:05
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.0.200407270842.zip level 0 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 08:42:57
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.0.200407270933.zip level 0 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 09:33:15
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.0.200407270940.zip level 0 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 09:40:00
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.0.200407250200.zip level 0 /home/boztu Sun Jul 25 02:00:02
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.0.200407201125.zip level 0 /home/boztu Tue Jul 20 11:27:42
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.1.200407260200.zip level 1 /home/boztu Mon Jul 26 02:00:01
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.1.200407270907.zip level 1 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 09:07:17
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.1.200407271325.zip level 1 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 13:25:34
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.1.200407240200.zip level 1 /home/boztu Sat Jul 24 02:00:01
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.1.200407210200.zip level 1 /home/boztu Wed Jul 21 02:00:01
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.1.200407270956.zip level 1 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 09:56:19
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.1.200407270200.zip level 1 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 02:00:02
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.2.200407220200.zip level 2 /home/boztu Thu Jul 22 02:00:01
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.2.200407270839.zip level 2 /home/boztu Tue Jul 27 08:39:10
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home-boztu.3.200407230200.zip level 3 /home/boztu Fri Jul 23 02:00:02
2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home.0.200407170918.zip level 0 /home Sat Jul 17 09:18:35 2004 from dsl-
80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
home.0.200407161415.zip level 0 /home Fri Jul 16 14:15:55 2004 from dsl-
80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.0.200407170918.zip level 0 /opt/setiathome Sat Jul 17
09:18:35 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.0.200407241049.zip level 0 /opt/setiathome Sat Jul 24
10:49:40 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.0.200407201125.zip level 0 /opt/setiathome Tue Jul 20
11:25:59 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.0.200407250200.zip level 0 /opt/setiathome Sun Jul 25
02:00:01 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.1.200407240200.zip level 1 /opt/setiathome Sat Jul 24
02:00:01 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.1.200407200200.zip level 1 /opt/setiathome Tue Jul 20
02:00:02 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.1.200407210200.zip level 1 /opt/setiathome Wed Jul 21
02:00:01 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.1.200407270200.zip level 1 /opt/setiathome Tue Jul 27
02:00:02 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.1.200407260200.zip level 1 /opt/setiathome Mon Jul 26
02:00:01 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.2.200407220200.zip level 2 /opt/setiathome Thu Jul 22
02:00:01 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.2.200407270837.zip level 2 /opt/setiathome Tue Jul 27
08:37:48 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.3.200407270839.zip level 3 /opt/setiathome Tue Jul 27
08:39:09 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
opt-setiathome.3.200407230200.zip level 3 /opt/setiathome Fri Jul 23
02:00:02 2004 from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
usr-local.0.200407201125.zip level 0 /usr/local Tue Jul 20 11:26:10 2004
from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
usr-local.0.200407170918.zip level 0 /usr/local Sat Jul 17 09:20:58 2004
from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
usr-local.0.200407241049.zip level 0 /usr/local Sat Jul 24 10:50:01 2004
from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
usr-local.1.200407200200.zip level 1 /usr/local Tue Jul 20 02:00:01 2004
from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
usr-local.2.200407270837.zip level 2 /usr/local Tue Jul 27 08:37:48 2004
from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com
usr-local.3.200407270839.zip level 3 /usr/local Tue Jul 27 08:39:10 2004
from dsl-80-42-138-206.access.uk.tiscali.com

Are we any nearer finding a solution? I did wonder about permissions of
the windowsf/documents/ folder, except that its all being run as 'su' so
there shouldn't be any problem. Is that right?

Sharon.

> >=20
> > Can anyone help me sort this out please and get this working properly?
> Hope helping you.
> >=20
> > Sharon.
> >=20
> > On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 09:19 -0500, Diego Andres Asenjo Gonzalez wrote:
> > > Hi, how are you ?
> > > El vie, 23-07-2004 a las 05:41, Sharon Kimble escribi=C3=B3:
> > > > I'm getting a problem every time that I run flexbackup, and the ema=
il to
> > > > root says this ;-
> > > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > | Checking 'buffer' on this machine... Ok
> > > > | Checking /bin/sh on this machine... bash2
> > > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > | Doing incremental backup of docs using zip
> > > > | Found directory index key 200407161415
> > > > | Backup set "docs" (/mnt/windowsf/documents)
> > > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > | Backup of: /mnt/windowsf/documents
> > > > Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found at /usr/bin/
> > > You are probably trying to do a differential backup (level 1) ... tha=
t
> > > tries to backups the difference between the files present "today" and
> > > the files backed up in the complete backup (or level 0).
> > >=20
> > > You have to do a complete backup _before_ try to do a differential
> > > bakcup.
> > >=20
> > > > flexbackup line 2288.
> > > > |-------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > and the relevant line form the conf file says ;-
> > > >=20
> > > > $set{'docs'} =3D "/mnt/windowsf/documents";
> > > >=20
> > > > Can anyone help me sort this out please?=20
> > > Hoping help you ...
> > > >=20
> > > > Every other set works okay on this Fedora Core 2 box, and it works =
okay
> > > > if I do it from the command line as '-set all'.
> > > >=20
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Sharon.
> > >=20
> > > Bye.
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > -------------------------------------------------------
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Re: [flexbackup-help] Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found

[Diego A. A. G. <da...@un...>]

Hi, how are you ?

I think I answered you, but I cant make the people understand me. (Im
not being sarcastic). I will try.
El mar, 27-07-2004 a las 04:10, Sharon Kimble escribi=F3:
> I've done further work on this and I'm still getting the same result.
> So, basic information first.
>=20
> Fedora Core 2, and fully updated. Installed flexbackup-1.2.1-1.noarch.
> rpm. Trying to backup [from flexbackup.conf]
> $set{'docs'} =3D "/mnt/windowsf/documents";
> $set{'boztu'} =3D "/home/boztu /mnt/windowsf/documents";
It's ok.
> >From fstab.conf
> /dev/hde7		/mnt/windowsf		vfat	auto,exec,umask=3D000 0 0 [NB - line
> wrapped]
It's ok.
>=20
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Backup start: Tue Jul 27 09:47:08 2004
> | Backup end:   Tue Jul 27 09:47:19 2004
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Compressing log (boztu.0.200407270940.gz)
> | Linking boztu.latest.gz -> boztu.0.200407270940.gz
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> Thats the full backup done.
>=20
> A few minutes later, after a few minor changes, a differential backup
> undertaken with the command;-
> ./flexbackup -set boztu -differential=20
You CAN'T do a differential backup before doing a complete backup. You
MUST do a COMPLETE BACKUP BEFORE doing a differential or an incremental
backup. =20
> [as su]
>=20
> And this is the result;-
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Backup start: Tue Jul 27 09:56:19 2004
> | Backup end:   Tue Jul 27 09:56:36 2004
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Backup of: /mnt/windowsf/documents
> Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found at ./flexbackup
> line 2288.
>=20
> /home/boztu is backed up, but it fails every time at attempting to do a
> differential or incremental backup of /mnt/windowsf/documents and with
> the same error message too.
Maybe you have a complete backup of /home/botzu.
# flexbackup -toc
shows you the "Table of Contents of the backups".
>=20
> Can anyone help me sort this out please and get this working properly?
Hope helping you.
>=20
> Sharon.
>=20
> On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 09:19 -0500, Diego Andres Asenjo Gonzalez wrote:
> > Hi, how are you ?
> > El vie, 23-07-2004 a las 05:41, Sharon Kimble escribi=F3:
> > > I'm getting a problem every time that I run flexbackup, and the ema=
il to
> > > root says this ;-
> > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Checking 'buffer' on this machine... Ok
> > > | Checking /bin/sh on this machine... bash2
> > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Doing incremental backup of docs using zip
> > > | Found directory index key 200407161415
> > > | Backup set "docs" (/mnt/windowsf/documents)
> > > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Backup of: /mnt/windowsf/documents
> > > Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found at /usr/bin/
> > You are probably trying to do a differential backup (level 1) ... tha=
t
> > tries to backups the difference between the files present "today" and
> > the files backed up in the complete backup (or level 0).
> >=20
> > You have to do a complete backup _before_ try to do a differential
> > bakcup.
> >=20
> > > flexbackup line 2288.
> > > |-------------------------------------------------------------
> > > and the relevant line form the conf file says ;-
> > >=20
> > > $set{'docs'} =3D "/mnt/windowsf/documents";
> > >=20
> > > Can anyone help me sort this out please?=20
> > Hoping help you ...
> > >=20
> > > Every other set works okay on this Fedora Core 2 box, and it works =
okay
> > > if I do it from the command line as '-set all'.
> > >=20
> > > Thanks
> > > Sharon.
> >=20
> > Bye.
>=20
>=20
>=20
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Re: [flexbackup-help] Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found

[Sharon K. <sha...@li...>]

I've done further work on this and I'm still getting the same result.
So, basic information first.

Fedora Core 2, and fully updated. Installed flexbackup-1.2.1-1.noarch.
rpm. Trying to backup [from flexbackup.conf]
$set{'docs'} =3D "/mnt/windowsf/documents";
$set{'boztu'} =3D "/home/boztu /mnt/windowsf/documents";
>From fstab.conf
/dev/hde7		/mnt/windowsf		vfat	auto,exec,umask=3D000 0 0 [NB - line
wrapped]

|------------------------------------------------------------
| Backup start: Tue Jul 27 09:47:08 2004
| Backup end:   Tue Jul 27 09:47:19 2004
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Compressing log (boztu.0.200407270940.gz)
| Linking boztu.latest.gz -> boztu.0.200407270940.gz
|------------------------------------------------------------
Thats the full backup done.

A few minutes later, after a few minor changes, a differential backup
undertaken with the command;-
./flexbackup -set boztu -differential=20
[as su]

And this is the result;-
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Backup start: Tue Jul 27 09:56:19 2004
| Backup end:   Tue Jul 27 09:56:36 2004
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Backup of: /mnt/windowsf/documents
Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found at ./flexbackup
line 2288.

/home/boztu is backed up, but it fails every time at attempting to do a
differential or incremental backup of /mnt/windowsf/documents and with
the same error message too.

Can anyone help me sort this out please and get this working properly?

Sharon.

On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 09:19 -0500, Diego Andres Asenjo Gonzalez wrote:
> Hi, how are you ?
> El vie, 23-07-2004 a las 05:41, Sharon Kimble escribi=C3=B3:
> > I'm getting a problem every time that I run flexbackup, and the email t=
o
> > root says this ;-
> > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > | Checking 'buffer' on this machine... Ok
> > | Checking /bin/sh on this machine... bash2
> > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > | Doing incremental backup of docs using zip
> > | Found directory index key 200407161415
> > | Backup set "docs" (/mnt/windowsf/documents)
> > |------------------------------------------------------------
> > | Backup of: /mnt/windowsf/documents
> > Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found at /usr/bin/
> You are probably trying to do a differential backup (level 1) ... that
> tries to backups the difference between the files present "today" and
> the files backed up in the complete backup (or level 0).
>=20
> You have to do a complete backup _before_ try to do a differential
> bakcup.
>=20
> > flexbackup line 2288.
> > |-------------------------------------------------------------
> > and the relevant line form the conf file says ;-
> >=20
> > $set{'docs'} =3D "/mnt/windowsf/documents";
> >=20
> > Can anyone help me sort this out please?=20
> Hoping help you ...
> >=20
> > Every other set works okay on this Fedora Core 2 box, and it works okay
> > if I do it from the command line as '-set all'.
> >=20
> > Thanks
> > Sharon.
>=20
> Bye.

Re: [flexbackup-help] Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found

[Diego A. A. G. <da...@un...>]

Hi, how are you ?
El vie, 23-07-2004 a las 05:41, Sharon Kimble escribi=F3:
> I'm getting a problem every time that I run flexbackup, and the email t=
o
> root says this ;-
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Checking 'buffer' on this machine... Ok
> | Checking /bin/sh on this machine... bash2
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Doing incremental backup of docs using zip
> | Found directory index key 200407161415
> | Backup set "docs" (/mnt/windowsf/documents)
> |------------------------------------------------------------
> | Backup of: /mnt/windowsf/documents
> Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found at /usr/bin/
You are probably trying to do a differential backup (level 1) ... that
tries to backups the difference between the files present "today" and
the files backed up in the complete backup (or level 0).

You have to do a complete backup _before_ try to do a differential
bakcup.

> flexbackup line 2288.
> |-------------------------------------------------------------
> and the relevant line form the conf file says ;-
>=20
> $set{'docs'} =3D "/mnt/windowsf/documents";
>=20
> Can anyone help me sort this out please?=20
Hoping help you ...
>=20
> Every other set works okay on this Fedora Core 2 box, and it works okay
> if I do it from the command line as '-set all'.
>=20
> Thanks
> Sharon.

Bye.
--=20
Diego Andr=E9s Asenjo Gonz=E1lez
Estudiante de Ingenier=EDa en Electr=F3nica y Telecomunicaciones
Coordinador General Grupo GNU/Linux Universidad del Cauca
Monitor =C1rea de Servicios y Servidores de Internet
Socio Avatar LTDA

[flexbackup-help] Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found

[Sharon K. <sha...@li...>]

I'm getting a problem every time that I run flexbackup, and the email to
root says this ;-
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Checking 'buffer' on this machine... Ok
| Checking /bin/sh on this machine... bash2
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Doing incremental backup of docs using zip
| Found directory index key 200407161415
| Backup set "docs" (/mnt/windowsf/documents)
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Backup of: /mnt/windowsf/documents
Can't do a level 1 backup - no level 0 timestamp found at /usr/bin/
flexbackup line 2288.
|-------------------------------------------------------------
and the relevant line form the conf file says ;-

$set{'docs'} = "/mnt/windowsf/documents";

Can anyone help me sort this out please? 

Every other set works okay on this Fedora Core 2 box, and it works okay
if I do it from the command line as '-set all'.

Thanks
Sharon.
-- 
Sharon Kimble <sha...@li...>

[flexbackup-help] Error from find: during remote backup

[Davide B. <db-...@3d...>]

Greetings,
I keep getting errors like the following

   find: /tmp/refdate.26549: No such file or directory
   find: /tmp/refdate.26549: No such file or directory
   find: /tmp/refdate.26549: No such file or directory

during remote backups (a very similar setup for local backup does
not exhibit such errors). I think I've been able to guess where
in the code the problem is, specifically inside file_list_cmd(),
here:

     4918:               if (!defined($::debug)) {
     4919:                   open(LIST,"$find |") || die;
     4920:                   open(NEWLIST,"$write") || die;
     4921:                   while(<LIST>) {
find: /tmp/refdate.29993: No such file or directory
     4958:                   close(LIST);
     4959:                   close(NEWLIST);
     4962:               &line();

and the problem should be with find being passed a -newer option
specifying a reference file which is not yet there or has already
been deleted. Please note I am using -pkgdelta rpm, in case it
matters.

If necessary, I have the full trace of the run above (105 K compressed,
expands to 13,8 MB of text).

Thank you in advance
Davide Bolcioni
-- 
There is no place like /home.

[flexbackup-help] Error

[Diego A. A. G. <da...@un...>]

Hi, how are you ?

I had a problem with flexbackup last nigth that made "crash" all my
backup. In the first directory I was backing up I obtained:

|------------------------------------------------------------
| File number 1, tape index 200407012031
| Backup of: afrodita:/var/spool/mail
| Date of this level 0 backup: Thu Jul 01 22:00:20 2004
| Date of last level 0 backup: the epoch
|------------------------------------------------------------
| ssh -l root afrodita 'printf "Volume Label:\nlevel 0
|   afrodita:/var/spool/mail Thu Jul 01 22:00:20 2004 afio+hardware from
|   hiperion.unicauca.edu.co\n\n" > /tmp/label.4961'
| ssh -l root afrodita 'cd "/var/spool/mail" && (printf
|   "//--/tmp/label.4961 flexbackup.volume_header_info\n" && find .
-depth
|   -xdev ! -type s -print ) | afio -o -z -1 m -b 10k - | buffer -m 10m
-p
|   75 -s 10k -t ; x=3D(${PIPESTATUS[@]}); i=3D0; while [ $i -lt ${#x[@]}=
 ];
do
|   [ ${x[$i]} -eq 0 ] || exit ${x[$i]}; i=3D$(($i+1)); done' | buffer -m
10m
|   -p 75 -s 10k -t -u 100 -B -o "/dev/nst0"
| ssh -l root afrodita 'rm -f /tmp/label.4961'
|------------------------------------------------------------
find: ./eduardo.lock: No such file or directory
afio: "eduardo.lock": No such file or directory
afio: 6891m+796k+0 bytes written in 14091 seconds. The operation was
successful.
Kilobytes Out 7057180
Kilobytes Out 7057180

ERROR: non-zero exit from:
ssh -l root afrodita 'cd "/var/spool/mail" && (printf
"//--/tmp/label.4961 flexbackup.volume_header_info\n" && find . -depth
-xdev ! -type s -print ) | afio -o -z -1 m -b 10k - | buffer -m 10m -p
75 -s 10k -t ; x=3D(${PIPESTATUS[@]}); i=3D0; while [
$i -lt ${#x[@]} ]; do [ ${x[$i]} -eq 0 ] || exit ${x[$i]}; i=3D$(($i+1));
done' | buffer -m 10m -p 75 -s 10k -t -u 100 -B -o "/dev/nst0"

ERROR: exiting
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Backup start: Thu Jul 01 22:00:20 2004
| Backup end:   Fri Jul 02 01:56:00 2004
|------------------------------------------------------------


Do I have to add a line like:=20

$prune{'/var/spool/mail/'}=3D"lock"; ??

What was exactly the problem ? Do you think is better to ignore errors ?

Thanks for your answers. Bye.


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[flexbackup-help] flexbackup -test-tape-drive generates errors

[Rodney D. M. <rd...@Mt...>]

I've been attempting to get my "old" exabyte 8500 8mm tape drive
installed, and working again.

I have /dev/tape symlinked to /dev/st0,and both in the tape group;

ls -la /dev/tape
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     tape            8 Jun 25 14:42 /dev/tape -> /dev/st0
ls -la /dev/st0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     tape       9,   0 Mar 23 13:48 /dev/st0

i've tried 4 different tapes in the machine to try and get things
working.

Either running as "user" or "sudo;

mt -f /dev/tape setblk 32768 -> works fine
mt -f /dev/tape rewind       -> works fine
mt -f /dev/tape erase        -> works fine

find /home/rodney/ -print | afio -o -z -v -b 32k - | dd ibs=32k obs=32k of=/dev/tape

it'll work, and fill up the tape, as advertised.

Yet when I run "flexbackup -test-tape-drive" it'll start rewinding,
etc, and it'll start writing to the tape, and then 5 - 10 minutes into
it, I get these errors in /var/log/messages; 

Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 4
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 8
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 12
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 16
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: hdc: tray open
Jun 29 09:57:03 riverside kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 20


which is my cdrom, and it shouldn't be backing anything up from that
device. 

this will "fill" up a good portion of the log file. The shell will
come back, but the tape looks like it continues to the end of the
tape, and then after 30 or 40 minutes, it will be reset.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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[flexbackup-help] parameters for dump

[<fo...@we...>]

Hi, 
I'm backing up my www with type dump 
but I don't know how to pass the -L parameter.
Can anyone give me a help please
tia
Ron

[flexbackup-help] Compression

[Diego A. A. G. <da...@un...>]

Hi to all!

I'm new on the list.

First of all, congratulations for flexbackup. Its an excellent program.
The code is easy to understand and the documentation is really good.

I have a problem with the hardware compression. When I set compress to
hardware ($compress = 'hardware';) and change the variable of
compression in mt ($mt{'compression'} = 'datcompression';) I obtain the
error:

mt: invalid tape operation `compression'

I think I understand the code and the compression variable cannot be
overrided, and the command is always mt compression 1.

...
if ($operation =~ m/generic-blocksize/) {
	if ($::uname =~ /Linux/) {
                push(@operations,'compression 1');
                } elsif ($::uname =~ /FreeBSD/)
...

Am I right ? Are you going to change the code to allow override this ?

Im going to try changing "compression 1" for "datcompression on" that is
the appropriate  command in my mt program.

Long life to Free Software !!!

Congratulations again.

[flexbackup-help] Extracting some files

[Hugo M. <en...@ge...>]

Hi all!

I want to extract some files from a afio-bzip2 file (from disk). Why 
afio needs to read the whole file to get my files? I think that it would 
be more correct to have an index with all the files and jump in the 
file... don't u think so?

Thanks for the help,
--Hugo

[flexbackup-help] .tar.gz filenames?

[<Oli...@cs...>]

Hi
I have a question. I am backing up several Linux servers to a central
server with lots of disk space and a LTO tape drive.
This is run at night using cron. During the day I backup the backups
onto tape.
I would like to know if I can add the server name to the name of the
tar.gz file? This helps when looking at the contents of a tape that has
many files with the name /home or /etc.
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Also can I get flexbackup to overwrite the files in the destination
directory so there is only one weeks backup on disk.
Cheers
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[flexbackup-help] cat: write error: Input/output error

[Richard B. P. <rp...@ki...>]

Being a complete newby at flexbackup, I need some help. The 
system is Linux 2.4.25 with flexbackup 1.2.1a trying to backup 
to an HP T4000s SCSI tape drive.

I am getting:

cat: write error: Input/output error
afio: "-" [offset 200k+0]: Fatal error:
afio: "-": Broken pipe

I tried changing afio to dump and get:

cat: write error: Input/output error
  DUMP: Broken pipe
  DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.

ERROR from backup, exiting
offending command(s):
dump -0 -a -f - /home | gzip -4 | cat > "/dev/nst0"

In trying to troubleshoot this, the first thing I noticed was 
that the tapedrive doesn't seem to want to change blocksize:

# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x45 (QIC-3095-MC (TR-
4)).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
 BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
# mt -f /dev/nst0 defblksize 32768
# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x45 (QIC-3095-MC (TR-
4)).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
 BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN

I then tried:

#find /home -print | afio -o -z -v -b 32k - | dd ibs=32k obs=32k 
of=/dev/nst0

and get:

dd: writing to `/dev/nst0': Input/output error
6+0 records in
5+0 records out
afio: "-" [offset 224k+0]: Fatal error:
afio: "-": Broken pipe

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

--Richard