amdump creates no backup

[bv_chris]

Hello again.

Woohsa a part success.
This time i was able to amrecover and set a disk and it accepted it.
So the index problem is solved(i hope).
But i encounterd a strange phenomen.
I tried to amcheck my conf but the client check ran on a disc.
I didn't change anything in the amandahost files, etc... so i just restarted the xinetd service and voila the check ran through without a problem.

Anyways. So i tried to extract my backups in a test dir. This is what was displayed:

root@amanda-client:/test # /usr/sbin/amrecover testbu -t amanda-server -s amanda-server
AMRECOVER Version 2.5.0p2. Contacting server on amanda-server ...
220 amanda-server AMANDA index server (2.5.0p2) ready.
200 Access OK
Setting restore date to today (2011-05-26)
200 Working date set to 2011-05-26.
Scanning /backups/amanda...
200 Config set to testbu.
200 Dump host set to amanda-client.
Trying disk / ...
Trying disk rootfs ...
Can't determine disk and mount point from $CWD '/test'
amrecover> setdisk /etc
200 Disk set to /etc.
amrecover> add *
Added dir /yum at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /yum.repos.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /yum.conf
Added dir /xinetd.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /xinetd.conf
Added dir /vmware-tools at date 2011-05-26
Added /virc
Added dir /udev at date 2011-05-26
Added /termcap
Added /tcsd.conf
Added /syslog.conf
Added /sysctl.conf
Added dir /sysconfig at date 2011-05-26
Added /sudoers.org
Added /sudoers
Added dir /ssh at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /snmp at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /skel at date 2011-05-26
Added /shells
Added /shadow-
Added /shadow
Added /sestatus.conf
Added /services.org
Added /services
Added /sensors.conf
Added dir /selinux at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /security at date 2011-05-26
Added /securetty.org
Added /securetty
Added /scsi_id.config
Added dir /sasl2 at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /rwtab.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /rwtab
Added dir /rpm at date 2011-05-26
Added /rpc
Added /resolv.conf
Added /request-key.conf
Added /redhat-release
Added /rc6.d
Added /rc5.d
Added /rc4.d
Added /rc3.d
Added /rc2.d
Added /rc1.d
Added /rc0.d
Added /rc.sysinit
Added /rc.local
Added dir /rc.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /rc
Added /protocols
Added /profile.org
Added dir /profile.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /profile
Added /printcap
Added dir /prelink.conf.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /prelink.conf
Added /prelink.cache
Added dir /ppp at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /pm at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /pki at date 2011-05-26
Added /passwd-
Added /passwd
Added dir /pango at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /pam.d at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /opt at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /openldap at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /ntp at date 2011-05-26
Added /ntp.conf.org
Added /ntp.conf
Added /nsswitch.conf.org
Added /nsswitch.conf
Added /nscd.conf
Added dir /netplug at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /netplug.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /multipath.conf
Added /mtab
Added /motd
Added dir /modprobe.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /modprobe.conf~
Added /modprobe.conf.BeforeVMwareToolsInstall
Added /modprobe.conf
Added /mke2fs.conf
Added /man.config
Added dir /makedev.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /mail.rc
Added dir /lvm at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /logrotate.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /logrotate.conf
Added /loginusers
Added /login.defs
Added /localtime
Added /libuser.conf
Added /libaudit.conf
Added /ldap.conf.org
Added /ldap.conf
Added dir /ld.so.conf.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /ld.so.conf
Added /ld.so.cache
Added /krb5.conf
Added /issue.net
Added /issue
Added dir /iproute2 at date 2011-05-26
Added /inputrc
Added /inittab.org
Added /inittab
Added /initlog.conf
Added /init.d
Added /hosts.org
Added /hosts.deny
Added /hosts.allow
Added /hosts
Added /host.conf
Added dir /hal at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /gtk-2.0 at date 2011-05-26
Added /gshadow-
Added /gshadow
Added /grub.conf
Added /group-
Added /group
Added dir /gcrypt at date 2011-05-26
Added /fstab
Added /freshclam.conf
Added dir /fonts at date 2011-05-26
Added /filesystems
Added /exports
Added /environment
Added dir /dev.d at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /depmod.d at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /default at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /dbus-1 at date 2011-05-26
Added /csh.login
Added /csh.cshrc
Added /crontab
Added dir /cron.weekly at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /cron.monthly at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /cron.hourly at date 2011-05-26
Added /cron.deny
Added dir /cron.daily at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /cron.d at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /blkid at date 2011-05-26
Added /bashrc
Added /amandates
Added dir /amanda at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /alternatives at date 2011-05-26
Added /aliases
Added /aide.conf
Added dir /adsm at date 2011-05-26
Added /adjtime
Added dir /X11 at date 2011-05-26
Added /TIVGUID
Added /DIR_COLORS.xterm
Added /DIR_COLORS
Added /.pwd.lock
Added dir / at date 2011-05-26
amrecover> extract

Extracting files using tape drive changer on host amanda-server.
The following tapes are needed: testbu-5

Restoring files into directory /test
Continue [?/Y/n]? Y

Extracting files using tape drive changer on host amanda-server.
Load tape testbu-5 now
Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? Y
amrecover: Could not read from control socket: Success

So my guess is that something goes wrong with the changer. Or is it a socket error?

[bv_chris]

Ok i somehow succeded in telling amrecove wich tapedive it should use:

amrecover> extract
Extract list empty - No files to extract!
amrecover> add *
Added dir /yum at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /yum.repos.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /yum.conf
Added dir /xinetd.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /xinetd.conf
Added dir /vmware-tools at date 2011-05-26
Added /virc
Added dir /udev at date 2011-05-26
Added /termcap
Added /tcsd.conf
Added /syslog.conf
Added /sysctl.conf
Added dir /sysconfig at date 2011-05-26
Added /sudoers.org
Added /sudoers
Added dir /ssh at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /snmp at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /skel at date 2011-05-26
Added /shells
Added /shadow-
Added /shadow
Added /sestatus.conf
Added /services.org
Added /services
Added /sensors.conf
Added dir /selinux at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /security at date 2011-05-26
Added /securetty.org
Added /securetty
Added /scsi_id.config
Added dir /sasl2 at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /rwtab.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /rwtab
Added dir /rpm at date 2011-05-26
Added /rpc
Added /resolv.conf
Added /request-key.conf
Added /redhat-release
Added /rc6.d
Added /rc5.d
Added /rc4.d
Added /rc3.d
Added /rc2.d
Added /rc1.d
Added /rc0.d
Added /rc.sysinit
Added /rc.local
Added dir /rc.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /rc
Added /protocols
Added /profile.org
Added dir /profile.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /profile
Added /printcap
Added dir /prelink.conf.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /prelink.conf
Added /prelink.cache
Added dir /ppp at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /pm at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /pki at date 2011-05-26
Added /passwd-
Added /passwd
Added dir /pango at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /pam.d at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /opt at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /openldap at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /ntp at date 2011-05-26
Added /ntp.conf.org
Added /ntp.conf
Added /nsswitch.conf.org
Added /nsswitch.conf
Added /nscd.conf
Added dir /netplug at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /netplug.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /multipath.conf
Added /mtab
Added /motd
Added dir /modprobe.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /modprobe.conf~
Added /modprobe.conf.BeforeVMwareToolsInstall
Added /modprobe.conf
Added /mke2fs.conf
Added /man.config
Added dir /makedev.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /mail.rc
Added dir /lvm at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /logrotate.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /logrotate.conf
Added /loginusers
Added /login.defs
Added /localtime
Added /libuser.conf
Added /libaudit.conf
Added /ldap.conf.org
Added /ldap.conf
Added dir /ld.so.conf.d at date 2011-05-26
Added /ld.so.conf
Added /ld.so.cache
Added /krb5.conf
Added /issue.net
Added /issue
Added dir /iproute2 at date 2011-05-26
Added /inputrc
Added /inittab.org
Added /inittab
Added /initlog.conf
Added /init.d
Added /hosts.org
Added /hosts.deny
Added /hosts.allow
Added /hosts
Added /host.conf
Added dir /hal at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /gtk-2.0 at date 2011-05-26
Added /gshadow-
Added /gshadow
Added /grub.conf
Added /group-
Added /group
Added dir /gcrypt at date 2011-05-26
Added /fstab
Added /freshclam.conf
Added dir /fonts at date 2011-05-26
Added /filesystems
Added /exports
Added /environment
Added dir /dev.d at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /depmod.d at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /default at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /dbus-1 at date 2011-05-26
Added /csh.login
Added /csh.cshrc
Added /crontab
Added dir /cron.weekly at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /cron.monthly at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /cron.hourly at date 2011-05-26
Added /cron.deny
Added dir /cron.daily at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /cron.d at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /blkid at date 2011-05-26
Added /bashrc
Added /amandates
Added dir /amanda at date 2011-05-26
Added dir /alternatives at date 2011-05-26
Added /aliases
Added /aide.conf
Added dir /adsm at date 2011-05-26
Added /adjtime
Added dir /X11 at date 2011-05-26
Added /TIVGUID
Added /DIR_COLORS.xterm
Added /DIR_COLORS
Added /.pwd.lock
Added dir / at date 2011-05-26
amrecover> extract

Extracting files using tape drive testbu-5 on host amanda-server.
The following tapes are needed: testbu-5

Restoring files into directory /test
Continue [?/Y/n]? Y

Extracting files using tape drive testbu-5 on host amanda-server.
Load tape testbu-5 now
Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? t
New tape device [?]: file:/backups/testbu/slots/data
Using tape "file:/backups/testbu/slots/data" from server amanda-server.
Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? y
Please insert tape testbu-5. Continue? [Y|n]: y
Please insert tape testbu-5. Continue? [Y|n]: y
Please insert tape testbu-5. Continue? [Y|n]: y
Please insert tape testbu-5. Continue? [Y|n]: y

i say y, but it does nothing.

i manually loaded the tape (here it's tape 5) !

amanda@amanda-server:~ $ /usr/sbin/amtape testbu slot 5
changer: got exit: 0 str: 5 file:/backups/testbu/slots
amtape: changed to slot 5 on file:/backups/testbu/slots
amanda@amanda-server:~ $ /usr/sbin/ammt -t file:/backups/testbu/slots/ rewind
amanda@amanda-server:~ $ /usr/sbin/amadmin testbu find
Scanning /backups/amanda...

date       host          disk lv tape or file file part status
2011-05-26 amanda-client /etc  0 testbu-5        1   -- OK
amanda@amanda-server:~ $ /usr/sbin/amtape testbu slot 5
changer: got exit: 0 str: 5 file:/backups/testbu/slots
amtape: changed to slot 5 on file:/backups/testbu/slots
amanda@amanda-server:~ $ /usr/sbin/ammt -t file:/backups/testbu/slots/ rewind
amanda@amanda-server:~ $ /usr/sbin/amadmin testbu find
Scanning /backups/amanda...

date       host          disk lv tape or file file part status
2011-05-26 amanda-client /etc  0 testbu-5        1   -- OK

so it is the correct tape. it is loaded. what am i missing?


and a side-question: were are the debug files? i dont have a /tmp/amanda directory...

######

i just finished restoring a tape manually:

/usr/sbin/amrestore file:/backups/testbu/slots -l testbu-5
amrestore:   1: restoring amanda-client._etc.20110526.0
amrestore:   2: reached end of tape: date 20110526
amanda@amanda-server:~ $ ls
amanda-client._etc.20110526.0  extracted
amanda@amanda-server:~ $

so i conclude that there must be a configuration issue with amrestore... Anyone a guess?

[bv_chris]

Hello again.
After another week of working with amanda i hit a new problem.
As i described in a earlier post, i wasn't able to recover a backup but restore it.
Now i hit a dead end again, when i try to create a new backup and amrecover it.

AMRECOVER Version 2.5.0p2. Contacting server on amanda-server ...
220 amanda-server AMANDA index server (2.5.0p2) ready.
200 Access OK
Setting restore date to today (2011-05-31)
200 Working date set to 2011-05-31.
Scanning /backups/amanda...
200 Config set to testbu.
200 Dump host set to amanda-client.
Trying disk / ...
Trying disk rootfs ...
Can't determine disk and mount point from $CWD '/'
amrecover> setdisk /etc
200 Disk set to /etc.
No index records for disk for specified date
If date correct, notify system administrator
amrecover> quit
200 Good bye.

The log on the server says:

amtrmidx: debug 1 pid 21804 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Tue May 31 11:49:33 2011
/usr/lib64/amanda/amtrmidx: version 2.5.0p2
amanda-client /test
rm /backups/testbu/index/amanda-client/_test/20110531_0.gz
amtrmidx: pid 21804 finish time Tue May 31 11:49:33 2011

Why does it delete the index file? That shouldn't happen.

Another problem is. I need to restart the xinetd service on the client after roughly 5mins otherwise the server can't connect to it anymore. I don't know what this is causing, any guesses?

[martineau]

Amanda remove index file if the backup is no longer on tape.
Are you sure the backup succeeded and is still on tape?

[bv_chris]

amanda@amanda-server:/ $ /usr/sbin/amadmin testbu find
Scanning /backups/amanda...

date       host          disk  lv tape or file file part status
2011-05-31 amanda-client /test  0 testbu-1        1   -- OK

So it should be there.

amanda@amanda-server:/ $ ls  -oast /backups/testbu/index/amanda-client/_test/
8 drwxr-sr-x 2 amanda 4096 May 31 12:13 .
8 -rw------- 1 amanda  309 May 31 12:00 20110531_0
8 drwxrwxrwx 4 amanda 4096 May 31 11:39 ..

i reseted my tapes with relabeling them. but don't i need to delete other things too?
i read somewhere that for amrecover the logs are required too?

[martineau]

In amrecover you did: setdisk /etc
But you show index for /test dle?
Please post information for same dle, do not mix dle in bug report.

[bv_chris]

ok. I don't know what i did know. But setdisk gives me no index error but it stops again at extracting the data...
Man it is so confusing

AMRECOVER Version 2.5.0p2. Contacting server on amanda-server ...
220 amanda-server AMANDA index server (2.5.0p2) ready.
200 Access OK
Setting restore date to today (2011-05-31)
200 Working date set to 2011-05-31.
Scanning /backups/amanda...
200 Config set to testbu.
200 Dump host set to amanda-client.
Trying disk / ...
Trying disk rootfs ...
Can't determine disk and mount point from $CWD '/'
amrecover> setdisk /test
200 Disk set to /test.
amrecover> setdisk /etc
501 Disk amanda-client:/etc is not in your disklist.
amrecover> setdisk /tset
501 Disk amanda-client:/tset is not in your disklist.
amrecover> setdisk /test
200 Disk set to /test.
amrecover> add *
Added /test_9
Added /test_8
Added /test_7
Added /test_6
Added /test_5
Added /test_4
Added /test_3
Added /test_22
Added /test_21
Added /test_20
Added /test_2
Added /test_19
Added /test_18
Added /test_17
Added /test_16
Added /test_15
Added /test_14
Added /test_13
Added /test_12
Added /test_11
Added /test_10
Added /test_1
Added /pewpew_9
Added /pewpew_8
Added /pewpew_7
Added /pewpew_6
Added /pewpew_5
Added /pewpew_4
Added /pewpew_3
Added /pewpew_2
Added /pewpew_10
Added /pewpew_1
Added /pewpew_
Added /pewpew
Added dir / at date 2011-05-31
amrecover> extract

Extracting files using tape drive changer on host amanda-server.
The following tapes are needed: testbu-1

Restoring files into directory /
Continue [?/Y/n]? n
amrecover> lcd /test
amrecover> extract

Extracting files using tape drive changer on host amanda-server.
The following tapes are needed: testbu-1

Restoring files into directory /test
Continue [?/Y/n]? y

Extracting files using tape drive changer on host amanda-server.
Load tape testbu-1 now
Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? y
amrecover: Could not read from control socket: Success

and it brakes.
I tryed some things, see in above post, but to no chance. Works not.

[bv_chris]

tpchanger "chg-disk"    # the tape-changer glue script
tapedev "file:/backups/testbu/slots"    # the no-rewind tape device to be used
#rawtapedev "/dev/null" # the raw device to be used (ftape only)
#changerfile "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/changer"
#changerfile "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/changer-status"
changerfile "/etc/amanda/testbu/changer"
changerdev "/backups/testbu/slots"

when i say: settape xxx what does it expect? the "changer" ? or "chg-disk"?

[martineau]

settape require a device (tapedev) unless you do the following to allow amrecover to works with the changer:

Add the following in amanda.conf:
amrecover_changer "changer"

Then in amrecover:
settape changer

[bv_chris]

i have this in my conf.
amrecover-changer "changer"

so theoretically i can use changer or file:/backups/testbu/slots

but both options quote me :

amrecover> settape file:/backups/testbu/slots
Using tape "file:/backups/testbu/slots" from server amanda-server.
amrecover> extract

Extracting files using tape drive file:/backups/testbu/slots on host amanda-server.
The following tapes are needed: testbu-1

Restoring files into directory /test
Continue [?/Y/n]? y

Extracting files using tape drive file:/backups/testbu/slots on host amanda-server.
Load tape testbu-1 now
Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? y
amrecover: Could not read from control socket: Success

and

amrecover> settape changer
Using tape "changer" from server amanda-server.
amrecover> extract

Extracting files using tape drive changer on host amanda-server.
The following tapes are needed: testbu-1

Restoring files into directory /test
Continue [?/Y/n]? y

Extracting files using tape drive changer on host amanda-server.
Load tape testbu-1 now
Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? y
amrecover: Could not read from control socket: Success

the amrecover log contains :

amrecover: bind_portrange2: trying port=703
amrecover: stream_client_privileged: connected to 192.168.1.242.10083
amrecover: stream_client_privileged: our side is 0.0.0.0.703
amrecover: try_socksize: receive buffer size is 65536
amrecover: Could not read from control socket: Success

amrecover: pid 1557 finish time Tue May 31 12:44:32 2011

I'm guessing that it has something to do with the .amandahosts or xinetd services, but i don't know what.
Any cmd or advice?

The port 10083 is used by
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:10083 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:amidxtape *:* LISTEN
for what is amidxtape needed?
and why can't the client connect through it?
.amandahost on amanda-server:

amanda-client root amindexd amidxtaped