I sent a reply yesterday, but think the MS O365 server didn't like it. Let's see if this one gets to the amanda-users list.
Pieter ________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Deb Baddorf <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2025 2:28 PM To: [email protected]; gene heskett; Debra Baddorf Subject: Re: found initial debian setup instructs The list still works, but I don't know if people are still actively using amanda. My group was, but I retired in 2021. And they may have switched since then. But in any case, there's nobody on this list for it. Well, I mean, I'm here, but I don't check email very often, and I don't remember much of my amanda details. But you can consider this a PING to see if anybody else is here? Deb Baddorf formerly of Fermilab On Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 03:38:41 PM EDT, gene heskett <[email protected]> wrote: On 8/10/25 08:34, gene heskett wrote: is this list still alive? if not, where did it move to? > And have edited /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf and disklist in the > same dir to get this from amcheck DailySet1: > backup@amanda:/etc/amanda/DailySet1$ amcheck DailySet1 > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > ----------------------------- > NOTE: tapelist file does not exists > it will be created on the next run > NOTE: Holding disk '/hold/DailySet1/': 767950848 KB disk space > available, using 767848448 KB > NOTE: logdir '/var/log/amanda/DailySet1' (No such file or directory) > you must create directory > Warning: Identity file /var/backups/.ssh/id_rsa_amanda not accessible: > No such file or directory. > Host key verification failed. > slot 0:Slot 0 not found > slot ?:Slot not found > ERROR: Slot not found > NOTE: conf info dir '/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo' does not exist > it will be created on the next run > NOTE: index dir '/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/index' does not exist > it will be created on the next run > Server check took 0.933 seconds > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > ERROR: amanda.coyote.den: selfcheck request failed: error sending REQ: > write error to: Broken pipe > Client check: 1 host checked in 1.084 seconds. 1 problem found. > (brought to you by Amanda 3.5.1) (which I thought was 3.5.4 when I > installed it from bookworms repo's) > > So I'm making progress in microsteps. However those 2 missing log and > database directories default to someplace on the u-sd card it boots > from. And I see both as abuse of the life of the u-sd, not to mention > its glacially slow. It also so far knows nothing about the raid6 it > will use for vtapes. Assume I make 100 tapes, is there enough room in > dm-1 below for the log AND ALL database files?? Its nearly 15G. > > root@amanda:/usr/share/doc/amanda-server/examples# df /dm-1 (is > onboard 16G eMMC=fast) > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/mmcblk1p1 14923320 28 14143620 1% /dm-1 > > For the curious, vtapes will be in: > root@amanda:/usr/share/doc/amanda-server/examples# df /myraid > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/mapper/vg0-myraid 11272913680 1055760 11271857920 1% /myraid > > IOW just over 11 TiB. And even with monitor, much less than 100 watts > power drain. > > Thank you, all. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis
