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== amandad ==
 
== amandad ==
 
* [[Addr 0.0.0.0: hostname lookup failed]]
 
* [[Addr 0.0.0.0: hostname lookup failed]]
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== amcheck ==
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* [[Access as localuser not allowed from remoteuser@remotehost]]
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* [[Amcheck cannot login as the amanda user]]
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* [[Configuration keyword expected]]
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* [[Not an amanda tape]]
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* [[Numerical argument out of domain]]
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* [[Port NNNN is not secure]]
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* [[Selfcheck request failed]]
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* [[Why does amcheck fail while amdump succeeds?]]
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== amdump ==
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* [[Amdump Only Creates Incremental Dumps in Holding Disk]]
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* [[Amdump fails to create level 0 dumps]]
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* [[Amdump is terribly slow]]
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* [[Cannot overwrite active tape]]
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* [[Data timeout]]
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* [[Disk offline]]
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* [[Dump returned 1]]
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* [[Dump size is the same regardless of the backup level]]
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* [[Dumps way too big, must skip incremental dumps]]
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* [[Infofile update failed]]
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* [[Memory allocation failed]]
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* [[Mesg read: Connection reset by peer]]
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* [[Planner: ERROR amanda user is not allowed to execute the service noop]]
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* [[Results missing]]
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* [[Sendbackup error: no backup size line]]
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* [[Tape Input/Output error]]
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* [[Unexpected field value in snapshot file]]
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== amflush ==
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* [[Tape Input-Output error]]
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== amrecover ==
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* [[500 Access not allowed]]
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* [[Amrecover: wildcard characters in filenames]]
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* [[Could not read config file /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf]]
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* [[EOF, check amidxtaped.debug]]
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* [[No index records for host/disk]]
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* [[Why does `amrecover` start over and over again, when I tell it to extract from tape?]] * [[Why does amrecover erase files?]]
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== amrestore ==
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* [[Amrestore: "$" character in the filename to be restored]]
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= Error Messages =
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Amanda's error messages can sometimes be misleading; this section is indexed by the text of the message.
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* [[500 Access not allowed]]
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* [[Access as localuser not allowed from remoteuser@remotehost]]
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* [[Addr 0.0.0.0: hostname lookup failed]]
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* [[Amcheck cannot login as the amanda user]]
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* [[Amdump fails to create level 0 dumps]]
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* [[Can not read/write /etc/amandates: Permission denied]] * [[Cannot overwrite active tape]]
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* [[Client configured for auth=bsd while server requested 'bsdudp']]
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* [[Client does not support DUMPER-API]]
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* [[Configuration keyword expected]]
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* [[Could not read config file /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf]]
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* [[Data timeout]]
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* [[Disk offline]]
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* [[Dump returned 1]]
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* [[Dumps way too big, must skip incremental dumps]]
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* [[EOF, check amidxtaped.debug]]
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* [[Infofile update failed]]
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* [[Memory allocation failed]]
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* [[Mesg read: Connection reset by peer]]
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* [[No index records for host/disk]]
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* [[Planner: ERROR amanda user is not allowed to execute the service noop]]
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* [[Results missing]]
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* [[Selfcheck request failed]]
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* [[Selfcheck request timed out]]
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* [[Sendbackup error: no backup size line]]
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* [[Tape Input/Output error]]
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* [[Unexpected field value in snapshot file]]
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= By Topic =
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== Filenames ==
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* [[Amrecover: wildcard characters in filenames]]
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* [[Amrestore: "$" character in the filename to be restored]]
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== Network ==
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* [[500 Access not allowed]]
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* [[Access as localuser not allowed from remoteuser@remotehost]]
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* [[Client configured for auth=bsd while server requested 'bsdudp']]
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* [[Port NNNN is not secure]]
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* [[Reverse DNS Gives an Incorrect Hostname For My Server or Client]]
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* [[Selfcheck request failed]]
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* [[Selfcheck request timed out:]]
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== Restoring ==
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* [[Amanda Configuration or Data is Lost in a Crash]]
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* [[Why does amrecover erase files?]]
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== Tape Drives ==
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* [[My Tape Drive is Malfunctioning]]
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* [[Not an amanda tape]]
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* [[Numerical argument out of domain]]
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== Tape Spanning ==
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* [[Memory allocation failed]]

Revision as of 23:34, 22 May 2007

Pages linked from here describe common problems with Amanda, their causes, and their solutions. The same article may be linked under several different categories.

By Application

amandad

amcheck

amdump

amflush

amrecover

amrestore

Error Messages

Amanda's error messages can sometimes be misleading; this section is indexed by the text of the message.

By Topic

Filenames

Network

Restoring

Tape Drives

Tape Spanning