gmane.linux.mondo.devel

Fedora 17 and grub 2...

NA — 2013-05-20T18:52:01

Are there special instructions for getting mindi-2.1.5 to work with Fedora 17?

Mindi bombs out with cannot find grub.  I think mindi is expecting  
grub 1 instead
of grub 2.

I'd attach logs, but there doesn't seem to be anything useful in them.


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Mindi bootdisk can't find libkmod.so.2,can't mount external storage

Will Hopper — 2013-05-19T02:26:33

Hi all,

I'm having a problem with my mindi boot disk functionality. When booting
from the usb, I get an error "can't find libkmod.so.2", when modprobe is
called during mounting the usb. The lib file is not in the ramdisk, so this
is accurate. However, the mindi log shows that the file is included. Adding
it to deplist.txt has no effect. This is reproducible using both mondo, and
mindi independently of mondo, and with versions 2.1.4 and 2.1.5. The system
I'm backing up is debian testing (jessie), with libkmod2 version 9-3.

Is there a way i can force this to be included, perhaps with a line in
/etc/mindi.conf?
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2 small troubles to finalize a DR with mondorestoreon Ubuntu distro

Philippe Lefevre — 2013-05-12T07:48:53

Hi list,

To let you know 2 small troubles I had in case it may help.

Booting from a mondorescue CD, I successfully restored my linux ext3 and 
LVM partitions but at the end of the process, I had an issue with the 
advise to use mkinitrd.

My distro is Ubuntu 10.04 (I know it is pretty old, but I need a good 
backup before to upgrade it ;) ).
Ubuntu doesn't use mkinitrd anymore but initramfs instead.
(Mondo Rescue release is 3.0.3-r3091)

IMHO, in order to help all of those like me, are not familiar with the 
boot operation, it may help to mention it in the message displayed by 
mondorestore just before to get chrooted.

Another small issue: My device /dev/sda7 is a LVM2 partition (0x8e) and
a line containing "/dev/sda7    lvm" was written into fstab.
It causes some errors while booting. This line should be removed.

Regards,
Philippe

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Do am I the things right?

Philippe Lefevre — 2013-05-08T23:10:28

Hi list,
I'm afraid that's the way I build my backups is wrong.
Anyone could tell me if/where I'm wrong?

I'm still not able to restore any NTFS partitions so finally, I had to 
use a simple dd gziped.
Then, doing some tries with linux partitions I am facing quite a similar 
issue: mondorestore always displays config/archives files are not found.
As I know this software is well used elsewhere, I suppose my procedure 
somewhere is wrong.

I have a 1To usb disk to save mainly 2 systems (1 server and 1 laptop).
It is organized like this:
The disk is mounted as /media/svg
server/distro/timestamp/syssys_timestamp-1.iso
sys_timestamp-2.iso
....
server/ntfs/timestamp/vistavista_timestamp-1.iso
vista_timestamp-2.iso
....
laptop/distro/timestamp/syslap_timestamp-1.iso
lap_timestamp-2.iso
....
laptop/ntfs/timestamp/xpxp_timestamp-1.iso
xp_timestamp-2.iso
....

To Simulate a DR, I do:
- replace the main disk by a new empty hard disk already partitionned 
and formatted (it

Mondorestore keeps asking to "Insert isofs #1"

Will Hopper — 2013-05-08T20:07:19

Hi all,

Due to an unfortunate series of events, my debian server got interupted
during an upgrade to the new 7.0, and was very confused about what to
install. So, I thought I would just restore, and start over on the upgrade.

I launched mondorestore over an ssh connection, chose restore from hard
drive, selected the .iso from my external drive, selected my files, and
went to restore. Then i was asked to "insert isofs #1 and press enter", but
it never could locate the iso, and I couldn't interupt the process. I could
hear the disk drive moving each time I hit enter

I was forced to kill the terminal, and I could not open another ssh
connection to try again. I had to restart, and now the system is
unbootable.

I can't get logs off the machine right now, have to borrow a screen so I
can boot it up from a restore disk. What can I do to get mondorestore to
get find the iso?
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---FATALERROR--- Failed to generate boot+data disks

2013-05-07T12:32:18

Hello,

Can you help us with these issue?

We tried in two ways: to save on NFS share and locally.

/usr/sbin/mondoarchive -OV -i -d //tmp/mm -p "test1" -f1  -N  -s 4480m -E 
"/backup"

Both cases following error is present:

Your backup will probably occupy a single ISO. Maybe two.
Done.
Copying Mondo's core files to the scratch directory
Done.
Calling MINDI to create boot+data disks
Your boot loader is GRUB and it boots from 1
Waiting for 'echo hi > /var/mondo.tmp.x1ueoM/mojo-jojo.bla.bla ; mindi 
--custo
Mindi failed to create your boot+data disks.
Fatal error... Failed to generate boot+data disks
---FATALERROR--- Failed to generate boot+data disks
If you require technical support, please contact the mailing list.
See http://www.mondorescue.org for details.
The list's members can help you, if you attach that file to your e-mail.
Log file: /var/log/mondoarchive.log
Mondo has aborted.
Execution run ended; result=254
Type 'less /var/log/mondoarchive.log' to see the output log

Backing up 1's MBR
dd: opening

[ANNOUNCE] Mindi 2.1.5 is now available

Bruno Cornec — 2013-05-06T23:02:39

Mindi 2.1.5 is now available

The project team is happy to announce the availability of a newest version of
mindi 2.1.5. Enjoy it as usual! and get details at http://
brunocornec.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/an-intermediate-2-1-5-mindi-version/

Now available at ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org

asianux/2/x86_64/                        asianux/3/i386/
mindi-2.1.5-1.asx2.x86_64.rpm            mindi-2.1.5-1.asx3.i386.rpm
asianux/3/x86_64/                        debian/3.1/mindi_2.1.5-1_i386.deb
mindi-2.1.5-1.asx3.x86_64.rpm
debian/4.0/mindi_2.1.5-1_amd64.deb       debian/5.0/mindi_2.1.5-1_i386.deb
debian/6.0/mindi_2.1.5-1_i386.deb        fedora/10/i386/
                                         mindi-2.1.5-1.fc10.i386.rpm
fedora/10/x86_64/                        fedora/11/i386/
mindi-2.1.5-1.fc10.x86_64.rpm            mindi-2.1.5-1.fc11.i586.rpm
fedora/11/x86_64/                        fedora/12/i386/
mindi-2.1.5-1.fc11.x86_64.rpm            mindi-2.1.5-1.fc12.i386.rpm
fedora/12/x86_64/                        fedora/13/i3

Mondo/Mindi on Fedora17

Robert E Laughlin — 2013-05-06T00:04:38

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Hello;

I know that it has been mentioned before, but I got the latest Mindi
today.  I stared a Monoarchive back up.  Mindi do 43 minutes to run.
The time is OK, so this is just FYI.

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Mondorescue - backup over NFS wants to restore from CD

Jurek C — 2013-05-04T09:30:16

I've done backup over NFS, everything is fine. Backup is done with:
mount linuxnfs:/nfs -t nfs /mnt/nfs
mondoarchive -OVn linuxnfs:/nfs -I "/"
umount /mnt/nfs

Next I boot from flash usb (with /var/cache/mindi/mondorescue.iso) and
receive error:
/dev/loop0 on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
Optimizing IDE drive access...cat: can't open '/tmp/CDROM-LIVES-HERE': No
such file or directory
I don't know where the CDROM lives. Optimization cancelled.
Executing preliminary script
The mondorestore command was not found on your backup media
It may mean your device is not seen correctly.
Check driver list and error messages.
Type 'exit' to reboot the PC
sh-3.2#

The question is: why it tries to restore from CD when backup was done over
NFS?

Interesting thing - NFS share is mounted and I can see the backup files:
sh-3.2# df
Filesystem    1K-blocks   Used     Available   Use%   Mounted on
none          5120        128      4992        3%     /dev
none          61454545    0        5656565     0%     /dev/shm
/dev/shm

Max file name length

Paul Noonan — 2013-05-03T08:19:05

Hi all,

Great software.

Mondo Archive v3.0.3-r3091 on ubuntu
In /var/log/mondoarchive.log I'm seeing lots of

[Main] libmondo-filelist.c->chop_filelist#271: Warning - truncating file '....' name

I've replaced the flle name with ...

The file names are generated by ecryptfs, so if they are not identical a restore would be of no use.

Is there an option to allow the max length under linux, or are there any plans to remove this restrition?

Many Thanks
Paul
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VolGroup-lv_home

Steven Morton — 2013-05-01T09:17:32

Hi

 

Can anybody help me, I have created a backup of my Centos 6.4 which goes OK
but when I try to restore using 'Automatically' it starts to format the
drives but stops with error "Could not mount device(s) /dev/VolGroup/lv_home
- shall I abort".

 

Am I doing something wrong during Backup (I use this command to Backup with
'mondoarchive -Oi -d /media/Vol2 -E '/media' -p `hostname`-`date +%Y-%m-%d`
or can someone point me in the right direction.

 

Sorry I am unable to attach the logs as I cant get them off the machine due
to no network.

 

Thank you

 

Steven

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---FATALERROR--- Failed to generate boot+data disks

2013-04-29T11:22:10

Hello,

Can you help us with these issue?

We tried in two ways: to save on NFS share and locally.

/usr/sbin/mondoarchive -OV -i -d //tmp/mm -p "test1" -f1  -N  -s 4480m -E 
"/backup"

Both cases following error is present:

Your backup will probably occupy a single ISO. Maybe two.
Done.
Copying Mondo's core files to the scratch directory
Done.
Calling MINDI to create boot+data disks
Your boot loader is GRUB and it boots from 1
Waiting for 'echo hi > /var/mondo.tmp.x1ueoM/mojo-jojo.bla.bla ; mindi 
--custo
Mindi failed to create your boot+data disks.
Fatal error... Failed to generate boot+data disks
---FATALERROR--- Failed to generate boot+data disks
If you require technical support, please contact the mailing list.
See http://www.mondorescue.org for details.
The list's members can help you, if you attach that file to your e-mail.
Log file: /var/log/mondoarchive.log
Mondo has aborted.
Execution run ended; result=254
Type 'less /var/log/mondoarchive.log' to see the output log

Backing up 1's MBR
dd: opening

Experiences with backing up to / restoring from SSHFS

Nikolaos Milas — 2013-04-26T15:49:20

People who use SSHFS for backing up / restoring from using mondo, can 
you please share your experiences?

Stability, issues, suggestions?

Currently I am backing up each box locally in ISOs and then I am scp'ing 
them (i.e. the ISOs) on two backup servers (and removing them from local 
filesystem afterwards, of course).

But I am thinking of possibly using SSHFS instead.

My current command (run from a cron script):

mondoarchive -O -V -i -z -s 4480m -d /path/to/backup/dir -I / -E 
"/path/to/backup/dir|/excluded/dir1|/excluded/dir2" -9

Would you suggest using a different backup format than ISOs when backing 
up with SSHFS?

Any proposed full mondoarchive comand?

Any ideas / experience will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Nick



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sftp/http backup/restore support

Nikolaos Milas — 2013-04-26T08:40:52

Hello,

I would like to ask whether mondo supports or is planning support for 
backing up to an sftp location and restoring from backups over sftp/http.

Thanks,
Nick

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Centos compatibility

2013-04-17T00:44:09

Would the current version of Mondo work with Centos? Since Centos is not on
the list. 

 

Thanks

 

Kamran

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http://trac.mondorescue.org/ticket/397

Phil Dobbin — 2013-04-15T00:02:58

Hi, all.

It looks like I've been bitten by this old bug:

<http://trac.mondorescue.org/ticket/397>

I too am seeing MD5sum eating 100% of the CPU on OpenSuSE 12.3. However,
there is no longer a `/var/lib/named' directory on 12.3 as there was on
11.1.

She's been stalled now ninety minutes & doesn't look like she's going
anywhere soon. I'll leave her overnight to see if she finishes.

Details:

HP dc7600 running OpenSuSE 12.3 with 2GB RAM with latest everything from
either the web site or the latest RPMs I could find. Also backing up to NFS.

Please advise.

Cheers,

  Phil...


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Mindi Fails With 'No Space Left on Device'

Ben Hoover — 2013-04-12T13:36:37

Hello,

I'm getting an error in Mindi when I try to run my backup:

cp: writing `//mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/mountpoint.10851/initrd.img': No space left on device
Failed to copy //mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/initrd.img to //mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/mountpoint.10851
Please unload some of your modules and try again.
Cannot incorporate initrd.img in bootdisk (kernel / modules too big?)
Files at mountpoint (//mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/mountpoint.10851) :-
32674   //mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/mountpoint.10851/initrd.img
8       //mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/mountpoint.10851/ldlinux.sys
2       //mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/mountpoint.10851/message.txt
2       //mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/mountpoint.10851/syslinux.cfg
0       //mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/mountpoint.10851/tmp
0       //mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/mountpoint.10851/vmlinuz
0       //mondo.tmp.rgx9nx/mountpoint.10851/zero
--- end of list of files ---
Kernel size = 1054 K
Ramdisk free = 0 K
FATAL ERROR. Sorry, your kernel is too big for your image

I have attached the logs. This is on a system running Red Hat 7.3

Thanks for your help,
Ben
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Mondorescue and XP Partition

Philippe Lefevre — 2013-04-07T21:49:43

Hi list,

For sometime I use Mondo/Mindi for my systems backups in their full and 
incremental ways.
Recently, after a very bad test on my laptop (due to an old installation 
of safeboot) I crashed it and had to use mondorestore for the first time.

I successfully mondorestored my GNU/Linux /dev/sda3 partition but
unfortunately, I was not able to restore the /dev/sda1 partition.
It might be my fault as I wasn't sure to do the correct things and 
didn't find a procedure explaining how to do it safely.

As this MS partition is almost a simple XP partition with neither any 
applications nor datas of importance and only needed for professional 
raisons, I decided to re-install XP then the 1st sector of grub2 boot. 
This was not a problem as my GNU/Linux restore was OK.
Thanks to Mondo :) !

Now, I'm still wondering how to be sure I am able to archive and 
properly restore my NTFS partition.

With the GNU/Linux partition I was able to compare what is in the 
archive against what is on the disk, but I read this is

Next version...

Bruno Cornec — 2013-04-01T22:01:31

As the dev team is working on the next version, we thik important to
share with you our thoughts tha we will make an Andro%id version,
allowing people to use Angry Birds while restoring instead of the aging
Petris.

Should be there in June. Enjoy !!

Bruno.

post-nuke option with mondo rescue didn't work... (2)

Dutchglory — 2013-04-01T07:19:38

I've tried the post-nuke option with mondo rescue, but it didn't work...

  running this command:

mondoarchive -Oi -G -9 -I "/|/home/verwijs" -P Mondo-nuke -d /media/DEBIAN-BACKUP-2 -T /media/DEBIAN-BACKUP-2 -S /media/DEBIAN-BACKUP-2 -s 4480m -l GRUB -f /dev/sda2 -g -e


here are links to log files: (open in new window/tab)

- mondoarchive.log:
http://db.tt/GODBzo0Q

- mindi.log
http://db.tt/TrMRXOO8


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Now mdadm Problems

Mike Alsop — 2013-03-30T00:37:50

I continue of from previous problems. Firstly, I solved the no /dev/sdc problem
by removing the DRAC module from the Dell 1850 Server. Now the CDROM becomes
/dev/scd0 and the problem of the warning in the mountlist has gone.

So now mondo backs up fine, verify's fine on the fly (with tape), but the new
problem now surrounds the RAID arrays when booting from the rescue disk.

Just before the boot is complete I see it says starting mdadm. It then warns
that the three arrays (md0, md1 & md2) are already running, so not necessary.
When I get to the main screen I chose compare and it goes thru the procedure of
selecting the tape drive, etc, but immediately pops up the mountlist editor.
Everything thing there now seems normal and correct with no warnings.

Tell the editor OK and then it moves off, but immediately halts as it says it
cannot mount md1 & md2. Interestingly md0 (swap) is not present in the warnings.

This is so frustrating, find one problem and move onto another.

Can anybody please help with this one