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KB Category: Backup Operations

Learn how to perform Zmanda operations like Backup, Restore, Vaulting, etc.

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How to Prune, Recycle, and Drop Older Backups?

  Amanda Enterprise (AE), a product of Zmanda, can prune, drop, and recycle aging backup data to free up your storage media and make it available for new backups. Amanda uses labels to iden...

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Solaris 11 – Client encrypted backups are failing – Work Around

Client encrypted backups are failing on Solaris 11 Client. Work Around:  Install 3.6 Solaris client binaries....

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FAILED [disk /cad, all estimate timed out] timeout waiting for REP

This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE)  Issue Symptoms FAILURE DUMP SUMMARY: engdb /cad lev 0 FAILED "[disk /cad, all estimate timed out]" planner: ERROR Request to engdb failed: timeo...

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Backup of VM on ESX host fails with “stderr: VixDiskLibVim: Not licensed to use this function.”

This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Issue Symptoms When running a backup of a VM on a ESX host,  the backup fails with the following output from VMWare: "stderr: VixDiskLibVim: No...

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Can’t change “No Data Sent” and “Backup Estimate” timeouts

Symptoms Your backup is failing with "data timeout" issues, and for troubleshooting purposes you are trying to increase the values of "No Data Sent" and "Backup Estimate" on the Backup...

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Backup of VM on ESX server gives “Fault string: A specified parameter was not correct”

This article is only for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Issue Symptoms The following is found in the FAILURE DETAILS section of the Amanda backup report: Fault string: A specified parameter was not ...

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Verifying Backups Created by Amanda Enterprise

This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Description The ability to verify backup runs created by Amanda Enterprise is a useful tool for maintaining a proper backup regimen. The two main t...

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GETNAMEINFO FAILED: UNKNOWN ERROR

This article is for Amanda Enterprise (AE) Error Message getnameinfo failed: Unknown error Error Description During client verification you get this error. "getnameinfo failed" is related ...

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Troubleshooting guide: Fixing the ‘Couldn’t determine changeId of this device key: 2000’ error during virtual machine backup

Problem: A problem with Change Tracking (CTK) is indicated by the error message "Couldn't determine changeId of this device key: 2000," which appears during virtual machine (VM) backups. CTK helps...

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How to Handle Delayed Report Generation in Zmanda Backup Jobs

Purpose: This article explains why the report icon may be temporarily blocked on the monitor page following the completion of backup or vault jobs. Solution: In some instances, reports from backu...

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