Topic: I really need ARKEIA . . .anyone?

[shmeg]

Sorry I havent got back to this thread. been havign a few dramas.
Here's is where I am at.
I installed arkeia-light-5.2.7-1
and currently I am accessing it from a windows workstation with the java interface.
I couldn't find any straight forward info for configuring from command line.
Seem to back up but logs fail to write and I might have something misconfigured with the tape recycling.

I couldn't get anything else to work right.
Th AIT drive I am using works - but I have to reload the scsi-ide module after startup.

The e-smith module obviously as noted doesnt work even with the manual cron job.

I really hope Shad is looking into this module but he seems to have fallen off the face of the planet.

At this stage I would go back to flexbackup but after installing the e-smith-arkeia, flexbackup was broaken when I went to remove it.

So stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Will keep updating this thread if you dont mind so as to keep all the experiences in one place.

Have another identical server config this week so will let you know if I have any other breakthroughs.

[matics]

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but Im trying to get Arkeia-light running on my new instalation of 6.0.1-1 custom.  A prior message in this thread showed success with this combination:
arkeia-light-5.1.17-1.i386.rpm with e-smith-arkeia-2.0-4.noarch.rpm

I have located e-smith-arkeia-2.0-4.noarch.rpm, however, for the life of me, I can't find arkeia-light-5.1.17-1.i386.rpm.  I can only locate RPMs for the newer builds.  Does anyone have this RPM on their server and is willing to e-mail it to me?  I'd really appreciate it.

Also, if anyone has had success running a later version of Arkeia-light with the e-smith flexbackup hooks, that would interest me more.  Thanks,

Altaf

[satovey]

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but Im trying to get Arkeia-light running on my new instalation of 6.0.1-1 custom.  A prior message in this thread showed success with this combination:
arkeia-light-5.1.17-1.i386.rpm with e-smith-arkeia-2.0-4.noarch.rpm

I have located e-smith-arkeia-2.0-4.noarch.rpm, however, for the life of me, I can't find arkeia-light-5.1.17-1.i386.rpm.  I can only locate RPMs for the newer builds.  Does anyone have this RPM on their server and is willing to e-mail it to me?  I'd really appreciate it.

Also, if anyone has had success running a later version of Arkeia-light with the e-smith flexbackup hooks, that would interest me more.  Thanks,

Altaf

I don't think this is the light version. But older versions are at this url:
http://www.arkeia.com/download51.html

This may be the trial version.

[smeghead]

.. 30 secs on webcrawler and ...

http://www.moonlightcomputers.homelinux.com/contribs4/backup/arkeia/

[Rogue]

I wanted to share a success in this thread - 6.0.1 fresh install, installed the Arkeia RPMs from moonlight, expanded the backup file, then copied to do_backup (after moving do_backup somewhere safe).

Configured Arkeia via the Admin page, and can now back up successfully to both of my tape drives (20/40 DLT and DDS2 autoloader) just by selecting the appropriate backup device.

Installed the Java client on a desktop PC and was able to backup that across the network as well.

I'm still investigating automated differential backups, so I can backup these desktops each night, but currently I can do a remote backup via VNC, which is a start.

[tanyu]

I wanted to share a success in this thread - 6.0.1 fresh install, installed the Arkeia RPMs from moonlight, expanded the backup file, then copied to do_backup (after moving do_backup somewhere safe).

Could you be more specific ? I'm trying to have arkeia running well on sme 6.01 and I'm experiecing some problems..

Configured Arkeia via the Admin page, and can now back up successfully to both of my tape drives (20/40 DLT and DDS2 autoloader) just by selecting the appropriate backup device.

Hou did you access this admin page ?

tnx.
Phil.

[Tib]

you don't need to use the admin page ... just download the gui for windows or linux.

I can loginto my server using Linux or windows to setup all the settings and do backups etc.

Do a search here on arkeia and download all relavent files.

I'ts as easy as installing all the files and then access the server.

Download the latest arkeia light from the arkeia site ... then if you want to access through server-manager install e-smith-arkeia-2.0-4.noarch.rpm from http://www.moonlightcomputers.homelinux.com/contribs4/backup/arkeia/. Then install the arkeia jui onto your favorite operating system and access the server. The arkeia site as a few pdf files to help as well.

Read everything carefully and you won't have any problems installing it.

Regards,

Tib

[tanyu]

After installing arkeia light and shad lords contrib, expanding /sbin/e-smith/backup template, I keep on havin the issue : "Can't exec "/etc/e-smith/events/actions/tape-backup-arkeia": No such file or directory at /sbin/e-smith/do_backup line 52.
Backup terminated: backup failed - status: -1"
I checked the appropriate directory, and although theer are plenty of scripts for arkeia, the script "tape-backup-arkeia" is missing..
I tried to reinstall the contrib.. not better.. wtf do I do wrong ???  
Thanks in advance for any help..

[Tib]

Are you using a gui to access your server or are you trying to use the server-Manager panel ... I don't use the server-manager panel I access my server through a gui installed on my PC. This way you have a lot more control over your backups etc.

Tib

[Neririn]

Does anyone know how to fix this?  

Can't exec "/etc/e-smith/events/actions/tape-backup-arkeia": No such file or directory at /sbin/e-smith/do_backup line 52.
Backup terminated: backup failed - status: -1

Also, everytime I run via the GUI, it ejects the tape.  As this server is thousands of miles from me, is there something I can do to prevent ejection?

Thanks