>It didn't ask for change tape, but no progress.
>...
>In addition, I got the similar problem yesterday:
>I ran 'amdump'. The system asked for change tape after while.
>I inserted a tape and pressed return, but the process was hung.
>There was no tape device activity.
>I had to interrupted the process after one hour.
>
>Is any suggestion?

We would need to see the amdump.<NN> file that goes along with the
failed runs.  There is detailed information in there about what each of
the process is doing.

It would also help to know what version of Amanda you're using and on
what OS.

>David

John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, ITaP/RCS, jrj AT purdue DOT edu