Amanda-Users

Re: Tape running out of space, NOT possible

2003-02-12 13:13:05
Subject: Re: Tape running out of space, NOT possible
From: Niall O Broin <niall AT magicgoeshere DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:43:56 +0000
On Wednesday 12 February 2003 15:27, Rebecca Pakish Crum wrote:

> amanda is telling me my dump is too big and degrading my level 0's to level
> 1! How is this possible? I run amdump from a script called by cron and have
> for some time. The first line in my script rewinds the tape, just in case.

> Tape Time (hrs:min)        0:19       0:19       0:00
> Tape Size (meg)         11553.1    11508.2       44.9

Here's your problem - you've told amanda that your tape capacity is ~ 11.5 GB 
- did you maybe recently upgrade from a DDS4 and forget to change your 
tapetype ?


Regards,




Niall  O Broin