Re:
2003-10-14 14:29:04
--On Tuesday, October 14, 2003 12:54:34 -0500 "Johnson, S" <sjohnson AT
edina.k12.mn DOT us> wrote:
> I've been working on my original problem of the service not seemingly
> running under the user Amanda when I think I discovered another issue,
> perhaps related to my problem. When I do an amcheck -m DailySet1 I get
> the following email sent to me:
>
>
> DailySet1 AMANDA PROBLEM: FIX BEFORE RUN, IF POSSIBLE
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Holding disk /var/tmp: 7250452 KB disk space available, that's plenty
> ERROR: /dev/nst0: reading label: Input/output error
> (expecting a new tape)
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> NOTE: info dir /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo: does not exist
> NOTE: it will be created on the next run
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I was able to run system level commands like
> mt -f /dev/nst0 erase
>
> And I was able to backup directly to the tape device ok.
>
> I only found a couple of other people that were experiencing an issue
> similar to what I'm seeing. One stated that a "mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk
> 0" fixed their issue. I tried this and got the same message.
>
> I've tried 3 different brand new out of the wrapper tapes so I don't
> think it's a tape issue. I'm also able to backup by copying files
> directly to the tape drive.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks much.
Were you able to successfully run amlabel on the tape first?
Frank
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