Yogish wrote:

Hi Paul and Scheeder

Here is the error it is giving me when I try to run amdump. It is not
specific to friday but it happens everyday, So I am not sure what to do.
 I have attached the lastest amanda.conf and disklist files.

In your current amanda.conf is still an error ("runspercycle 5 weeks"
is interpreted as 35), that I pointed out previously; I didn't read
any further to see other errors anymore.  Why don't you just do what
experienced users on this list propose?

*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [reading label: Input/output error].
Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk.
Run amflush to flush them to tape.
The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape.

FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
  brokerserv sda6 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump]
  brokerserv sda3 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump]
Please tell how I can force amanda to do a dump  on the existing tape
irrespective of the tape number or label.

Amanda NEEDS a label to verify.  Just label the tape, *please*!

e.g. why don't you verify if there is a label on the tape with
the command Christophe Scheeder explained?
And if necessary just relabel the tape with "amlabel -f ..." just
as explained in the same mail.

Repeating the same thing just makes me tired, or ignore further
requests for help...

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Paul @ Home