Hi, 

OS: Solaris8,
Hardware: Sunfire V120

amanda backup is failing regularly.

Following is the report generated.

These dumps were to tape ARCH_DE2_003.
*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: Bad file
number]].
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:
 jafar2     /home/host lev 0 FAILED [out of tape]
 jafar2     /home/host lev 0 FAILED ["data write:
Broken pipe"]
 jafar2     /home/host lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape
failed]
 serv5      /raid/sql1_mysql_var lev 0 FAILED [out of
tape]
 serv5      /raid/sql1_mysql_var lev 0 FAILED ["data
write: Broken pipe"]
 serv5      /raid/sql1_mysql_var lev 0 FAILED [dump to
tape failed]
 serv5      /raid/mysql_backup lev 0 FAILED [out of
tape]
 serv5      /raid/mysql_backup lev 0 FAILED ["data
write: Broken pipe"]
 serv5      /raid/mysql_backup lev 0 FAILED [dump to
tape failed]
 serv3      /home/host lev 0 FAILED [out of tape]
 serv3      /home/host lev 0 FAILED ["data write:
Broken pipe"]
 serv3      /home/host lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape
failed]
 serv5      /raid/clring_rpts/Fortisdown lev 0 FAILED
[out of tape]
 serv5      /raid/clring_rpts/Fortisdown lev 0 FAILED
["data write: Broken pipe"]
 serv5      /raid/clring_rpts/Fortisdown lev 0 FAILED
[dump to tape failed]

STATISTICS:
                         Total
                        -------
Estimate Time (hrs:min)..  0:07
Run Time (hrs:min).......  0:57
Dump Time (hrs:min)......  0:39
Output Size (GB).........  4.71
Original Size (GB).......  4.71
Filesystems Dumped.......     6
Avg Dump Rate (MB/s).....  2.05
Tape Time (hrs:min)......  0:32
Tape Size (GB)...........  4.71
Tape Used (%)............  9.65
Filesystems Taped........     6
Avg Tp Write Rate (MB/s).  2.52

FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:

/-- jafar2     /home/host lev 0 FAILED ["data write:
Broken pipe"]
sendbackup: start [jafar2:/home/host level 0]
sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/sbin/ufsdump
sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/sbin/ufsrestore
-f... -
sendbackup: info end
|   DUMP: Writing 32 Kilobyte records
|   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Jun 18
00:56:44 2004
|   DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
|   DUMP: Dumping /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7
(jafar2:/home/host) to standard output.
|   DUMP: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
|   DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
|   DUMP: Estimated 11526716 blocks (5628.28MB) on
0.08 tapes.
|   DUMP: Dumping (Pass III) [directories]
|   DUMP: Dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
\--------

/-- serv5      /raid/sql1_mysql_var lev 0 FAILED
["data write: Broken pipe"]
sendbackup: start [serv5:/raid/sql1_mysql_var level 0]
sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/sbin/ufsdump
sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/sbin/ufsrestore
-f... -
sendbackup: info end
|   DUMP: Writing 32 Kilobyte records
|   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Jun 18
01:06:06 2004
|   DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
|   DUMP: Dumping /dev/rdsk/c2t6d2s0
(serv5:/raid/sql1_mysql_var) to standard output.
|   DUMP: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
|   DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
|   DUMP: Estimated 9108784 blocks (4447.65MB) on 0.07
tapes.
\--------

/-- serv5      /raid/mysql_backup lev 0 FAILED ["data
write: Broken pipe"]
sendbackup: start [serv5:/raid/mysql_backup level 0]
sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/sbin/ufsdump
sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/sbin/ufsrestore
-f... -
sendbackup: info end
|   DUMP: Writing 32 Kilobyte records
|   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Jun 18
01:06:43 2004
|   DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
|   DUMP: Dumping /dev/rdsk/c2t6d1s5
(serv5:/raid/mysql_backup) to standard output.
|   DUMP: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
|   DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
|   DUMP: Estimated 17408044 blocks (8500.02MB) on
0.13 tapes.
|   DUMP: Dumping (Pass III) [directories]
\--------

/-- serv3      /home/host lev 0 FAILED ["data write:
Broken pipe"]
sendbackup: start [serv3:/home/host level 0]
sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/sbin/ufsdump
sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/sbin/ufsrestore
-f... -
sendbackup: info end
|   DUMP: Writing 32 Kilobyte records
|   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Jun 18
01:07:04 2004
|   DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
|   DUMP: Dumping /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7
(serv3a:/home/host) to standard output.
|   DUMP: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
|   DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
|   DUMP: Estimated 9341590 blocks (4561.32MB) on 0.07
tapes.
|   DUMP: Dumping (Pass III) [directories]
\--------

/-- serv5      /raid/clring_rpts/Fortisdown lev 0
FAILED ["data write: Broken pipe"]
sendbackup: start [serv5:/raid/clring_rpts/Fortisdown
level 0]
sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/sbin/ufsdump
sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/sbin/ufsrestore
-f... -
sendbackup: info end
|   DUMP: Writing 32 Kilobyte records
|   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Jun 18
01:07:15 2004
|   DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
|   DUMP: Dumping /dev/rdsk/c2t6d2s1
(serv5:/raid/clring_rpts) to standard output.
|   DUMP: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
|   DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
|   DUMP: Estimated 5134274 blocks (2506.97MB) on 0.04
tapes.
\--------

NOTES:
 planner: Last full dump of serv3:/ on tape
ARCH_DE2_000 overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of serv3:/home/host on tape 
overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of serv3:/usr on tape
ARCH_DE2_000 overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of serv3:/var on tape
ARCH_DE2_000 overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of serv5:/raid/mysql_backup
on tape  overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of serv5:/raid/sql1_mysql_var
on tape  overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of
serv5:/raid/clring_rpts/Fortisdown on tape 
overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of
serv5:/raid/clring_rpts/EurexReports on tape
ARCH_DE2_000 overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of
serv5:/raid/clring_rpts/XetraReports on tape
ARCH_DE2_000 overwritten in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of
serv5:/raid/clring_rpts/XetraRpts on tape  overwritten
in 1 run.
 planner: Last full dump of jafar2:/home/host on tape 
overwritten in 1 run.
 taper: tape ARCH_DE2_003 kb 6878912 fm 7 writing
file: I/O error

DUMP SUMMARY:
                                 DUMPER STATS        
TAPER STATS
HOSTNAME     DISK        L   ORIG-MB OUT-MB   mm:ss 
MB/s  mm:ss  MB/s
-------------------------- ---------------------------
------------
jafar2       /home/host  0 FAILED
---------------------------------
serv3        /           0      44     44      0:19  
2.3   0:04  11.2
serv3        /home/host  0 FAILED
---------------------------------
serv3        /usr        0     380    380      2:54  
2.2   0:30  12.5
serv3        /var        0      20     20      0:12  
1.7   0:07   2.7
serv5        -rexReports 0    1010   1010      6:20  
2.7   1:28  11.4
serv5        -Fortisdown 0 FAILED
---------------------------------
serv5        -traReports 0    2996   2996     27:26  
1.8  27:27   1.8
serv5        -/XetraRpts 0     375    375      2:04  
3.0   2:16   2.7
serv5        -sql_backup 0 FAILED
---------------------------------
serv5        -_mysql_var 0 FAILED
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