I have found following:

-bash-2.05b$ tail -f /var/lib/amanda/Weekly/amdump.1
changer_query: changer return was 99 1
changer_query: searchable = 0
changer_find: looking for archive9 changer is searchable = 0
changer: opening pipe to: /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual -slot current
changer: got exit: 0 str: 47 tape:/dev/nst0
taper: slot 47: date 20060323 label archive8 (active tape)
changer: opening pipe to: /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual -slot next
driver: state time 172669.124 free kps: 2000 space: 26870082 taper: writing
idle-dumpers: 4 qlen tapeq: 1 runq: 1 roomq: 0 wakeup: 86400 driver-idle:
no-diskspace
driver: interface-state time 172669.124 if : free 600 if ETH0: free 400 if
LOCAL: free 1000
driver: hdisk-state time 172669.124 hdisk 0: free 26870082 dumpers 0

Why the line : changer_find: looking for archive9 changer is searchable = 0
It's mean that even if I plug in next tape it won't be searchable?
 
I have replaced tape and the left dumped data didn't start automatically to
the next tape:


-bash-2.05b$ /usr/sbin/amstatus Weekly         
Using /var/lib/amanda/Weekly/amdump.1 from Thu Mar 23 18:56:34 IST 2006

alphacentauri:/Data/QualityAssuranceTests               2        0k finished
(19:03:25)
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/AnimalStudies/ATE_data          1       51k finished
(19:02:57)
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/AnimalStudies/Budapest          2        1k finished
(19:03:10)
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/AnimalStudies/Cleveland         0  5043521k finished
(23:00:32)
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/AnimalStudies/Detroit           0 35962459k writing
to tape (17:56:48)
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/AnimalStudies/Experiments       2       16k finished
(19:02:12)
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/AnimalStudies/OldRambam         0 16807853k dump
done (18:54:36), wait for writing to tape
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/AnimalStudies/PathologyPictures 0   508748k finished
(19:06:58)
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/AnimalStudies/Rambam            0 20083868k finished
(5:01:13)
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/AnimalStudies/Reports           0     4879k finished
(19:02:41)
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/ClinicalStudies                 2     3422k finished
(19:03:44)
alphacentauri:/Data/SNM/SyncStim                        0  1425761k finished
(21:20:36)
alphacentauri:/Data/Urology                             0  4208888k finished
(22:33:17)
alphacentauri:/Shares                                   0 13715334k finished
(0:32:02)
alphacentauri:/boot                                     2        0k finished
(19:02:26)
alphacentauri:/etc                                      1      212k finished
(19:04:00)
alphacentauri:/home                                     0 64904785k wait for
dumping 
mars:/Results                                           1      142k finished
(19:02:44)
mars:/boot                                              1        0k finished
(19:02:24)
mars:/etc                                               1       52k finished
(19:02:11)
mars:/home/shaia/BioControl                             1    37000k finished
(19:03:36)
SUMMARY          part      real  estimated
                           size       size
partition       :  21
estimated       :  21            162348597k
flush           :   0         0k
failed          :   0                    0k           (  0.00%)
wait for dumping:   1             64904785k           ( 39.98%)
dumping to tape :   0                    0k           (  0.00%)
dumping         :   0         0k         0k (  0.00%) (  0.00%)
dumped          :  20  97802207k  97443812k (100.37%) ( 60.24%)
wait for writing:   1  16807853k  16807978k (100.00%) ( 10.35%)
wait to flush   :   0         0k         0k (100.00%) (  0.00%)
writing to tape :   1  35962459k  35838227k (100.35%) ( 22.15%)
failed to tape  :   0         0k         0k (  0.00%) (  0.00%)
taped           :  18  45031895k  44797607k (100.52%) ( 27.74%)
  tape 1        :  18  45031895k  44797607k ( 54.93%) archive8
4 dumpers idle  : no-diskspace
taper writing, tapeq: 1
network free kps:      2000
holding space   :  26870082k ( 33.74%)
 dumper0 busy   : 23:50:37  ( 49.81%)
 dumper1 busy   :  0:00:36  (  0.02%)
   taper busy   :  2:14:03  (  4.67%)
 0 dumpers busy : 1+0:00:57  ( 50.17%)        no-diskspace: 23:59:45  (
99.92%)
                                                start-wait:  0:01:11  (
0.08%)
 1 dumper busy  : 23:51:15  ( 49.83%)        no-bandwidth: 23:48:29  (
99.81%)
                                               start-wait:  0:02:46  (
0.19%)
 2 dumpers busy :  0:00:01  (  0.00%)          start-wait:  0:00:01
(100.00%)



There is still a disk to write to the tape and nothing is written to the
next tape.

Please advice.




On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 12:53:47AM +0200, Nathanel wrote:
> Ye, /usr/bin/Mail are correct.
> -bash-2.05b$ /usr/bin/Mail
> No mail for Amanda.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Turner [mailto:ian AT zmanda DOT com] 
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:45 AM
> To: Nathanel
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Tape changer is not sending mail notification
> 
> On Saturday 25 March 2006 16:49, Nathanel wrote:
> > MAILER=/usr/bin/Mail
> 
> Is this correct for your system?
> 


More important than whether /usr/bin/Mail will report no mail
is whether it will send mail to the appropriate user.

>From the command line can you do:

        /usr/bin/Mail <amanda_user>

and get a message to the amanda user?


BTW you say the Mail program reported:

        No mail for Amanda.

Is your amanda user actually "Amanda" with a capital 'A'?
If not why is Mail reporting it capitalized?
If yes, are your various config files consistant in
specifying the amanda user with (or without) a capital?

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