On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Bort, Paul wrote:

> Out of tape really means out of tape. Appends are really unlikely, as AMANDA
> starts the tape write with a rewind followed by a write. No seek, no foul,
> no append. (Unless you have the append patch.)
> 
> Is it possible you have hardware compression turned on? This can cause
> problems if you also use software compression: the dumps tend to take more
> space. 
> 
I'll have to check when I get back to work monday.

> DDS3 is supposed to be good for 12Gb. Is it possible you have some DDS2
> tapes mixed in? (This can happen with inherited systems)
> 
No, their all DDS3.

> If it were my tape, I'd put a note on the hard copy of the report, and watch
> that tape next time it runs. If it gets the same error, I'd replace the
> media. A reformat/retension might work, but those tapes are cheap enough
> that it's not worth it. 
> 
Will do.


Thanks for the help,
Keith