Thanks for the help, I more-or-less got things working.
The problem was a combination of the etimeout value, and
some oddities that occurred when I replaced MMDF with Sendmail.

However, I now have a new problem.  The check seems to run fine:

------------------start check------------------
[root]/home/users> su amanda -c "/usr/local/sbin/amcheck Daily"
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
Holding disk /usr/local/amanda/dumps: 58975840 KB disk space available, that's 
plenty
ERROR: cannot overwrite active tape DailySet101
       (expecting a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Server check took 4.827 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
Client check: 2 hosts checked in 1.696 seconds, 0 problems found

(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3)
-------------------end check-------------------

However, the actual run seems to have problems:


-------------------start run-------------------
These dumps were to tape DailySet101.
*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing filemark: I/O 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:
  cclcsup    /home lev 0 FAILED [out of tape]
  cclcsup    /home lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed]


STATISTICS:
                          Total       Full      Daily
                        --------   --------   --------
Estimate Time (hrs:min)    0:13
Run Time (hrs:min)         0:45
Dump Time (hrs:min)        0:00       0:00       0:00
Output Size (meg)           1.3        0.0        1.3
Original Size (meg)         1.3        0.0        1.3
Avg Compressed Size (%)     --         --         --    (level:#disks ...)
Filesystems Dumped            1          0          1   (1:1)
Avg Dump Rate (k/s)       371.9        --       371.9

Tape Time (hrs:min)        0:00       0:00       0:00
Tape Size (meg)             1.4        0.0        1.4
Tape Used (%)               0.0        0.0        0.0   (level:#disks ...)
Filesystems Taped             1          0          1   (1:1)
Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s)   146.6        --       146.6


NOTES:
  planner: Last full dump of cclcsup:/home on tape  overwritten in 1 run.
  taper: tape DailySet101 kb 1408 fm 1 writing filemark: I/O error
  driver: dumper0 pid 2129 is messed up, ignoring it.
  driver: dumper0 exited with signal 6


DUMP SUMMARY:
                                     DUMPER STATS            TAPER STATS 
HOSTNAME     DISK        L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS  KB/s MMM:SS  KB/s
-------------------------- --------------------------------- ------------
cclcsup      /home       0 FAILED ---------------------------------------
cvsserver    /home       1    1370   1408   --    0:04 371.8   0:10 146.6

(brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.3)
-------------------end run-------------------

Now, I know that there is enough room on the tape for what I am backing up.
(40G tape, /home on the cvs server = 188M, /home on the cclcsup server = 3.1G)

Any suggestions?

Also, what is the recommended solution for replacing a tape in a tape run?
i.e. if the tape gets damaged?  Presumably you would need to get a new tape,
label it the same as the old tape and just add it to the run, right?


Thanks,

-Josh
jmore AT remote-print DOT com