>> *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: No space left on device]].
>> ...
>I think something went wrong with dumping this DLE directly to the tape.
>I.e. no holding disk was being used.

Agreed.  And "No space left on device" is typical of hitting end of tape.

Take a look at the taper entries in the NOTES section to see how much
was actually written to tape before the error.

>Now, why is there no holding disk.  If really full, or a typo
>that would explain why the first DLE was going to tape directly.
>If not full, then it may be going to tape because you have the
>reserve set to 100% (reserve for incrementals).

Or it could simply be the estimates exceed the available holding disk
space, even when it's empty.  If you tell Amanda it can use 100 MBytes and
the estimate is 1 GByte, it's going to go direct to tape no matter what.

>Jon H. LaBadie

John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, jrj AT purdue DOT edu