On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 11:40:05AM +0200, Ra?l Wild-Spain wrote:
> Hi!!
> 
> My last amcheck -m failed. This is the first time in two months.
> 
> does somebody know the reason of these messages or the "scenarios" wherein 
> these occurs? Bad file descriptor? out of tape??  broken pipe?? reset by 
> peer??
> 
> *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: Bad file descriptor]].
> 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: FURV-POLICY05.
> 
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
>   xaloc      /dev/sdd1 lev 0 FAILED [out of tape]
>   xaloc      /dev/sdd1 lev 0 FAILED ["data write: Connection reset by peer"]
>   xaloc      /dev/sdd1 lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed]
>   xaloc      /dev/sdc2 lev 1 FAILED [out of tape]
>   xaloc      /dev/sdc2 lev 1 FAILED ["data write: Broken pipe"]
>   xaloc      /dev/sdc2 lev 1 FAILED [dump to tape failed]
> 

Those are messages from amreport/amdump, not amcheck.

What did amcheck say?
What is the condition/status of your tape drive?
Can amtape manipulate it and the tape(s) in the drive?

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