Amanda-Users

Re: problems running amrecover

2003-07-10 14:16:46
Subject: Re: problems running amrecover
From: "C. Wilson" <cwilson AT cooketech DOT net>
To: Paul Bijnens <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:14:05 -0500
Paul Bijnens wrote:
> 
> C. Wilson wrote:
> >
> > amrestore:   0: skipping start of tape: date 20030709 label VOL02
> > amrestore:   1: restoring plate.tech.net._.20030709.0
> >
> > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> > Error 32 (Broken pipe) offset 26624+26624, wrote 0
> > amrestore: pipe reader has quit in middle of file.
> > amidxtaped: time 12.741: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2
> > amidxtaped: time 12.741: rewinding tape ...
> > amidxtaped: time 24.756: done
> > amidxtaped: time 24.756: pid 10098 finish time Thu Jul 10 11:53:04 2003
> 
> What is the file header on the tape? Try:
> 
>    amrestore -h /dev/the/tape
>
# /usr/local/sbin/amrestore -h /dev/nht0
amrestore:   0: skipping start of tape: date 20030709 label VOL02
amrestore:   1: restoring pluto.chi.cooketech.net._.20030709.0

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
Error 32 (Broken pipe) offset 26624+26624, wrote 0
amrestore: pipe reader has quit in middle of file.

 
> What is the blocksize of your tape device?  Try:
> 
>     mt -f /dev/the/tape status
# mt -f /dev/ht0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (0):

> 
> (I don't remember how solaris reacts to different blocksizes,
> must be using to much linux here.)
No Solaris needed, just Linux (RedHat 7.2)
> 
> --
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-- 
Cheryl Wilson
UNIX Systems Engineer
Cooke Technologies

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