Amanda-Users

Re: Strange AMANDA header error

2003-08-15 11:23:00
Subject: Re: Strange AMANDA header error
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 11:18:05 -0400
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 10:17:55AM -0400, Pascal Robert wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> we installed AMANDA 2.4.4p1 on a RedHat Linux 8 system.  For now,
> we're doing backups on the disk until we buy a DLT.
> Everything was fine for 4 days until yesterday.  We have 14 "virtual"
> tapes, and when it tried to use tape09, we get:
> 
> amcheck-server: strange amanda header: "AMANDA:"
> amcheck-server: slot 9: not an amanda tape
> ERROR: label Cesart09 or new tape not found in rack
>      (expecting tape Cesart09 or a new tape)
> 
> We didn't have those errors until it tried to use this tape.
> 
> If I try to label this tape, I get:
> 
> $ amlabel Condig Cesart09 slot 9
> amlabel: label Cesart09 already on a tape
> 

Is it already on a different virtual tape, but in a different slot?

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