What does the mt status command tell you when you have a new tape in the
drive?  Can you read/write to a new tape with something like tar?

I'm thinking maybe your tape is the wrong type and the error messages are a
symptom of that.  Or perhaps your coworker put a cleaning tape in instead of
a data tape.  


Dana Bourgeois


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org 
> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Barry Haycock
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 5:24 PM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: error messages
> 
> 
> I have inherited an Amanda backup system at the place I work 
> at. As this system is a remote access only I had a staff 
> member insert new tapes in to the server which is a Solaris 8 
> using version 2.4.4 writing to a sun L20 using dlt tapes 
> 20/40. This system was working after I took it over but was 
> not being maintained. I have on the system 2 configs daily 
> and monthly backup. After the new tapes went in (I haven't 
> labeled them yet) which are to be used under the monthly 
> backup config in order to find what slot Amanda thought that 
> they were in I ran a "amtape monthly show" since that time 
> when ever any Amanda command is run (not just amtape) I get 
> the following errors written to tape0-status at a great rate 
> of knots and if left unchecked will fill up the file system 
> can anyone point me in the right direction of what is causing 
> the error messages and how to resolve them.
> 
> Unknown ParameterCode 9001 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 9002 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 9003 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 9004 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 9005 = 0(4)
> Can't decode ParameterCode 00 size -80
> Error decoding Result
> Can't decode ParameterCode 00 size 0
> Error decoding Result
> Total Unrecoverable Errors     = 0
> Unknown ParameterCode 8000 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 8001 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 9000 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 9001 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 9002 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 9003 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 9004 = 0(4)
> Unknown ParameterCode 9005 = 0(4)
> Can't decode ParameterCode 00 size -80
> Error decoding Result
> Can't decode ParameterCode 00 size 0
> Error decoding Result
> 
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