Here's the uname output:

FreeBSD duchess.twilley.org 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #0: Sat Nov  8 
00:40:54 PST 2003     root AT duchess.twilley DOT 
org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DUCHESS  i386

I'm running amanda out of ports:

amanda-client-2.4.4_2,1 The Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver 
(clie
amanda-server-2.4.4_4,1 The Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver 
(serv

I've started to get the following message in my nightly emails:

*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [writing label: short write].
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: twilley009.

This is showing up in my messages file:

Dec  3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): WRITE FILEMARKS. CDB: 10 0 0 
0 2 0 
Dec  3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
Dec  3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
Dec  3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): DATA PROTECT asc:27,0
Dec  3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): Write protected
Dec  3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): Unretryable error
Dec  3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): failed to write terminating 
filemark(s)
Dec  3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): tape is now frozen- use an 
OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command to clear this state.

Does this mean I have a defective tape, or is the problem worse than
that?

Jack.
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