Hi, Rohit,

on Mittwoch, 04. Februar 2004 at 12:40 you wrote to amanda-users:

>> I have to assume that amdump is not working, either.

R> Backups which run in the night seems to be running fine. For example
R> yesterday's night backup ran well before spitting out Input/Output tape
R> errors [I'm assuming its a bad tape problem - I'm planning to replace such
R> tapes]

Have you tried to test your tapes and tape-device by just manually
tarring stuff onto tapes?

Stress the tape and assure that the device is working.
Clean the drives heads.
Replace worn-out tapes

Maybe the problem is not AMANDA at all.
--
best regards,
Stefan

Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:monitor AT oops.co DOT at