--On Thursday, February 26, 2004 12:19:04 +1100 Geoff Swavley <geoffs AT radx
DOT net> wrote:
> Hi All (again!)
>
> I must be mising something really simple here. I have a monthly dump
> that errored (schedule 4). I have changed the tape, relabelled the tape,
> amchecked
> it ... but it won't flush. Even more puzzling is that it won't "see" the files
> on the holding disk. The files are there, the tape writes with no problems at
> all ... Any ideas?
> *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Here are the files on the holding disk:
> 209664 1 drwx------ 2 amanda sys 512 Feb 20 21:39
> /holding2/schedule4/20040220
> 209672 5156480 -rw------- 1 amanda sys 5277646848 Feb 20 20:56
> /holding2/schedule4/20040220/intrat._u20.0
> 209665 120328 -rw------- 1 amanda sys 123142144 Feb 20 19:33
> /holding2/schedule4/20040220/intrad._htdocs_clid_log.0
> 209667 814744 -rw------- 1 amanda sys 833880064 Feb 20 19:41
> /holding2/schedule4/20040220/intrad._usr_local_src.0
> 209666 1776208 -rw------- 1 amanda sys 1817935872 Feb 20 19:44
> /holding2/schedule4/20040220/intrat._.0
> 209668 1238216 -rw------- 1 amanda sys 1267302400 Feb 20 19:53
> /holding2/schedule4/20040220/intrad._.0
> 209670 1530264 -rw------- 1 amanda sys 1566212096 Feb 20 20:09
> /holding2/schedule4/20040220/intrad._export_home.0
> 209669 4169344 -rw------- 1 amanda sys 4267311104 Feb 20 20:17
> /holding2/schedule4/20040220/intrat._opt.0
> 209671 1840176 -rw------- 1 amanda sys 1883406336 Feb 20 20:30
> /holding2/schedule4/20040220/intrad._opt.0
> 209673 6138336 -rw------- 1 amanda sys 6282575872 Feb 20 21:39
> /holding2/schedule4/20040220/intrat._htdocs.0
> *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Here is the amcheck:
> windamere[575]% amcheck sched4monthly
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> Holding disk /holding2/schedule4: 62083037 KB disk space available, that's
> plenty
> amcheck-server: slot 29: date 20040226 label schedule4-JAN-2004 (new tape)
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Tape schedule4-JAN-2004 label ok
> Server check took 33.684 seconds
>
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> Client check: 2 hosts checked in 1.373 seconds, 0 problems found
>
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p2)
> *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I then do the flush:
> windamere[576]% amflush sched4monthly
> Scanning /holding2/schedule4...
> 20040219: found Amanda directory.
> 20040220: found Amanda directory.
>
> Multiple Amanda directories, please pick one by letter:
> A. 20040219
> B. 20040220
> Select directories to flush [A..B]: [ALL] b
>
> Today is: 20040226
> Flushing dumps in 20040220 using tape changer "chg-chs2".
> Expecting a new tape. (The last dumps were to tape schedule4-END-2003)
> Are you sure you want to do this [yN]? y
> Running in background, you can log off now.
> You'll get mail when amflush is finished.
> windamere[577]%
> *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The email I receive fro mthe attempted flush is this:
> Subject: schedule4 AMFLUSH MAIL REPORT FOR February 26, 2004
> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:17:53 +1100 (EST)
> From: Amanda Archiving Server <amanda AT dipnr.nsw.gov DOT au>
> To: sapamanda AT dipnr.nsw.gov DOT au
>
> The dumps were flushed to tape schedule4-JAN-2004.
> *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: I/O error]].
> Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk.
> Run amflush again to flush them to tape.
> The next tape Amanda expects to use is: a new tape.
>
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
> intrat /u20 lev 0 FAILED [out of tape]
>
>
> STATISTICS:
> Total Full Daily
> -------- -------- --------
> Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:00
> Run Time (hrs:min) 0:13
> Dump Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00
> Output Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0
> Original Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0
> Avg Compressed Size (%) -- -- --
> Filesystems Dumped 0 0 0
> Avg Dump Rate (k/s) -- -- --
>
> Tape Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00
> Tape Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0
> Tape Used (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0
> Filesystems Taped 0 0 0
> Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) -- -- --
>
> USAGE BY TAPE:
> Label Time Size % Nb
> schedule4-JAN-2004 0:00 0.0 0.0 0
>
>
> NOTES:
> driver: WARNING: /holding2/schedule4: 52428800 KB requested, but only
> 37434075
> KB available.
> taper: tape schedule4-JAN-2004 kb 1053504 fm 1 writing file: I/O error
It actually wrote 1GB to the tape before it got an error. Did it die
at the same spot before you replaced the tape? Check your system logs
for SCSI or other errors.
>
>
> DUMP SUMMARY:
> DUMPER STATS TAPER STATS
> HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s
> -------------------------- --------------------------------- ------------
> intrad / NO FILE TO FLUSH -----------------------------
> intrad -xport/home NO FILE TO FLUSH -----------------------------
> intrad -s/clid/log NO FILE TO FLUSH -----------------------------
> intrad /opt NO FILE TO FLUSH -----------------------------
> intrad -/local/src NO FILE TO FLUSH -----------------------------
> intrat / NO FILE TO FLUSH -----------------------------
> intrat /htdocs NO FILE TO FLUSH -----------------------------
> intrat /opt NO FILE TO FLUSH -----------------------------
> intrat /u20 0 N/A 0 -- N/A N/A FAILED ----
I think the 'NO FILE TO FLUSH' is misleading, it started with /u20 but
since it got an error it never tried the rest.
Frank
>
> (brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.4p2)
>
>
> *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> and finally ... to prove nothing is wrong with the tape .... I'll just tar
> a quick filesystem to it (destroying the amanda label, I know ... but
> I can always re-labell it):
>
> windamere[589]% tar -cf /dev/rmt/3c /tmp
> tar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive
> tar: Cannot open directory /tmp/smc898: Permission denied
> windamere[590]% tar -tf /dev/rmt/3c
> tmp/
> tmp/ps_data
> tmp/smc898/
> tmp/.pcmcia/
> tmp/.pcmcia/pcram
> tmp/.removable/
> tmp/.removable/cdrom0-0
> tmp/.X11-unix/
> tmp/.X11-unix/X0
> tmp/.X11-pipe/
> tmp/.X11-pipe/X0
> tmp/ups_data
> tmp/amanda/
> tmp/amanda/amtrmlog.20040225032255.debug
> tmp/amanda/changer.debug
> tmp/amanda/amtrmidx.20040225032257.debug
> tmp/amanda/amtrmlog.20040225033204.debug
> tmp/amanda/amtrmidx.20040225033205.debug
> ........ (truncated from here on)
>
> All is OK with the tape and the tape drive (well barring a problem
> with the tape at, say ... the 5GB section or something). What am I missing?
>
> thanks all
>
> geoffs :-)
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