Hi,

I'm running amanda 2.4.4p2 on ubuntu linux (Warty) kernel v2.6.8.1.4 I
have a new configuration called "Norstead"; I've amlabel'ed all the
tapes; I put tape "Norstead01" in the drive; I run amcheck (sudo -u
backup amcheck -sclt Norstead) which reports all is ok;

I invoke amdump (sudo -u backup amdump Norstead) the estimates get
done and dump sets start rolling onto my holding disk.  The smallest
dump is alsike_boot at 28MB so it's done first and when taper attempts
to write it says:

  FAIL taper alsike alsike_boot 20050310 0 [out of tape].

I'm running a DLT8000 with no tape changer, but have set "runtapes 3"
with "autoflush on" on the assumption that when a tape gets full it
will wait for me to load another and kick it with amflush.

Any ideas what I've done/assumed wrong or what I should do next to
sort this out.


regards :-)
BruceS


/var/log/amanda/Norstead/log:

  DISK planner alsike alsike_root
  DISK planner alsike alsike_boot
  DISK planner alsike alsike_archive_a
  DISK planner alsike alsike_archive_b
  DISK planner alsike alsike_home
  START planner date 20050310
  WARNING planner tapecycle (8) <= runspercycle (28)
  INFO planner Adding new disk alsike:alsike_root.
  INFO planner Adding new disk alsike:alsike_boot.
  INFO planner Adding new disk alsike:alsike_archive_a.
  INFO planner Adding new disk alsike:alsike_archive_b.
  INFO planner Adding new disk alsike:alsike_home.
  START driver date 20050310
  START taper datestamp 20050310 label Norstead01 tape 0
  FINISH planner date 20050310
  STATS driver startup time 93.144
  SUCCESS dumper alsike alsike_boot 20050310 0 [sec 2.967 kb 28284 kps 9532.0 
orig-kb 31700]
  INFO taper tape Norstead01 kb 32 fm 1 writing file: Input/output error
  FAIL taper alsike alsike_boot 20050310 0 [out of tape]
  ERROR taper no-tape [[cannot overwrite active tape Norstead01]]
  WARNING driver going into degraded mode because of tape error.
  SUCCESS dumper alsike alsike_archive_a 20050310 0 [sec 1440.600 kb 13208871 
kps 9169.0 orig-kb 15927860]

/etc/amanda/Norstead/amanda.conf:

  #
  # amanda.conf - NorsteadDailySet1
  #
  # If your configuration is called, say, "DailySet1", then this file
  # normally goes in /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf.
  # for explanation of the parameters refer to amanda(8) and
  # /usr/doc/amanda/WHATS.NEW.gz 
  
  org "NorsteadDailySet1"       # your organization name for reports
  mailto "root"         # space separated list of operators at your site
  dumpuser "backup"     # the user to run dumps under
  
  inparallel 4          # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel
  netusage  600         # maximum net bandwidth for Amanda, in KB per sec
  
  # a filesystem is due for a full backup once every <dumpcycle> days
  dumpcycle 4 weeks     # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
  tapecycle 8 tapes     # the number of tapes in rotation
  runtapes 3    # The maximum number of tapes used in a single run.  Note that
                # this is an upper bound on the number of tapes, and Amanda may
                # use less.
  
  bumpsize 20 MB                # minimum savings (threshold) to bump level 1 
-> 2
  bumpdays     1                # minimum days at each level
  bumpmult     4                # threshold = bumpsize * (level-1)**bumpmult
  
  #tpchanger "no-changer" # the tape-changer glue script, see TAPE.CHANGERS
  tapedev       "/dev/nst0"     # the (no-rewind!) tape device.
  tapetype DLT-IV               # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below)
  labelstr "^Norstead[0-9][0-9]*$"  # label constraint regex: all tapes
                                  # must match.
  taperalgo largestfit  # Do The largest dump image that will fit on the
                        # current tape next.
  
  diskdir "/var/spool/amanda"  # where the holding disk is
  disksize 130 GB       # how much space can we use on it
  reserve 20            # Always set aside at least 20% of disksize for
                        # incrementals.
  autoflush on          # amdump run will flush the dump already on holding disk
                        # to tape.
  
    infofile "/var/lib/amanda/Norstead/curinfo"   # database filename
  indexdir "/var/lib/amanda/Norstead/index"     # where the index files live
  logfile  "/var/log/amanda/Norstead/log"       # log filename
  
  # tapetypes
  define tapetype DLT-IV {
      comment "Digital Linear Tape IV"
      lbl-templ "/etc/amanda/DLT.ps"
      length 40000 mbytes
      filemark 8 kbytes
      speed 6000 kbytes
  }
  
  # dumptypes
  define dumptype norstead-std-tar {
      program "GNUTAR"
      comment "partitions dumped with tar"
      compress server fast
      index
      priority medium
  }



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Bruce S. Skinner
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