--On Thursday, March 10, 2005 15:51:49 +0000 Bruce.Skinner AT drdc-rddc.gc DOT 
ca wrote:

> 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.

As someone else pointed out, you should use 'chg-manual' if
you need runtapes > 1 and don't have a changer.  However, I
inadvertently had a config with no changer and runtapes >1
and it just warned about using runtapes without specifying
a changer and ran just as if runtapes was set to 1.

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

My first guess would be a permissions problem; that 'backup'
can't write to the tape.  It's possible, but unlikely, that
you may have flipped the write-protect tab on the tape after
you labeled it.
  Also, look in /tmp/amanda for any errors in the debug files,
and sheck your system logs to see if anything is there.

Frank

> 
> 
> 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
>   }
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Bruce S. Skinner
> Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic
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