Hi all,

I've had a search through the FAQ, generally on the 'net and through the
list archives, but I can't seem to find anyone else reporting similar
symptoms to me, so here I go with my first post to the list.  If I've
made a mistake, please be gentle...

I have a Linux box at another site.  It's running Amanda 2.4.4p2 and is
plugged into a Compaq DDS4 drive.

Partway through a full nightly backup I'm getting the following email
back:

> These dumps were to tape Haslar12.
> *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: No space left on device]]. 
> 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: Haslar14.
>
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
>   olympic    /samba/company lev 0 FAILED [out of tape]
>   olympic    /samba/company lev 0 FAILED ["data write: Connection
reset by
peer"]
>   olympic    /samba/company lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed]
>
>
> STATISTICS:
>                           Total       Full      Daily
>                         --------   --------   --------
> Estimate Time (hrs:min)    0:00
> Run Time (hrs:min)         5:07
> Dump Time (hrs:min)        1:10       1:10       0:00
> Output Size (meg)        5208.7     5208.7        0.0
> Original Size (meg)      8918.1     8918.1        0.0
> Avg Compressed Size (%)    58.4       58.4        -- 
> Filesystems Dumped            4          4          0
> Avg Dump Rate (k/s)      1272.8     1272.8        -- 
>
> Tape Time (hrs:min)        1:10       1:10       0:00
> Tape Size (meg)          5208.7     5208.7        0.0
> Tape Used (%)              27.0       27.0        0.0
> Filesystems Taped             4          4          0
> Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s)  1274.0     1274.0        -- 
>
> USAGE BY TAPE:
>   Label          Time      Size      %    Nb
>   Haslar12       1:10    5208.7   27.0     4
>
>
> FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
>
> /-- olympic    /samba/company lev 0 FAILED ["data write: Connection
reset
by peer"]
> sendbackup: start [olympic:/samba/company level 0]
> sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/tar
> sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |/bin/tar -f... -
> sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz
> sendbackup: info end
> \--------
>
>
> NOTES:
>   taper: tape Haslar12 kb 16875296 fm 5 writing file: No space left on
device
>
>
> DUMP SUMMARY:
>                                      DUMPER STATS            TAPER
STATS
> HOSTNAME     DISK        L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS  KB/s MMM:SS
KB/s
> -------------------------- ---------------------------------
------------
> olympic      /etc/       0   35090  10956  31.2   0:22 507.0
0:052276.1
> olympic      /home       0 90793005319769  58.6  69:241277.4
69:251277.4
> olympic      -ba/company 0 FAILED
---------------------------------------
> olympic      -a/netlogon 0      10      1  10.0   0:00   0.0   0:13
0.1
> olympic      /var/log    0   17730   2938  16.6   0:04 702.6   0:04
786.5
>
> (brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.4p2)

Now, if I'm reading this right, it's saying that it's hit the end of a
20Gb tape at around the 5Gb mark.  Here's what I think are the relevant
parts of my amanda.conf:

tapetype HP-DDS-4

define tapetype HP-DDS-4 {
        comment "just produced by tapetype prog (hardware compression
on)"
        length 17021 mbytes
        filemark 403 kbytes
        speed 1578 kps
}

(Some of you may recognise this - provided by rnaydenov on the Amanda
site).

I'm wondering about a faulty tape drive or tapes?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Mark Lidstone
IT and Network Support Administrator

BMT SeaTech Ltd
Grove House, Meridians Cross, 7 Ocean Way
Ocean Village, Southampton.  SO14 3TJ. UK
Tel: +44 (0)23 8063 5122         
Fax: +44 (0)23 8063 5144

E-Mail:  mailto:mark.lidstone AT bmtseatech.co DOT uk
Website: www.bmtseatech.co.uk
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