-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org on behalf of Jon LaBadie
Sent: Fri 9/16/2005 12:34 AM
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: Wait for dumping

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 10:51:31PM -0400, Lengyel, Florian wrote:
> A check of the log shows that the taper is complaining that a new tape
> isn't in the rack! But there are plenty of tapes (30)...
>
> [amanda@amanda Daily]$ more log.20050915.4
> START driver date 20050915
> DISK planner cml10 /home/moodle
> DISK planner m254.gc.cuny.edu /home/m254/dmulcahey/
> START planner date 20050915
> WARNING driver WARNING: /var/tmp/amanda: 10485760 KB requested, but only 7812680
>  KB available.
> INFO planner Adding new disk cml10:/home/moodle.
> INFO planner Adding new disk m254.gc.cuny.edu:/home/m254/dmulcahey/.
> FINISH planner date 20050915
> STATS driver startup time 0.477
> ERROR taper no-tape [new tape not found in rack]

Do disklist entries other than this new one backup correctly
during the same amdump run?

Yes.

Are those 30 tapes labeled with the amlabel command?

Yes. Nothing changed. They were amlabeled a few months ago.

Are they labeled with a string that matches that specified in amanda.conf?

Indeed.

How many of those 30 have been used at least once by amanda?

All of them.

What is your tapecycle value?  Is it greater than 30?

tapecycle 30 tapes  

So not greater than 30.

What does amcheck say about the tape it expects to use?

It says the following:

[amanda@amanda ~]$ amcheck Daily
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
WARNING: holding disk /var/tmp/amanda: only 7813184 KB free (10485760 KB requested)
amcheck-server: slot 11: tape_rdlabel: tape open: /dev/nst0: Input/output error

amcheck-server: fatal slot 11: Unloading Data Transfer Element into Storage Element 11...mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes
ERROR: new tape not found in rack
       (expecting a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
NOTE: info dir /var/lib/amanda/Daily/curinfo/cml10: does not exist
NOTE: index dir /var/lib/amanda/Daily/index/cml10: does not exist
NOTE: info dir /var/lib/amanda/Daily/curinfo/m254.gc.cuny.edu/_home_m254_dmulcahey_: does not exist
NOTE: index dir /var/lib/amanda/Daily/index/m254.gc.cuny.edu/_home_m254_dmulcahey_: does not exist
Server check took 423.496 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
Client check: 2 hosts checked in 0.089 seconds, 0 problems found

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thanks,

FL