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Re: Wait for dumping
2005-09-17 23:51:35
Here's the post-mortem: I've been using a hand-me-dowm
Spectra Logic 2K. No matter what tape I tried in drive 0
(the only one of two that my AMANDA configuration seems
to recognize) I had I/O errors. Even an innocuous command such as
mt -f /dev/nst0 compression off
[by the way, the argument "off" is worth a small fortune in
consulting fees, since it has to be guessed]
Resulted in an I/O error. Such things are often caused by
hardware trouble. After checking cables, interface card seating,
and other things, I tried using the cleaning tape.
Problem solved.
-F
PS. In view of the recent complaints on this list about the AMANDA
documentation, for lack of any specific citation I must take the
opportunity to disagree. The documentation is intelligible to anyone who
takes the trouble to read it. Although my group is relatively
small, we are able to maintain many more Linux servers
(for computational clusters) with fewer problems than if we
were running Windows systems: we can turn to the open source community
for assistance and, well, the source.
http://research.gc.cuny.edu/index.php/Research_Computing:About#Strategic_Defenestration_Initiative
Jon LaBadie wrote:
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
I don't know about you, but if this was my report I'd check slot 11.
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