>
> It sounds like you don't have enough tapes in your rotation.  You
> probably want to look into adding more.
>
I expected this to be the answer, but the situation can still happen.

> Also, amcheck will alert you to this problem before you amdump.  If
> you choose to ignore the warning...
>

There was no warning, because the filesystem grew in between the check and
the dump.


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AlanP