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Running out of tape when half full???

2006-09-22 04:47:48
Subject: Running out of tape when half full???
From: Matthew Claridge <mclaridge AT rwa-net.co DOT uk>
To: Amanda List <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:03:04 +0100
Hi,

Hope someone can shed some light on this. Suddenly my backups have started failing due to the tape running out of space:

*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: No space left on device]].
FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
 server1.rwa /var lev 0 STRANGE
 server1.rwa /usr/local lev 0 FAILED [out of tape]
 server1.rwa /usr/local lev 0 FAILED ["data write: Connection reset by peer"]
 server1.rwa /usr/local lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed]

NOTES:
 taper: tape DailySet202 kb 34175264 fm 16 writing file: No space left on device


However, I'm using an 80GB (uncompressed) VXA tape:

tapetype VXA2-V23       # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below)

define tapetype VXA2-V23 {
   comment "Exabyte VXA2 tape drive and V23 tapes"
   length 76209 mbytes
   filemark 3908 kbytes
   speed 3956 kps
}

Anyone have any ideas as to what's going on?

Thanks in advance,
Matt

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