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Amrecover fails when using tape spanning: Unexpected EOF in archive

2006-09-22 20:27:14
Subject: Amrecover fails when using tape spanning: Unexpected EOF in archive
From: "David Trusty" <dwtrusty AT hotmail DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:21:34 -0500
Hi,

I am trying to restore a file which is on a backup
which used tape spanning.  I am running version 2.5.1.

The backup says it completed successfully, but I get
the errors below from amrecover and imidxtaped.

Any ideas?

Thanks!!

David

amrecover output
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Looking for tape 104...
tar: Read 8192 bytes from -
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Extractor child exited with status 2


debug log for amidxtaped
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
midxtaped: 46: restoring split dumpfile: date 20060920 host helix disk /mnt/dataa/invention part 46/UNKNOWN lev 0 comp N program /bin/tar amidxtaped: 47: restoring split dumpfile: date 20060920 host helix disk /mnt/dataa/invention part 47/UNKNOWN lev 0 comp N program /bin/tar amidxtaped: 48: restoring split dumpfile: date 20060920 host helix disk /mnt/dataa/invention part 48/UNKNOWN lev 0 comp N program /bin/tar amidxtaped: 49: restoring split dumpfile: date 20060920 host helix disk /mnt/dataa/invention part 49/UNKNOWN lev 0 comp N program /bin/tar amidxtaped: 50: restoring split dumpfile: date 20060920 host helix disk /mnt/dataa/invention part 50/UNKNOWN lev 0 comp N program /bin/tar amidxtaped: 51: restoring split dumpfile: date 20060920 host helix disk /mnt/dataa/invention part 51/UNKNOWN lev 0 comp N program /bin/tar
amidxtaped: restore read error: Device or resource busy
amidxtaped: time 2988.892: restore read error: Device or resource busy
amidxtaped: time 2988.892: pid 18574 finish time Fri Sep 22 11:29:43 2006