Hi

I have the output of amverifyrun below.  I am wondering
whether it's likely to be a physical tape media problem or
something else.

The first message about the tape not being at the beginning, I thought I'd
fix with 'mt rewind' prior to running amverifyrun-- but that has not fixed
the problem.

Clearly amrestore can read the tape because it finds the tape's label and
the date stamp of a backup.

Can anybody point me in the right direction with this one?

Thanks
s.

Tapes:  xxxMilanDaily-007 xxxMilanDaily-001
Errors found:
xxxMilanDaily-007 ():
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
xxxMilanDaily-007 ():
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
xxxMilanDaily-007 ():
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
xxxMilanDaily-007 ():
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
xxxMilanDaily-007 ():
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
xxxMilanDaily-007 ():
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out

amverify xxxMilanDaily
Thu Sep 28 16:13:20 CEST 2006

Loading 6 slot...
Using device /dev/nst0
Volume xxxMilanDaily-007, Date 20060928

Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._usr_local.20060928.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
backup.milan.xxx.com._mnt_windowshosts_windows-laptop-finance.20060928.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
ldap.milan.xxx.com._root.20060928.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
backup.milan.xxx.com._var_lib_amanda.20060928.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
ldap.milan.xxx.com._etc.20060928.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
backup.milan.xxx.com._root.20060928.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
backup.milan.xxx.com._etc.20060928.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._var.20060928.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._var.20060928.0.2
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._var.20060928.0.3
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
ldap.milan.xxx.com._opt.20060928.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._.20060928.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._.20060928.0.2
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.01
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.02
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.03
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.04
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.05
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.06
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.07
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.08
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.09
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.10
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.11
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.12
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.13
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.14
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.15
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.16
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.17
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.18
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.19
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.20
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.21
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.22
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.23
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.24
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.25
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.26
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.27
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.28
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.29
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.30
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.31
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060928.0.32

** Error detected ()
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
** Error detected ()
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
** Error detected ()
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
** Error detected ()
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
** Error detected ()
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
** Error detected ()
amrestore: error reading file header: Input/output error
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
Too many errors.
Loading next slot...
Using device /dev/nst0
Volume xxxMilanDaily-001, Date 20060825
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._usr_local.20060825.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
ldap.milan.xxx.com._root.20060825.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
backup.milan.xxx.com._var_lib_amanda.20060825.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
backup.milan.xxx.com._root.20060825.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
ldap.milan.xxx.com._etc.20060825.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
backup.milan.xxx.com._etc.20060825.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._var.20060825.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._var.20060825.0.2
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._var.20060825.0.3
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
ldap.milan.xxx.com._opt.20060825.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._.20060825.0.1
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._.20060825.0.2
Skipped /bin/tar check on partial dump
file.milan.xxx.com._home.20060825.2.1
End-of-Tape detected.

Split dump ldap.milan.xxx.com should have 1 total pieces
All parts found

Split dump backup.milan.xxx.com should have 1 total pieces
All parts found

Split dump file.milan.xxx.com should have 1 total pieces
All parts found


-- 
Stuart Winter
www.armedslack.org