Trying to backup to disk, getting "dump to tape failed, will try again"

Hi there,

I'm new to Amanda and am trying to get a disk-to-disk backup going.When I run amcheck, everything seems fine. Then, when I run amdump,nothing ever gets written to disk (virtual tape). The amanda log fileshows:

SUCCESS taper [hostname] /export/backup 20071126 0 [sec 188.985 kb 0 kps0.0 {wr: writers 0 rdwait 188.984 wrwait 0.000 filemark 0.000}]INFO driver [hostname] /export/backup 0 [dump to tape failed, will tryagain]

I've googled and read docs and how-to's to get where I am now.Unfortunately, all the docs and how-to's get me to running amcheckwithout errors and then launch into how to start a recovery process. Iguess that means that most people have no problems with amdump. ;-)I've included config info below, amanda.conf, disklist, etc. Pleasetake a look and let me know what silly error I've made. I'd reallyappreciate it. If I've left out some pertinent info, please tell me andI'll include it.


Thanks!!

My amanda.conf file is
org "OrgName" # your organization name for reports
dumpuser "amanda" # the user to run dumps under

inparallel 4 # maximum dumpers that will run in parallel

dumpcycle 14 # the number of days in the normal dump cycle
runspercycle 10 # the number of amdump runs in dumpcycle days
etimeout 55 # number of seconds per filesystem for estimates.
runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of amdump
tapetype HARDDISK # what kind of tape it is (see tapetypes below)

labelstr "^OrgName-[0-9][0-9]*$" # label constraint regex: all tapesmust match


tapecycle 11
tpchanger "chg-disk"
changerfile "/export/amanda/status/chg-disk-status" # status files prefix
tapedev "file:/export/amanda/vtapes/tape1/slots"

infofile "/export/amanda/adm/BlueFrog/curinfo"  # database filename
logdir   "/export/amanda/adm/BlueFrog"          # log directory
indexdir "/export/amanda/adm/BlueFrog/index"    # index directory

define tapetype HARDDISK {
   comment "Dump onto hard disk"
   length 40960 mbytes
}

define dumptype global {
   index yes
   program "GNUTAR"
   exclude list "/var/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar"
   # record no
}

define dumptype hard-disk-dump {
   global
   comment "Back up to hard disk instead of tape using dump"
   holdingdisk no
   index yes
   priority high
   kencrypt no
   program "GNUTAR"
}

define interface vbeb {
   comment "10 Mbps ethernet over the vbeb"
   use 800 kbps
}


And my test disklist file looks like this:
client.host /etc hard-disk-dump -1 vbeb
client.host /export/backup hard-disk-dump -1 vbeb
client.host /export/subversion hard-disk-dump -1 vbeb
client.host /export/httpd/beta-webspaces hard-disk-dump -1 vbeb
client.host /export/httpd/swc.bluefrog hard-disk-dump -1 vbeb

I have my virtual tapes set up and labeled:
[root@backuphost ~]# ls -lR /export/amanda/vtapes/ | more
/export/amanda/vtapes/:
total 4
drwxr-x---  4 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 10:41 tape1

/export/amanda/vtapes/tape1:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x   2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 23 13:19 data
-rw-------   1 amanda disk   11 Nov 23 13:19 info
drwxr-xr-x  12 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 13:53 slots

/export/amanda/vtapes/tape1/data:
total 0

/export/amanda/vtapes/tape1/slots:
total 44

lrwxrwxrwx 1 amanda disk 39 Nov 26 13:53 data ->/export/amanda/vtapes/tape1/slots/slot4

-rw-------  1 amanda disk   11 Nov 26 13:53 info
drwxr-xr-x  2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 12:38 slot1
drwxr-xr-x  2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 10:51 slot10
drwxr-xr-x  2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 13:29 slot2
drwxr-xr-x  2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 13:51 slot3
drwxr-xr-x  2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 15:12 slot4
drwxr-xr-x  2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 10:49 slot5
drwxr-xr-x  2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 10:51 slot6
drwxr-xr-x  2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 10:51 slot7
drwxr-xr-x  2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 10:51 slot8
drwxr-xr-x  2 amanda disk 4096 Nov 26 11:40 slot9






Jennifer Luisi
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