On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 03:35:54AM -0700, Javier Guerrero wrote:
> 
> I add my amanda.conf. Anyone see something wrong? I believe that error isn't
> in amanda.conf.
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p16024542/amanda.conf amanda.conf 
> 


Note that amtapetype doesn't get any config name on the command line.
Thus it has no idea which amanda.conf to use.  The problem you report,
with amtapetype, has nothing to do with amanda.conf.  amtapetype does
not use amanda.conf, nor any other part of amanda IIRC.  It is used to
determine appropriate values to put into amanda.conf.



> 
> Javier Guerrero wrote:
> > 
> > I have a problem to determine the type of my tape, I know that is an HP
> > Ultrium LTO1(100/200 GB).
> > I want to know the specific parameters to insert into amanda.conf, because
> > the actual parametres give an error(the same error of amtapetype) when I
> > run amdump and the backup is big enough.
> > 
> > amandabackup@svq2:~> amtapetype -o -e 100g -f /dev/nst0
> > Estimate phase 1...
> > Writing 2048 Mbyte   compresseable data:  36 sec
> > Estimate phase 2...
> > amtapetype: could not write any data in this pass: Input/output error
> > 
> > 


I took this to be a hardware, not an amanda problem.  Thus I
suggested that you explore whether your hardware was working
properly outside of using any amanda tools.  I.e. just use
standard system commands.

Another responder, I think it was Paul, suggested that as the
first short write phase 1 seemed to have worked, perhaps the
problem was that following a rewind the drive reports it is
ready for the next operation too early, before it is done
rewinding.  Thus when it receives the next command it reports
an error.  This behavior from has been observed before from
some model drives.


> > The content of my amanda.conf is:
> > define tapetype HP-LTO1 {
> >    comment ""
> >    length 101376 mbytes
> >    filemark 0 kbytes   
> >    speed 13872 kps     
> > }
> > 


If your testing of the drive outside of amanda suggests
that the drive is working ok, this is a reasonable
tapetype definition to use.


> > Thanks in advance, 
> > Javier Guerrero
> > 
> > 
> 
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