On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 06:57:28AM -0700, Tom Herrera wrote:
> 
> I'm still pretty new to Linux and Amanda.  I'm receiving the following error
> during amcheck:
> 
> Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> -----------------------------
> WARNING: holding disk /opt/amanda: only 15564476 KB free, using nothing
> ERROR: /dev/nst0: tape_rdlabel: tape open: /dev/nst0: Input/output error
>        (expecting tape Daily-002 or a new tape)
> NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> Server check took 0.648 seconds
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> Client check: 3 hosts checked in 16.401 seconds, 0 problems found
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1)
> 
> Recommendations on best way to proceed?  Thanx in advance.
> 

I'd start by mimicing amanda's actions manually to narrow where to look.

Can you manually read the tape label as the amanda user id?

Something like this:

  $ su - <amanda_user>
  ...

  $ dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k count=1

The label is text and you should see it on-screen.

jl
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