Re: taper: attach_buffers: ... Invalid argument

Jean-Francois Malouin wrote:
> I googled this but didn't find anything conclusive:
> 
> taper: attach_buffers: (20 tapebufs: 41947616 bytes) Invalid argument
> 
> amanda-2.5.2p1 compiled with '--with-maxtapeblocksize=2048'
> and tapebufs=20
> 
> Can I just disregard it?
> 
> Other, perhaps unrelated issue: what is the relation between those
> parameters for amanda-2.5.x and the new feature
> `device_output_buffer_size' in 2.6.0?
> 
> tia,
> jf
> --
> <° ><

By the way, just to confirm, I have the same message. I'm running
amanda-2.5.1p1, compiled with the same maxtapeblocksize of 2048.

I have no idea what the tapebufs option does, and I'm too much of a n00b
to understand the description. I just set it to 64. I get about the same
message, even though everything seems to work fine.


NOTES:
  taper: attach_buffers: (64 tapebufs: 134223360 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (63 tapebufs: 132126184 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (62 tapebufs: 130029008 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (61 tapebufs: 127931832 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (60 tapebufs: 125834656 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (59 tapebufs: 123737480 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (58 tapebufs: 121640304 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (57 tapebufs: 119543128 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (56 tapebufs: 117445952 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (55 tapebufs: 115348776 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (54 tapebufs: 113251600 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (53 tapebufs: 111154424 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (52 tapebufs: 109057248 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (51 tapebufs: 106960072 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (50 tapebufs: 104862896 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (49 tapebufs: 102765720 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (48 tapebufs: 100668544 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (47 tapebufs: 98571368 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (46 tapebufs: 96474192 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (45 tapebufs: 94377016 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (44 tapebufs: 92279840 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (43 tapebufs: 90182664 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (42 tapebufs: 88085488 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (41 tapebufs: 85988312 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (40 tapebufs: 83891136 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (39 tapebufs: 81793960 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (38 tapebufs: 79696784 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (37 tapebufs: 77599608 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (36 tapebufs: 75502432 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (35 tapebufs: 73405256 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (34 tapebufs: 71308080 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (33 tapebufs: 69210904 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (32 tapebufs: 67113728 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (31 tapebufs: 65016552 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (30 tapebufs: 62919376 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (29 tapebufs: 60822200 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (28 tapebufs: 58725024 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (27 tapebufs: 56627848 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (26 tapebufs: 54530672 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (25 tapebufs: 52433496 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (24 tapebufs: 50336320 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (23 tapebufs: 48239144 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (22 tapebufs: 46141968 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (21 tapebufs: 44044792 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (20 tapebufs: 41947616 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (19 tapebufs: 39850440 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (18 tapebufs: 37753264 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (17 tapebufs: 35656088 bytes) Invalid argument
  taper: attach_buffers: (16 tapebufs: 33558912 bytes) Invalid argument
  planner: Full dump of
til-nas-01.netmatch.local:/tank2/backups/TIL-VOIP-01 promoted from 38
days ahead.

I hope someone can shed a light on this. Are the warnings bad, why do
they appear, and for me: what does the tapebufs parameter mean?

-- 


With kind regards,


Angelo Höngens

Systems Administrator

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