Amanda-Users

[Amanda-users] Amanda using tapes in a very strange (and wrong) way

2008-11-13 13:52:54
Subject: [Amanda-users] Amanda using tapes in a very strange (and wrong) way
From: rory_f <amanda-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:49:03 -0500

Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:26 PM, rory_f <amanda-forum < at > 
> backupcentral.com> wrote:
> 
> > i have a feeling it might be hardware too. im gonna try with _brand_ new 
> > tapes tomorrow, to see if i cannot reproduce this..
> > 
> 
> It looks like it might be a changer problem -- I'm seeing several:
> 
> 1226376231.524952: taper: changer: got exit: 2 str: <none> barcode
> "MRX157L3" not found in mtx status output
> 
> you should probably check the changer logfile to see if anything else
> appears there.  You may also want to increase the initial_poll_delay
> so that the changer waits longer for the next tape to appear.  Usually
> when we see this kind of problem, it occurs because the tape drive
> hasn't "settled down" by the time Amanda starts writing to it.
> 
> Dustin
> 
> -- 
> Storage Software Engineer
> http://www.zmanda.com
Dustin,

Ok i will try that.  I'll update you with anything else.

Thanks

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