>using an IBM SCSI tape drive with DDS4 cartridges. I have confirmed
>that the tape drive is working when I use it manually (ie: I can read
>and write to /dev/sa0).
Is this the device name you gave Amanda? Are you sure it's the no-rewind
name (I would expect an 'n' in it someplace, e.g. /dev/nsa0)?
>The dumps are removed after degraded mode starts. ...
Actually, they are never being run at all.
>driver: result time 40.863 from taper:
>...
>writing taper command: Broken pipe
This sequence is bad. It implies taper died rather abruptly.
Do you have any core files in /tmp/amanda, in particular ones from taper?
If so, can you run gdb on one of them and taper and get a stack traceback
("where")? If all you get are addresses and not source files and line
numbers, can you rebuild Amanda with -g on the cc line to keep the debug
info and try it again?
>Also, is there a way to force a full dump to a tape? That is - I want a
>one time full backup of a computer to store for forever, I don't want it
>to be part of a cycle.
There are at least two ways. One is to do an "amadmin <config> force
..." and let it happen in the normal cycle, then "amadmin <config>
no-reuse <vsn>" the tape so Amanda leaves it alone from that point on.
Another is to have a separate "archive" Amanda configuration that only
does full dumps. This is discussed in the FAQ and various other docs.
>Dan Diephouse
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
