I'm using Amanda version 2.4.2p2-tapeio (from cvs) to run backups to a
hard drive instead of a tape. Using the file: driver went fine for a
couple days, now consistently produces "short write" errors.
Specifically the error message looks like this:
FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
10.0.0.16 hda4 lev 0 FAILED [out of tape]
taper: FATAL syncpipe_get: r: unexpected EOF
The definition for the disk 'tapetype' is this:
define tapetype HARD-DISK {
comment "Hard disk instead of tape"
length 15000 mbytes # Simulates end of tape on hard disk
}
And the changer.conf file looks like this:
multieject 0
gravity 0
needeject 0
ejectdelay 0
statefile /usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/changer-status
firstslot 1
lastslot 8
slot 1 file:/home/amanda/dumps/tape01
slot 2 file:/home/amanda/dumps/tape02
slot 3 file:/home/amanda/dumps/tape03
slot 4 file:/home/amanda/dumps/tape04
slot 5 file:/home/amanda/dumps/tape05
slot 6 file:/home/amanda/dumps/tape06
slot 7 file:/home/amanda/dumps/tape07
slot 8 file:/home/amanda/dumps/tape08
The file for the failed client/drive is 2056 MB. Could this be a 2GB
file size limitation problem I'm getting? If so, is there any way to
set a 'chunksize' equivalent for the tape definition?
Thanks,
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Jeremy Wadsack
Wadsack-Allen Digital Group
