amverify is trying to recover the data from the tape. you may want to do some tests using tar or dd. these will probably fail too. what tape drive are you using and what block size are you using? what OS?
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:21:15AM -0500, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote: > Friends, with the recent posting indicating the need to check backup > tapes, I recently ran amverify for the first time. Since I've been > running amanda overall less than a month, I've never had to do a restore > from the tapes. > > On the face of it, the amverify pasted in below looks disastrous. Since > this is my first amverify, I have no experience reading and interpreting > this report. Is this as bad as it looks? Would I be able to recover > anything from these tapes? I know the true test is to try to recover > something, which is what I'll do today. > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > -Kevin Zembower > > amanda@admin:~ > amverify DailySet1 > No tape changer... > Tape device is /dev/nst0... > Verify summary to root [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Defects file is /tmp/amanda/amverify.10232/defects > amverify DailySet1 > Thu Jan 17 09:02:49 EST 2002 > > Using device /dev/nst0 > Waiting for device to go ready... > Rewinding... > Processing label... > Volume DailySet125, Date 20020116 > Rewinding... > Checked cgi.hda1.20020116.1 > ** Error detected (centernet.sda1.20020116.1) > amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset > amrestore: 0: restoring centernet.sda1.20020116.1 > > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file > amrestore: 1: reached end of information > /sbin/restore: Tape is not a dump tape > 64+0 in > 64+0 out > ** Error detected (mailinglists.hda1.20020116.1)
