I see what you are saying... But tapetype length was set to 35000. Why did it try to write more than 35G on the tape (as you point out it apparently wrote 38G before hitting EOT).
I am trying to get the planner to schedule only what fits so I don't hit EOT! How then do I do this? > >In any case I now have it set to 35000 mbytes and still hit EOT. > > What does the taper line say in the NOTES section? For instance: > > taper: tape 040066/RCD kb 39855072 fm 358 writing file: No such device or address > > This says taper had written 39855072 KBytes (~38 GBytes) when it got > the error. Look at that value for your system and you should have a > pretty good idea what to set your tapetype length to. > > Note that this will not prevent Amanda from hitting EOT. It just gives > planner a better shot of fitting the estimates into what you say the > tape will hold. But if the backups turn out to be larger, Amanda will > try to do them all. > > >Dick > > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
