On Fri, 31 May 2002 at 12:33pm, Paul Guyot wrote > I got several tape errors recently. > Cleaning the drive doesn't seem to help. > Last errors are: > > >Subject: Guns AMANDA [FAILURE] MAIL REPORT FOR May 24, 2002 > > > >These dumps were to tape daily-003. > >*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: I/O error]]. > > > >... > > > > taper: tape daily-003 kb 7808 fm 6 writing file: I/O error
> How can I tell if it's a problem with the configuration, with the > tape or with the drive? I/O error is what the OS told amanda. There should be more detailed error messages in your system logs. > Is my filemark setting incorrect? Could the speed be wrong? > Any hint? Those wouldn't cause this problem. Amanda doesn't use the speed parameter, and the filemarks parameter is just used for size estimations. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
