Hey, guess what. SUN StorEdge 9 tape jukebox does not operate properly with 2.4.2p2.
The really good news is updating chg-zd-mtx script with the one in amanda 2.4.3 fixes all the problems. Thank you for all the input over the last couple of weeks. > > Hello Amanda users. > > I'm seeing something rather odd in last night's dump attempt, > the amcheck and the attempted (but failed) flush. > > I'll include extracts of all three messages - but the short > of it is that some amanda programs see and accept the current > tape in the drive and others don't. > > FWIW (for what its worth) I'm running Solaris 8, amanda 2.4.2p2, > a SUN StorEdge 9 tape jukebox (HP made the guts) and a LTO drive. > > Backups have been running ok for about a week and we started the > second tape cycle with the original 9 tapes (and an uncomfortably > short tape cycle - but that is another matter). > > From the cron initiated amdump. All dumps succeeded to holding disk. > > *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [label NNEWTON02 or new tape not found in rack]. > Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk. > Run amflush to flush them to tape. > The next tape Amanda expects to use is: NNEWTON02. > > > Output from amcheck. No manual intervention. > > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > ----------------------------- > WARNING: holding disk /amanda/work: only 25871283 KB free (36700160 KB requested) > amcheck-server: slot cannot: open SCSI device '/dev/scsi/changer/c5t4d0' - Device >busy > amcheck-server: slot 2: date 20030107 label NNEWTON02 (exact label match) > NOTE: skipping tape-writable test > Tape NNEWTON02 label ok > Server check took 75.894 seconds > > Output from amflush. > > *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [label NNEWTON02 or new tape not found in rack]. > Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk. > Run amflush again to flush them to tape. > The next tape Amanda expects to use is: NNEWTON02. > > Any help apreciated, > > Brian > > --- > Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 > Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 > NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773 >
