Labeling the tapes at this point in time is not working it is writing to the tape0-status file the errors reported below. When I have done a show previously Amanda reports that an unlabeled tape is not an Amanda tape.
Barry Haycock T +61 2 6268 9242 F +61 2 6268 9233 SecureNet Ltd 243 Northbourne Ave Lyneham ACT 2602 There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't. -----Original Message----- From: Jon LaBadie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: error messages On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:23:54AM +1000, Barry Haycock wrote: > I have inherited an Amanda backup system at the place I work at. > As this system is a remote access only I had a staff member insert new > tapes in to the server which is a Solaris 8 using version 2.4.4 writing > to a sun L20 using dlt tapes 20/40. This system was working after I took > it over but was not being maintained. I have on the system 2 configs > daily and monthly backup. After the new tapes went in (I haven't labeled > them yet) which are to be used under the monthly backup config in order > to find what slot Amanda thought that they were in I ran a "amtape > monthly show" since that time when ever any Amanda command is run (not > just amtape) I get the following errors written to tape0-status at a > great rate of knots and if left unchecked will fill up the file system > can anyone point me in the right direction of what is causing the error > messages and how to resolve them. Labeling the tapes would be a good start. How can amtape "show" you what tapes are in which slots if they have no "names" aka "labels" -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
