--On Tuesday, October 14, 2003 12:54:34 -0500 "Johnson, S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been working on my original problem of the service not seemingly > running under the user Amanda when I think I discovered another issue, > perhaps related to my problem. When I do an amcheck -m DailySet1 I get > the following email sent to me: > > > DailySet1 AMANDA PROBLEM: FIX BEFORE RUN, IF POSSIBLE > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Holding disk /var/tmp: 7250452 KB disk space available, that's plenty > ERROR: /dev/nst0: reading label: Input/output error > (expecting a new tape) > NOTE: skipping tape-writable test > NOTE: info dir /var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo: does not exist > NOTE: it will be created on the next run > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > I was able to run system level commands like > mt -f /dev/nst0 erase > > And I was able to backup directly to the tape device ok. > > I only found a couple of other people that were experiencing an issue > similar to what I'm seeing. One stated that a "mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk > 0" fixed their issue. I tried this and got the same message. > > I've tried 3 different brand new out of the wrapper tapes so I don't > think it's a tape issue. I'm also able to backup by copying files > directly to the tape drive. > > Any ideas? > Thanks much. Were you able to successfully run amlabel on the tape first? Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
