writing file: short write

[Jason Lavigne]

(I have a few questions and figured I would split them up as opposed to asking all in one email)   I have the tapes set to “reuse” and for some reason I am getting the following error from time to time:   The dumps were flushed to tape Daily-001. *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: short write]]. Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk. Run amflush again to flush them to tape.   FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:   samba.bwlo /backup/bwlogic lev 2 FAILED [out of tape] ….   NOTES:   taper: tape Daily-001 kb 7719904 fm 21 writing file: short write   Is this telling me that the tape is no longer good and I should replace it? There is no way that it could be full as it is 35GB and I don’t have that much data, maybe 5GBs at most.   TIA   Jay