Here's the uname output: FreeBSD duchess.twilley.org 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #0: Sat Nov 8 00:40:54 PST 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DUCHESS i386
I'm running amanda out of ports: amanda-client-2.4.4_2,1 The Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (clie amanda-server-2.4.4_4,1 The Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver (serv I've started to get the following message in my nightly emails: *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [writing label: short write]. 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: twilley009. This is showing up in my messages file: Dec 3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): WRITE FILEMARKS. CDB: 10 0 0 0 2 0 Dec 3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error Dec 3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition Dec 3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): DATA PROTECT asc:27,0 Dec 3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): Write protected Dec 3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): Unretryable error Dec 3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): failed to write terminating filemark(s) Dec 3 01:08:19 duchess kernel: (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command to clear this state. Does this mean I have a defective tape, or is the problem worse than that? Jack. -- Jack Twilley jmt at twilley dot org http colon slash slash www dot twilley dot org slash tilde jmt slash
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