Hmmmm, i'm no free-bsd guru, but....
Jack Twilley schrieb:
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
is it possible your tape is physical write-protected? Christoph
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.
