On Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at 04:50 AM, C.Scheeder wrote:
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
Also, check to make sure that the tape is rewound. Make sure the tape is properly amlabeled. How much stuff are you trying to put onto the tape? I often get weird error messages when I run out of space.
Ricky
