Hi Jukka,
Could you try the attached patch.
If it doesn't work, try the following command:
mt -f <dev> rewind
mt -f <dev> fsf 12
dd if=<dev> bs=32k count=1
Send me the output of the dd command.
Jean-Louis
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 01:14:09PM +0200, Jukka Salmi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on a Amanda 2.4.4p4 system which ran fine for some months I noticed today
> amverify was still running after about 5 hours; normally it only takes some
> minutes to complete. I killed the process, and then received the so far
> missing verify report (which was about 3MB...). For some reasons a certain
> file system was checked over and over again:
>
> ----- AMANDA VERIFY REPORT ---
> Tapes: DAILY02
> Errors found:
> aborted!
>
> amverify Daily
> Fri Jun 3 03:50:13 CEST 2005
>
> Loading current slot...
> Using device file:/var/amanda/vtapes/Daily
> Volume DAILY02, Date 20050603
> Checked host1._pkgbuild_etc.20050603.1
> Checked host2._.20050603.1
> Checked host1._pkgbuild_home.20050603.0
> Checked host2._usr.20050603.1
> Checked host1._src.20050603.1
> Checked host2._var.20050603.1
> Checked host2._etc.20050603.0
> Checked host1._.20050603.1
> Checked host1._etc.20050603.0
> Checked host1._var_spool_imap.20050603.1
> Checked host2._home.20050603.0
> Checked host1._opt.20050603.1
> Checked host1._opt.20050603.1
> Checked host1._opt.20050603.1
> Checked host1._opt.20050603.1
> Checked host1._opt.20050603.1
> [ ... about 70000 identical lines skipped ... ]
> Checked host1._opt.20050603.1
> Checked host1._opt.20050603.1
> Checked host1._opt.20050603.1
> aborted!
> ----- END OF AMANDA VERIFY REPORT -----
>
> This is 100% reproducible. Unfortunately I can't find the source of the
> problem. Hints are welcome!
>
>
> TIA, Jukka
>
> P.S.: this is on NetBSD 2.0 with Amanda built from pkgsrc, in case this
> matters.
>
> --
> bashian roulette:
> $ ((RANDOM%6)) || rm -rf ~
--
Jean-Louis Martineau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
D�partement IRO, Universit� de Montr�al
C.P. 6128, Succ. CENTRE-VILLE Tel: (514) 343-6111 ext. 3529
Montr�al, Canada, H3C 3J7 Fax: (514) 343-5834
--- amanda-2.4.4/restore-src/amrestore.c 2004-11-19 08:17:15.000000000
-0500
+++ amanda-2.4.5/restore-src/amrestore.c 2004-11-19 13:12:30.000000000
-0500
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
* file named AUTHORS, in the root directory of this distribution.
*/
/*
- * $Id: amrestore.c,v 1.28.2.4.4.3.2.10 2004/11/19 13:17:15 martinea Exp $
+ * $Id: amrestore.c,v 1.28.2.4.4.3.2.8.2.3 2004/11/19 18:12:30 martinea Exp $
*
* retrieves files from an amanda tape
*/
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@
char *e;
char *err;
char *label = NULL;
+ int count_error;
for(fd = 3; fd < FD_SETSIZE; fd++) {
/*
@@ -667,24 +668,28 @@
get_pname());
}
- while(file.type == F_TAPESTART || file.type == F_DUMPFILE) {
- amfree(filename);
- filename = make_filename(&file);
+ count_error=0;
+ while(count_error < 10) {
+ if(file.type == F_TAPEEND) break;
found_match = 0;
- for(me = match_list; me; me = me->next) {
- if(disk_match(&file,me->datestamp,me->hostname,me->diskname) != 0) {
- found_match = 1;
- break;
+ if(file.type == F_DUMPFILE) {
+ amfree(filename);
+ filename = make_filename(&file);
+ for(me = match_list; me; me = me->next) {
+ if(disk_match(&file,me->datestamp,me->hostname,me->diskname) !=
0) {
+ found_match = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: %3d: %s ",
+ get_pname(),
+ file_number,
+ found_match ? "restoring" : "skipping");
+ if(file.type != F_DUMPFILE) {
+ print_header(stderr, &file);
+ } else {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", filename);
}
- }
- fprintf(stderr, "%s: %3d: %s ",
- get_pname(),
- file_number,
- found_match ? "restoring" : "skipping");
- if(file.type != F_DUMPFILE) {
- print_header(stderr, &file);
- } else {
- fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", filename);
}
if(found_match) {
restore(&file, filename, isafile);
@@ -718,6 +723,7 @@
if((tapedev = tape_open(tapename, 0)) < 0) {
error("could not open %s: %s", tapename, strerror(errno));
}
+ count_error++;
} else {
/*
* If the last read got something (even an error), we can
@@ -726,6 +732,7 @@
if(tapefd_fsf(tapedev, 1) < 0) {
error("could not fsf %s: %s", tapename, strerror(errno));
}
+ count_error=0;
}
file_number++;
read_file_header(&file, isafile);
--- amanda-2.4.4/server-src/amverify.sh.in 2004-10-04 07:47:06.000000000
-0400
+++ amanda-2.4.5/server-src/amverify.sh.in 2004-11-19 13:12:30.000000000
-0500
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#! /bin/sh
#
-# $Id: amverify.sh.in,v 1.7.2.13.4.5.2.7 2004/10/04 11:47:06 martinea Exp
$
+# $Id: amverify.sh.in,v 1.7.2.13.4.5.2.6.2.2 2004/11/19 18:12:30 martinea
Exp $
#
# (C) 1996 by ICEM Systems GmbH
# Author: Axel Zinser ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@
FILE=`grep restoring $TEMP/amrestore.out \
| sed 's/^.*restoring //'`
EOF=`grep "reached end of tape" $TEMP/amrestore.out`
+ EOI=`grep "reached end of information" $TEMP/amrestore.out`
# amrestore: 0: restoring sundae._mnt_sol1_usr.19961127.1
if [ X"$FILE" != X"" -a X"$RESULT" = X"0" ]; then
report "Checked $FILE"
@@ -436,6 +437,9 @@
elif [ -n "$EOF" ]; then
report "End-of-Tape detected."
break
+ elif [ -n "$EOI" ]; then
+ report "End-of-Information detected."
+ break
else
report "** Error detected ($FILE)"
echo "$VOLUME ($FILE):" >>$DEFECTS
