I am running on: NetBSD V2.0.2/i386 HP Surestore DAT24x6 Amanda-2.4.4p4
I have setup a daily backup config which runs well, but it all fits on one tape. I have setup parallel monthly backup config that forces level 0s and uses no record and this does not seem to be working properly. This config has to go to a 2nd tape and never does. I have tested the drive and tapes and all work ok. All paritions dump properly until the last one. On the last parition it tries, which compresses larger than my holding area, but smaller than a tape, here is what I see in the logs around the time of the failure: amdump.1 --------- (successful lines trimmed...here is where the issue starts) driver: dumping ncti103:sd1f directly to tape driver: send-cmd time 7660.547 to taper: PORT-WRITE 00-00035 ncti103 fffffeff9ffe0f sd1f 0 20050729 taper: try_socksize: receive buffer size is 65536 taper: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.61737 driver: result time 7660.548 from taper: PORT 61737 driver: send-cmd time 7660.548 to dumper0: PORT-DUMP 01-00036 61737 ncti103 fffffeff9ffe0f sd1f NODEVICE 0 1970:1:1:0:0:0 DUMP |;bsd-auth;compress-fast;no-record;index; taper: stream_accept: connection from 127.0.0.1.61736 taper: try_socksize: receive buffer size is 32768 driver: state time 7660.548 free kps: 4370 space: 7840470 taper: writing idle-dumpers: 7 qlen tapeq: 0 runq: 0 roomq: 0 wakeup: 86400 driver-idle: not-idle driver: interface-state time 7660.548 if : free 970 if FXP1: free 1000 if BGE0: free 1000 if LE0: free 400 if LOCAL: free 1000 driver: hdisk-state time 7660.548 hdisk 0: free 7840470 dumpers 0 dumper: stream_client: connected to 127.0.0.1.61737 dumper: stream_client: our side is 0.0.0.0.61736 dumper: try_socksize: send buffer size is 65536 dumper: stream_client: connected to 200.1.1.103.61735 dumper: stream_client: our side is 0.0.0.0.61732 dumper: stream_client: connected to 200.1.1.103.61734 dumper: stream_client: our side is 0.0.0.0.61731 dumper: stream_client: connected to 200.1.1.103.61733 dumper: stream_client: our side is 0.0.0.0.61730 taper: writing end marker. [nctimonthly000 ERR kb 11990208 fm 18] (Above: appears to have run out of tape on the first tape here. What does ERR mean ?) changer: opening pipe to: /usr/pkg/libexec/chg-scsi -info changer: got exit: 0 str: 0 5 1 0 changer: opening pipe to: /usr/pkg/libexec/chg-scsi -slot current changer: got exit: 0 str: 0 /dev/nrst0 taper: slot 0: date 20050729 label nctimonthly000 (active tape) changer: opening pipe to: /usr/pkg/libexec/chg-scsi -slot next changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 /dev/nrst0 taper: slot 1: date X label nctimonthly001 (new tape) taper: read label `nctimonthly001' date `X' taper: wrote label `nctimonthly001' date `20050729' (Above: now it has found the next tape, writes the label. Never seems to retry after this.) driver: result time 12648.338 from dumper0: FAILED 01-00036 ["data write: Broken pipe"] driver: result time 12648.338 from taper: TRY-AGAIN 00-00035 [writing file: Input/output error] (Above: is this indicating the 2nd tape failed, or just logging the first failure ?) dumper: kill index command driver: state time 12648.383 free kps: 4400 space: 7840470 taper: idle idle-dumpers: 8 qlen tapeq: 0 runq: 0 roomq: 0 wakeup: 86400 driver-idle: not-idle driver: interface-state time 12648.383 if : free 1000 if FXP1: free 1000 if BGE0: free 1000 if LE0: free 400 if LOCAL: free 1000 driver: hdisk-state time 12648.383 hdisk 0: free 7840470 dumpers 0 driver: QUITTING time 12648.383 telling children to quit driver: send-cmd time 12648.383 to dumper0: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 12648.387 to dumper1: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 12648.388 to dumper2: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 12648.388 to dumper3: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 12648.388 to dumper4: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 12648.389 to dumper5: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 12648.389 to dumper6: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 12648.390 to dumper7: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 12648.390 to taper: QUIT taper: DONE [idle wait: 285.162 secs] taper: writing end marker. [nctimonthly001 OK kb 0 fm 0] (Above: writes the end marker here but it never wrote any data to the tape ?) driver: FINISHED time 12659.810 amdump: end at Fri Jul 29 12:56:50 EDT 2005 My first 3 attempts to post failed, hopefully this one makes it. I have all the logs from these runs. I have tried this 5 times with the same results. I can post them on ftp if reqired. Scott... Scott R. Burns NETCON Technologies Inc. Suite 135 - 4474 Blakie Road London, Ontario, Canada N6L 1G7 Voice: +1.519.652.0401 Fax: +1.519.652.9275
