The thing i can't understand is why the tape created with the new drive works perfectly... Or you're saying that the old drive have never written tape?
Tomorrow i will try to read amanda label on few tapes written by the old drive... -----Messaggio originale----- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per conto di Gene Heskett Inviato: lunedì 3 ottobre 2005 17.10 A: [email protected] Oggetto: Re: R: Question about changing Tape Drive On Monday 03 October 2005 08:03, Montagni, Giovanni wrote: >This is the output of dd command: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k count=1 >0+0 records in >0+0 records out > >I also tried to set blocksize to 0 (mt -t /dev/st0 setblk 0 or mt -t >/dev/nst0 setblk 0) but nothing has changed... The tape was on the >beginning, as i can see with mt -t /dev/st0 status. This means that the >old drive stopped to write anything on tape? but amanda report that the >backup was executed correctly. In addiction, old drive can read amanda >label. > Contact the vendor, that drive is caca. > > >-----Messaggio originale----- >Da: Paul Bijnens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Inviato: venerdì 30 settembre 2005 10.34 >A: Montagni, Giovanni >Cc: [email protected] >Oggetto: Re: Question about changing Tape Drive > >Montagni, Giovanni wrote: >> I have changed our tape drive, because it started to fail to write on >> tape. I have changed it with the same model. >> >> After sostitution, amanda cannot recognise the tape, every day it >> give me error like "Not an amanda tape", and i have to amrmtape then >> amlabel the tape again. >> >> Is it possible to solve this problem? > >First, can you read the tape with "dd"? >Try to read the label: > > dd if=/dev/st0 bs=32k count=1 > >Is the label you see correct? > >A frequent problem is blocksize difference. > >I work in variable blocksize. >On linux: > mt -t /dev/st0 defblksize 0 # add this in /etc/rc.*/* somewhere > mt -t /dev/st0 setblk 0 # or this just before handling tape > >If your tapes were written with a fixed blocksize, you should use that >value again (or relabel the tapes, and switch to variable blocksize). -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
