Ian Turner wrote:
Anthony,
On Thursday 02 March 2006 21:30, Anthony Valentine wrote:
When I run amverify, I get errors at the beginning and the end of the
status mail, however it shows the complete tape listing in the middle.
Here it the output, edited for length (let me know if you want to see
the entire output):
Two questions:
1) Did you rewind the tape before running amverify? It will not rewind the
tape itself.
2) Did Amanda hit the end of the tape when it was being written, or did it use
the tape only partially?
My guess is that you did not rewind the tape (if not, do so, and try it
again), and that the tape was completely used; in that case, the last file on
the tape will show up as short.
Cheers,
--Ian
Thanks for your reply!
I tested another amverify, this time doing a rewind first, and got the
same errors. Also, I am only backing up 10GB to a 40/80GB tape, so I
don't think that I am running out of space.
As another test, I created a new config using vtapes, to eliminate any
rewind and tape size problems. I backed up a small file system (/home
at 1.2GB) to a vtape on a volume with 24GB free. The dump seemed to run
fine, but again I got errors on amverify and amrecover.
The amrecover errors are the same, in that it complains that the files
aren't on the tape, yet it extracts them fine. The amverify errors are
different, but that may just be because of the vtape instead of a real
tape. See the output below.
Could this be a tar problem? I am using 1.15.1 per the Amanda Wiki. While the
Amanda docs say to use 1.13.25, I cannot get that version to compile under AIX
4.3.3, so I went with the 1.15.1 version.
Any other suggestions?
Amverify output:
Tapes: gemini-03
Errors found:
gemini-03 ():
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: 0: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
gemini-03 ():
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: 10: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
gemini-03 ():
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: 10: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
gemini-03 ():
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: 10: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
gemini-03 ():
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: 10: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
gemini-03 ():
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: 10: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
amverify gemini
Fri Mar 3 13:19:47 AST 2006
Loading current slot...
Using device file:/u01/vtapes/gemini
Volume gemini-03, Date 20060303
Checked sbs._home.20060303.0
** Error detected ()
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: 0: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
** Error detected ()
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: 10: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
** Error detected ()
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: 10: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
** Error detected ()
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: 10: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
** Error detected ()
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: 10: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
** Error detected ()
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: 10: reached end of information
** No header
0+0 in
0+0 out
Too many errors.