Just trying to verify that I'm having an actual hardware error. Backups on one tape server (that's been in use for years) failed with the following: taper: tape archive03 kb 0 fm 0 writing filemark: Input/output error taper: retrying q42:/d5/backups/oracle/Dmp.0 on new tape: [writing filemark: Input/output error] taper: tape archive04 kb 1796480 fm 1 writing file: Input/output error
and everything remained on the holdingingdisk. From using dd I can see that Amanda is successfully updating the date in the header block. I can successfully run amlabel on the tapes, and I can use tar to write and read a tar file to/from the tape. However, 'mt eof' fails, and gives the same error in the system logs as when Amanda runs: kernel: st1: Error with sense data: <6>st1: Current: sense key: Medium Error kernel: Additional sense: Write error kernel: Info fld=0x1 Is it definitely a drive failure when data can be written but not EOF marks, or is there something else I should check before replacing the drive? Thanks, Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
