Hi all,
We're running Amanda 2.6.0p2 on a 64-bit RHEL 5 machine (code compiled on the same host) against a Dell PowerVault ML6020 library (LTO4 drives) and have been for well over a year. Every once in a while, we'll get a backup report where "A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [Could not find a tape to use]", even though the next expected tape is in the library, and other tapes further down in the tapelist are also available. But that's not the part that really concerns me. When I load the expected tape and attempt to read the tape header, there *is* no header on the tape. In today's instance of the problem, I know that I've backed up to the tape at least twice before (I have the backup reports to prove it). To the best of my knowledge, the tape in question has never been dropped, and can be written to after force-writing the header back to the tape. The reason I'm so concerned is, I can't get amrestore to list the tape's contents after re-writing the header, so I won't be able to restore any data from the tape (unless there's a trick to it that I'm not aware of). Any thoughts on this or suggestions of things I should check/change? Thanks in advance! Steve Onotsky Team Lead, Server Support Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, Canada 5970 Chedworth Way Mississauga ON L5R 4G5 Tel: (905) 507-5328 Fax: (905) 507-5312 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system.
