I have resolved the problem but not sure how.
I changed
device-property "BLOCK_SIZE" "1024k"
to
device-property "BLOCK_SIZE" "1 mbytes"
and I rebooted the system.
My amflush is running with out the errors.
Robert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McGraw, Robert P
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 4:49 PM
> To: '[email protected]'
> Subject: RE: Cannot alloc contig buf for I/O error.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-amanda-
> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of McGraw, Robert P
> > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 4:19 PM
> > To: '[email protected]'
> > Subject: Cannot alloc contig buf for I/O error.
> >
> >
> > build: VERSION="Amanda-3.2.0" on a Sun x86 Solaris 10 host
> >
> > I just started getting the fillowing errors.
> >
> > Feb 28 15:57:36 hertz.math.purdue.edu scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning]
> > WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci10de,376@a/pci10b5,8114@0/pci1000,10b0@8/st@1,0
> > (st1):
> > Feb 28 15:57:36 hertz.math.purdue.edu Cannot alloc contig buf for
> I/O
> > for 1048576 blk size
> > Feb 28 15:57:36 hertz.math.purdue.edu scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning]
> > WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci10de,376@a/pci10b5,8114@0/pci1000,10b0@8/st@1,0
> > (st1):
> > Feb 28 15:57:36 hertz.math.purdue.edu Cannot alloc contig buf for
> I/O
> > for 1048576 blk size
> >
> > My amanda.conf file shows the following block size
> >
> > device-property "BLOCK_SIZE" "1024k"
> >
> > I relabeled the tape to be sure I had to correct block size and still
> > get the errors.
> >
> > I have been running with this setup for the last several months. why
> > all the sudden would the block size change on me?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
> [McGraw, Robert P]
>
> As a followup I see the following entries in my debug file
> /tmp/amanda/server/daily/taper.20110227231047.debug. Does this give any
> clues?
>
>
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:47 2011: taper: pid 15570 ruid 30002 euid 30002
> version 3.2.0: start at Sun Feb 27 23:10:47 2011
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:47 2011: taper: config_overrides: diskfile disklist
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:47 2011: taper: pid 15570 ruid 30002 euid 30002
> version 3.2.0: rename at Sun Feb 27 23:10:47 2011
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:47 2011: taper: chg-robot: using statefile
> '/local/amanda/amanda/etc/amanda/daily/chg-zd-mtx-state'
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:47 2011: taper: Amanda::Taper::Scan::traditional stage
> 1: search for oldest reusable volume
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:47 2011: taper: Amanda::Taper::Scan::traditional
> oldest reusable volume is 'D01002'
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:47 2011: taper: Amanda::Taper::Scan::traditional stage
> 1: searching oldest reusable volume 'D01002'
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:47 2011: taper: invoking /opt/csw/sbin/mtx -f
> /dev/changer/0 status
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:48 2011: taper: c4: updating state
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:48 2011: taper: c4: loading label 'D01002'
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:48 2011: taper: c4: requested volume is already in
> drive 0
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:48 2011: taper: c4: polling 'tape:/dev/rmt/0cbn' to
> see if it's ready
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:51 2011: taper: c4: setting current slot to 2
> Sun Feb 27 23:10:51 2011: taper: Amanda::Taper::Scan::traditional
> result: 'D01002' on tape:/dev/rmt/0cbn slot 2, mode 2
> Mon Feb 28 03:17:38 2011: taper: Amanda::Taper::Scribe preparing to
> write, part size 0, using cache_inform (splitter) (no LEOM)
> Mon Feb 28 03:17:38 2011: taper: Starting <Xfer@89e7af0
> (<XferSourceHolding@89b5da0> -> <XferDestTaperSplitter@89ea568>)>
> Mon Feb 28 03:17:38 2011: taper: Final linkage:
> <XferSourceHolding@89b5da0> -(PULL_BUFFER)-> <XferElementGlue@88baf88>
> -(PUSH_BUFFER)-> <XferDestTaperSplitter@89ea568>
> Mon Feb 28 03:17:38 2011: taper: Building type TAPESTART header of
> 1048576-1048576 bytes with name='D01002' disk='' dumplevel=0 and
> blocksize=1048576
> Mon Feb 28 03:17:42 2011: taper: invoking /opt/csw/sbin/mtx -f
> /dev/changer/0 status
> Mon Feb 28 03:17:43 2011: taper: c4: updating state
> Mon Feb 28 03:17:43 2011: taper: Building type SPLIT_FILE header of
> 1048576-1048576 bytes with name='hertz' disk='/gauss/export/varmail'
> dumplevel=0 and blocksize=1048576
> Mon Feb 28 07:20:23 2011: taper: Amanda::Taper::Scribe preparing to
> write, part size 0, using cache_inform (splitter) (no LEOM)
> Mon Feb 28 07:20:23 2011: taper: Starting <Xfer@89d73e0
> (<XferSourceHolding@89e7898> -> <XferDestTaperSplitter@89e77d0>)>
> Mon Feb 28 07:20:23 2011: taper: Final linkage:
> <XferSourceHolding@89e7898> -(PULL_BUFFER)-> <XferElementGlue@8a5fe18>
> -(PUSH_BUFFER)-> <XferDestTaperSplitter@89e77d0>
> Mon Feb 28 07:20:23 2011: taper: Building type SPLIT_FILE header of
> 1048576-1048576 bytes with name='galileo' disk='/' dumplevel=0 and
> blocksize=1048576
> Mon Feb 28 08:10:07 2011: taper: Amanda::Taper::Scribe preparing to
> write, part size 0, using cache_inform (splitter) (no LEOM)
> Mon Feb 28 08:10:07 2011: taper: Starting <Xfer@89e0928
> (<XferSourceHolding@8a52968> -> <XferDestTaperSplitter@8a528a0>)>
> Mon Feb 28 08:10:07 2011: taper: Final linkage:
> <XferSourceHolding@8a52968> -(PULL_BUFFER)-> <XferElementGlue@8a566c0>
> -(PUSH_BUFFER)-> <XferDestTaperSplitter@8a528a0>
> Mon Feb 28 08:10:07 2011: taper: Building type SPLIT_FILE header of
> 1048576-1048576 bytes with name='hertz'
> disk='/gauss/export/rpoolbackup' dumplevel=5 and blocksize=1048576
> Mon Feb 28 08:48:15 2011: taper: Amanda::Taper::Scribe preparing to
> write, part size 0, using cache_inform (splitter) (no LEOM)
