Hi! first of all let me explain my position. I have been asked to help sort out some systems by giving a few hours a week. The first problem I have is to fix their backup system, which is 'amanda'. I am familiar with Unix but this is the first time I've come across amanda. I have had a quick look at how amanda works and I've had a look at the log files on the failing system. The first error that appears in the log is this: [label tape1_125 or new tape not found in rack] Now I had a quick try at running the backup script that was in cron (runs as user 'ops') and it gave this error. But I had just inserted blank new tapes! Does it need pre-labelled tapes? (The next thing I'll try is to re-use some of the old tapes). Also I noticed that the "main holding disk" is 100% full. Would this cause this error? Next thing to try is clearing this out. I am not even sure if the software is seeing the tape. In the file amanda.conf(and I'm *assuming* this is the configuration file) there is a line: tapedev "/dev/rmt/0bn" and if I run 'mt -f /dev/rmt/0bn' it says no such device. Maybe I need to reboot and specify -r to rebuild the kernel (this machine is a Sparc running SunOS 5.5.1) I looked in 'dmesg' but I couldn't see a reference to a tape unit. Just before I left I desided to run amcheck, here is what happened: $ amcheck DailySet1 amcheck: could not cd to confdir /usr/local/amanda/etc/amanda/DailySet1: No such file or directory $ ls /usr/local/amanda/etc/amanda amanda amanda.conf tape1 tape2 $ amcheck tape1 Amanda Tape Server Host Check ----------------------------- ERROR: holding disk /disk/home3/AMANDA/tape1: statfs: No such file or directory amcheck-server: slot 2: slot is empty amcheck-server: slot 2: slot is empty ERROR: new tape not found in rack (expecting a new tape) NOTE: skipping tape-writable test NOTE: info dir /usr/local/amanda/logs/tape1/laphroaig: does not exist NOTE: info dir /usr/local/amanda/logs/tape1/alcyone: does not exist etc etc Well I know this is all a bit vague but I'd just like to get this going again as it is currently a real mess. Anyway, I'll have a bash at getting things working tonight but if anyone can shed any light, or give me some useful advice, I'd be very grateful. Cheers, Ross -- Ross Macintyre Heriot-Watt University [EMAIL PROTECTED]