Hi, I can not figure out reason for error conditions during the backup of 5Gb partition on Linux RedHat7: ============== FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: despina hda7 lev 0 FAILED [data timeout] despina hda7 lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed] STATISTICS: Total Full Daily -------- -------- -------- Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:08 Run Time (hrs:min) 6:43 Dump Time (hrs:min) 6:42 6:10 0:32 Output Size (meg) 6568.0 6406.3 161.7 Original Size (meg) 13080.1 12429.5 650.6 Avg Compressed Size (%) 48.2 49.4 24.8 (level:#disks ...) Filesystems Dumped 56 21 35 (1:34 2:1) Avg Dump Rate (k/s) 279.1 295.4 87.6 Tape Time (hrs:min) 4:49 4:46 0:03 Tape Size (meg) 7916.0 7753.3 162.8 Tape Used (%) 67.5 66.2 1.4 (level:#disks ...) Filesystems Taped 57 22 35 (1:34 2:1) Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) 466.9 462.3 888.6 ..... ..... despina hda7 0 N/A1378624 -- N/A N/A 63:09 363.9 ..... ================= output from amadmin: 2000-11-17 despina hda7 0 --- 0 FAILED (driver) [dump to tape failed] 2000-11-17 despina hda7 0 --- 0 FAILED (dumper) [data timeout] 2000-11-17 despina hda7 0 Daily54 56 OK 2000-11-20 despina hda7 0 --- 0 FAILED (driver) [dump to tape failed] 2000-11-20 despina hda7 0 --- 0 FAILED (dumper) [data timeout] 2000-11-20 despina hda7 0 Daily55 53 OK 2000-11-21 despina hda7 0 --- 0 FAILED (driver) [dump to tape failed] 2000-11-21 despina hda7 0 --- 0 FAILED (dumper) [data timeout] 2000-11-21 despina hda7 0 Daily59 56 OK ============== Size of partiton is about 5Gb - and it seems that only 1.3Gb is written to the tape. Why amanda reports fail and then OK - if it is _NOT OK_? REgards longina -- Longina Przybyszewska, system programmer Phone: +45 6550 2359 Dept. of Math. & Comp. Sci. SDU, Odense University, Campusvej 55 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark --