Several months ago I set up Amanda under Slackware Linux 7.0 (now using
kernel 2.41) and had everything running fine, without issues. A few days
ago, I started getting messages saying Amanda was unable to run..
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ERROR: /dev/st0: not an amanda tape (expecting a new tape)
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So I tried re-labelling several new tapes using AMLABEL, but it did failed
with the following error:.
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root@monitor:/usr/local/sbin# su amanda -c './amlabel amanda.conf
w2obackup01'
rewinding, reading label, not an amanda tape
rewinding, writing label w2obackup01, checking label
amlabel: no label found, are you sure /dev/st0 is non-rewinding?
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Let me re-iterate, the configuration has not been changed since the day I
installed it and had it working for 3 months. Now this error occurs, and
I'm at the end of my rope. I've checked the archives to no avail. I am
using the latest version of Amanda. I tried switching the device to
non-rewinding (/dev/nst0 as opposed to /dev/st0) and it errors out telling
me the tape is write-protected - which it is not.
If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it.
-- Steve.
