Perhaps your system has a 2 GB file size limit. Try setting chunksize to 1 Gb in the holding disk section of amanda.conf.
Frank --On Tuesday, March 05, 2002 05:44:35 -0800 ThomasRatliffDDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > /usr partition fails to write to tape although it seems to dump to the > holding disk OK. Nothing is left in the holding disk > (/var/local/storage/hold_amanda). > > amanda 2.4.2p2 > Travan 10/20Gb uncompressed/compressed tape > The tape definition received from running tapetype > define tapetype TRAVAN { > comment "just produced by tapetype program" > comment "Tecmar Travan NS20 - 3M Travan 20 Tape" > length 9935 mbytes > filemark 30 kbytes > speed 938 kbytes > > From "df" > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda5 1981990 1456881 422659 78% / > /dev/sda1 30719 11083 18050 39% /boot > /dev/hda2 21472 2259 18105 12% /boothda > /dev/hda1 1939104 823136 1115968 43% /dosC > /dev/sda6 3465433 2180149 1106034 67% /usr > /dev/sda7 1685149 108162 1489897 7% /var > > /dev/hdg1 27672404 20 26266700 1% > /var/local/storage/hold_amanda > > > > Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 06:01:52 -0800 > From: Red Hat Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: buddies.orthodontists.info AMANDA MAIL REPORT FOR March 4, 2002 > Status: RO > > These dumps were to tape buddies_full-01. > The next tape Amanda expects to use is: buddies_full-02. > > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: > buddies /usr lev 0 FAILED ["data write: File too large"] > > > STATISTICS: > Total Full Daily > -------- -------- -------- > Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:06 > Run Time (hrs:min) 1:52 > Dump Time (hrs:min) 0:50 0:50 0:00 > Output Size (meg) 2205.2 2205.2 0.0 > Original Size (meg) 2205.2 2205.2 0.0 > Avg Compressed Size (%) -- -- -- > Filesystems Dumped 5 5 0 > Avg Dump Rate (k/s) 754.4 754.4 -- > > Tape Time (hrs:min) 1:00 1:00 0:00 > Tape Size (meg) 2205.4 2205.4 0.0 > Tape Used (%) 22.2 22.2 0.0 > Filesystems Taped 5 5 0 > Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) 622.1 622.1 -- > > ^L > FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: > > /-- buddies /usr lev 0 FAILED ["data write: File too large"] > sendbackup: start [buddies:/usr level 0] > sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/gtar > sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/gtar -f... - > sendbackup: info end > \-------- > > ^L > NOTES: > planner: Adding new disk buddies:/usr. > taper: tape buddies_full-01 kb 2258304 fm 5 [OK] > > ^L > DUMP SUMMARY: > DUMPER STATS TAPER STATS > HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s > -------------------------- --------------------------------- ------------ > buddies / 0 14583361458336 -- 22:051100.8 40:03 606.8 > buddies /boot 0 11072 11072 -- 0:043043.4 0:18 633.3 > buddies /boothda 0 2272 2272 -- 0:03 776.6 0:05 438.1 > buddies /dosC 0 679136 679136 -- 26:11 432.4 18:06 625.7 > buddies /usr 0 FAILED --------------------------------------- > buddies /var 0 107328 107328 -- 1:311175.2 1:58 906.4 > > (brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.2p2) > > AND FROM SENDBACKUP.XXDEBUG > > sendbackup: debug 1 pid 1989 ruid 20 euid 20 start time Tue Mar 5 > 04:06:59 2002/usr/lib/amanda/sendbackup: version 2.4.2p2 > sendbackup: got input request: GNUTAR /usr 0 1970:1:1:0:0:0 OPTIONS >| ;bsd-auth;index; > parsed request as: program `GNUTAR' > disk `/usr' > lev 0 > since 1970:1:1:0:0:0 > opt `|;bsd-auth;index;' > sendbackup: try_socksize: send buffer size is 65536 > sendbackup: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.1086 > sendbackup: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.1087 > sendbackup: stream_server: waiting for connection: 0.0.0.0.1088 > waiting for connect on 1086, then 1087, then 1088 > sendbackup: stream_accept: connection from 192.168.1.1.1089 > sendbackup: stream_accept: connection from 192.168.1.1.1090 > sendbackup: stream_accept: connection from 192.168.1.1.1091 > got all connections > sendbackup-gnutar: doing level 0 dump as listed-incremental to > /usr/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/buddies_usr_0.new > sendbackup-gnutar: doing level 0 dump from date: 1970-01-01 0:00:00 GMT > sendbackup: spawning /usr/lib/amanda/runtar in pipeline > sendbackup: argument list: gtar --create --file - --directory /usr > --one-file-system --listed-incremental > /usr/var/amanda/gnutar-lists/buddies_usr_0.new --sparse > --ignore-failed-read --totals . > sendbackup-gnutar: /usr/lib/amanda/runtar: pid 1993 > sendbackup: started index creator: "/bin/gtar -tf - 2>/dev/null | sed -e > 's/^\.//'" > index tee cannot write [Broken pipe] > > > thanks for any direction > -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501