On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Bort, Paul wrote: > Out of tape really means out of tape. Appends are really unlikely, as AMANDA > starts the tape write with a rewind followed by a write. No seek, no foul, > no append. (Unless you have the append patch.) > > Is it possible you have hardware compression turned on? This can cause > problems if you also use software compression: the dumps tend to take more > space. > I'll have to check when I get back to work monday.
> DDS3 is supposed to be good for 12Gb. Is it possible you have some DDS2 > tapes mixed in? (This can happen with inherited systems) > No, their all DDS3. > If it were my tape, I'd put a note on the hard copy of the report, and watch > that tape next time it runs. If it gets the same error, I'd replace the > media. A reformat/retension might work, but those tapes are cheap enough > that it's not worth it. > Will do. Thanks for the help, Keith
