Hi What means "short write?", I got this error whit one of my disks (/backup/d26 below) and the rest of dumps failed with an "out of tape" even only 34% are used. Maybe an hw error?, tape cleaning needed? (NOTE, I only allow full backups, levels 1 are forced to skip)
*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing file: short write]]. Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk. Run amflush to flush them to tape. The next tape Amanda expects to use is: WTRANSNET-001. FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: n250 /home/oracle/app lev 1 FAILED [dumps way too big, must skip incremental dumps] n1 /usr/local lev 1 FAILED [dumps way too big, must skip incremental dumps] n1 / lev 1 FAILED [dumps way too big, must skip incremental dumps] n1 /export/home/www lev 1 FAILED [dumps way too big, must skip incremental dumps] n250 /export/home/oracle/backup lev 1 FAILED [dumps way too big, must skip incremental dumps] n250 /backup/d26 lev 0 FAILED [out of tape] n250 /backup/d26 lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed] STATISTICS: Output Size (meg) 6630.0 6630.0 0.0 Original Size (meg) 6630.0 6630.0 0.0 Tape Size (meg) 6630.5 6630.5 0.0 Tape Used (%) 34.1 34.1 0.0 wtn250 /backup/d26 lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed] taper: tape WTRANSNET-001 kb 19940928 fm 13 writing file: short write driver: dumper0 pid 11272 is messed up, ignoring it. driver: dumper0 exited with signal 6