Hi Paul and Scheeder
Here is the error it is giving me when I try to run amdump. It is not specific to friday but it happens everyday, So I am not sure what to do. I have attached the lastest amanda.conf and disklist files.
In your current amanda.conf is still an error ("runspercycle 5 weeks" is interpreted as 35), that I pointed out previously; I didn't read any further to see other errors anymore. Why don't you just do what experienced users on this list propose?
*** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [reading label: Input/output error]. 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: a new tape.
FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: brokerserv sda6 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] brokerserv sda3 lev 0 FAILED [can't switch to incremental dump] Please tell how I can force amanda to do a dump on the existing tape irrespective of the tape number or label.
Amanda NEEDS a label to verify. Just label the tape, *please*!
e.g. why don't you verify if there is a label on the tape with the command Christophe Scheeder explained? And if necessary just relabel the tape with "amlabel -f ..." just as explained in the same mail.
Repeating the same thing just makes me tired, or ignore further requests for help...
-- Paul @ Home