On Thursday 08 July 2004 14:52, Eric Schnoebelen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > - I've got the following error when I run amrecover: > - > - --------- > - amrecover> add dumpdates > - Added /etc/dumpdates > - amrecover> extract > - > - Extracting files using tape drive 0 on host typha.nmsu.edu. > - The following tapes are needed: Biology-1 > - > - Restoring files into directory /home/cngo > - Continue [?/Y/n]? y > - > - Extracting files using tape drive 0 on host typha.nmsu.edu. > - Load tape Biology-1 now > - Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? y > - EOF, check amidxtaped.<timestamp>.debug file on typha.nmsu.edu. > - amrecover: short block 0 bytes > - UNKNOWN file > - amrecover: Can't read file header > - extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1 > - Continue [?/Y/n/r]? y > - amrecover> > - ------------ > > What are the contents of amidxtaped.<timestamp>.debug? > That'd probably be most enlightening.
There are several debug and diagnostics files at "/tmp/amanda". They follow that convention. Do you told to amanda to backup the /tmp directory (or / filesystem) ? Or maybe your /tmp is full, preveting the creation of the file... > > As a guess, I'd say that the tape `Biology-1' wasn't > loaded when amidxtaped went to try and read from it. Did you > see (hear?) the robot load the tape at the after you answered > yes, and before the above error message occurred. > > - That error disappears if I comment out the 'tapedev "0" 'in my > amanda.conf - file > > The error disappears, but are you able to restore the > file? > > -- > Eric Schnoebelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cirr.com > If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four > tellers? > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo e-mail seguro Maxiweb. > McAfee VirusScan / Vacina v4374 atualizada em 07/07/2004 > powered by wstation (www.wstation.com.br) -- Miguel Angelo Rozsas K3M Consultoria 19 3232 8886 --------------------------------------------------------------- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo e-mail seguro Maxiweb. McAfee VirusScan / Vacina v4374 atualizada em 07/07/2004 powered by wstation (www.wstation.com.br)