Thanks for you help greatly appreaiated anyway I re run the amlabel and amcheck and the mt commands here is the output:
myserver:/local/sw/amanda/DailySet1 # su amanda -c "/local/sw/amanda/bckup/sbin/amcheck DailySet1 DailySet101" Amanda Tape Server Host Check ----------------------------- Holding disk /dumps/amanda: 140763012 KB disk space available, that's plenty NOTE: skipping tape-writable test Tape DailySet101 label ok Server check took 0.013 seconds Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check -------------------------------- Client check: 0 hosts checked in 0.006 seconds, 0 problems found (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p4) myserver:/local/sw/amanda/DailySet1 # mt -t /dev/st0 rewind myserver:/local/sw/amanda/DailySet1 # dd if=/dev/st0 bs=32k AMANDA: TAPESTART DATE X TAPE DailySet101 1+0 records in 1+0 records out myserver:/local/sw/amanda/DailySet1 # myserver:/local/sw/amanda/DailySet1 # su amanda -c "/local/sw/amanda/bckup/sbin/amcheck DailySet1 DailySet101" Amanda Tape Server Host Check ----------------------------- Holding disk /dumps/amanda: 140763012 KB disk space available, that's plenty NOTE: skipping tape-writable test Tape DailySet101 label ok Server check took 0.013 seconds Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check -------------------------------- Client check: 0 hosts checked in 0.006 seconds, 0 problems found (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p4) myserver:/local/sw/amanda/DailySet1 # mt -t /dev/st0 rewind myserver:/local/sw/amanda/DailySet1 # dd if=/dev/st0 bs=32k AMANDA: TAPESTART DATE X TAPE DailySet101 1+0 records in 1+0 records out myserver:/local/sw/amanda/DailySet1 # I believe I have sorted this baby with the help of this list. On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 16:14 +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote: > Chuck Amadi wrote: > > Hi I run the commands as instructed. > > > > mt -t /dev/st0 rewind > > dd if=/dev/st0 bs=32k count=1 > label-results > > 1+0 records in > > 1+0 records out > > > > file label-results > > label-results: raw G3 data, byte-padded > > > That's indeed not an amanda tape :-) > > When I do it: > > $ mt -t /dev/st0 rewind > $ dd if=/dev/st0 bs=32k > AMANDA: TAPESTART DATE 20050322 TAPE DAILY-08 > > 1+0 records in > 1+0 records out > > > > The label is just an ascii-string and first word > should be "AMANDA:". > The ascii-nuls don't show on an xterm. > > -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830
