Hi: It's been many years since I needed help with Amanda, but I'm stuck on this one. I've had a client+server and a client only box set up for years, backing up no problem (running amanda-2.4.4). I switched from a DLT4000 to a DLT7000 several months ago, as the former was wearing out and I needed more space.
A colo customer requested that I backup his FreeBSD box, which was built with only on file system, which is using around 8GB of space. I built and installed amanda-2.4.5 without a hitch and amchecks look fine. However, I've attempted full dumps 3 times using two different tapes (the last time, I reconfigured and reinstalled amanda duplicating my other client's config) and all have failed exactly like this: These dumps were to tape FULL0. *** 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: FULL1. FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: main.heart /dev/da0s1a lev 0 FAILED ["data write: Broken pipe"] main.heart /dev/da0s1a lev 0 FAILED [dump to tape failed] main.heart /dev/da0s1a lev 0 FAILED [out of tape] STATISTICS: Total Full Daily -------- -------- -------- Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:09 Run Time (hrs:min) 4:34 Dump Time (hrs:min) 4:00 4:00 0:00 Output Size (meg) 20978.4 20978.4 0.0 Original Size (meg) 38216.5 38216.5 0.0 Avg Compressed Size (%) 54.9 54.9 -- Filesystems Dumped 8 8 0 Avg Dump Rate (k/s) 1491.9 1491.9 -- Dump Time (hrs:min) 4:00 4:00 0:00 Output Size (meg) 20978.4 20978.4 0.0 Original Size (meg) 38216.5 38216.5 0.0 Avg Compressed Size (%) 54.9 54.9 -- Filesystems Dumped 8 8 0 Avg Dump Rate (k/s) 1491.9 1491.9 -- Tape Time (hrs:min) 4:00 4:00 0:00 Tape Size (meg) 20978.5 20978.5 0.0 Tape Used (%) 59.9 59.9 0.0 Filesystems Taped 8 8 0 Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) 1491.8 1491.8 -- USAGE BY TAPE: Label Time Size % Nb FULL0 4:00 20978.5 59.9 8 ? FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS: /-- main.heart /dev/da0s1a lev 0 FAILED ["data write: Broken pipe"] sendbackup: start [main.hearth.com:/dev/da0s1a level 0] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/sbin/dump sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |/sbin/restore -f... - sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz sendbackup: info end | DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon Jun 19 15:33:29 2006 | DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch | DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1a (/) to standard output | DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] | DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] | DUMP: estimated 8092024 tape blocks. | DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] | DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] | DUMP: 12.34% done, finished in 0:35 | DUMP: 30.07% done, finished in 0:23 | DUMP: 45.62% done, finished in 0:17 | DUMP: 62.13% done, finished in 0:12 \-------- ? NOTES: planner: Last full dump of ns1.pil.net:/dev/da0s1a on tape FULL0 overwritten on this run. planner: Last full dump of ns1.pil.net:/dev/da0s1g on tape FULL0 overwritten on this run. planner: Last full dump of ns1.pil.net:/dev/da0s1e on tape FULL0 overwritten on this run. planner: Last full dump of ns1.pil.net:/dev/da0s1f on tape FULL0 overwritten on this run. planner: Last full dump of mail.pil.net:/dev/aacd0s1a on tape FULL0 overwritten on this run. planner: Last full dump of mail.pil.net:/dev/aacd0s1g on tape FULL0 overwritten on this run. planner: Last full dump of mail.pil.net:/dev/aacd0s1e on tape FULL0 overwritten on this run. planner: Last full dump of mail.pil.net:/dev/aacd0s1f on tape FULL0 overwritten on this run. planner: Last full dump of main.hearth.com:/dev/da0s1a on tape overwritten in 1 run. taper: tape FULL0 kb 24499968 fm 9 writing file: short write ? DUMP SUMMARY: DUMPER STATS TAPER STATS HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s -------------------------- --------------------------------- ------------ mail.pil.net -v/aacd0s1a 0 117614 42944 36.5 0:361184.0 0:361183.7 mail.pil.net -v/aacd0s1e 0 2494624 865536 34.7 10:301373.8 10:301373.7 mail.pil.net -v/aacd0s1f 0 1808993 407328 22.5 6:421012.6 6:421012.5 mail.pil.net -v/aacd0s1g 0 160671519237184 57.5 95:261613.2 95:261613.2 main.hearth. /dev/da0s1a 0 FAILED --------------------------------------- ns1.pil.net /dev/da0s1a 0 127749 74624 58.4 0:471579.3 0:471577.8 ns1.pil.net /dev/da0s1e 0 2505458 770528 30.8 18:29 694.7 18:29 694.7 ns1.pil.net /dev/da0s1f 0 700444 126752 18.1 3:11 663.6 3:11 663.6 ns1.pil.net /dev/da0s1g 0 153116939957120 65.0 104:181591.2 104:181591.2 (brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.4) I'm using this tape type: tapetype DLT7000 define tapetype DLT7000 { comment "DEC/Quantum DLT7000 tape drive, hardware compression turned off" length 35000 mbytes filemark 8 kbytes speed 5 mbytes } TIA for any tips! James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://3.am =========================================================================