Hello, Amanda version is 3.3.0. OS is CentOS release 5.9 (Final) Tape device is a SL500 with 3 LT05 drives Amanda report is attached. All dumps are level 0, rsync to disk is used for level 9s. After using /dev/nst2 for 4 complete tapes, the process aborts with: USAGE BY TAPE: Label Time Size % DLEs Parts AMADSet13a-572 7:48 1471706336K 99.4 1 36 AMADSet13a-560 6:47 1458516864K 98.5 0 35 AMADSet13a-561 7:08 1480924640K 100.0 0 36 AMADSet13a-562 7:48 1443092096K 97.5 0 35
FAILED DUMP DETAILS: /-- node35bk.rtpnc.epa.gov /13w lev 0 FAILED [data write: Broken pipe] sendbackup: start [node35bk.rtpnc.epa.gov:/13w level 0] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/tar sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/tar -xpGf - ... sendbackup: info end \-------- NOTES: planner: Adding new disk node35bk.rtpnc.epa.gov:/13w. driver: Taper protocol error driver: going into degraded mode because of taper component error. taper: Slot 41 with label AMADSet13a-572 is usable taper: tape AMADSet13a-572 kb 1471706336 fm 36 [OK] taper: Slot 29 with label AMADSet13a-560 is usable taper: tape AMADSet13a-560 kb 1458516864 fm 35 [OK] taper: Slot 30 with label AMADSet13a-561 is usable taper: tape AMADSet13a-561 kb 1480924640 fm 36 [OK] taper: Slot 31 with label AMADSet13a-562 is usable taper: tape AMADSet13a-562 kb 1443092096 fm 35 [OK] taper: could not determine current slot, are you sure your drive slot is 2 I suspect that my configuration is not supporting the tape changer properly. Anytime multiple requests are made to the changer, one of the amanda jobs will fail with: node35bk.rtpnc.epa.gov /13w lev 0 FAILED [data write: Broken pipe] Any suggestions on getting this problem resolved would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance...have a nice day! ****************** Leslie(Pete) Boyd Contractor: The rich man isn't the one who has the most, Vision Technoligies but the one who needs the least. Senior Systems Engineer US EPA Rm. E460 --- IN GOD WE TRUST -- 919/541-1438 ******************
[amanda@sl501 AMADSet13a_tape]$ more *rpt *** THE DUMPS DID NOT FINISH PROPERLY! Hostname: sl501.rtpnc.epa.gov Org : US EPA(NERL/AMAD Config : AMADSet13a Date : March 5, 2013 These dumps were to tapes AMADSet13a-572, AMADSet13a-560, AMADSet13a-561, AMADSet13a-562. The next 11 tapes Amanda expects to use are: 7 new tapes, AMADSet13a-572, AMADSet13a-560, AMADSet13a-561, AMADSet13a -562. The next 9 new tapes already labelled are: AMADSet13a-563, AMADSet13a-564, AMADSet13a-565, AMADSet13a-566, AMADSet13 a-567, AMADSet13a-568, AMADSet13a-569, AMADSet13a-570, AMADSet13a-571 FAILURE DUMP SUMMARY: taper: FATAL TypeError in method 'log_add', argument 2 of type 'char *' node35bk.rtpnc.epa.gov /13w lev 0 FAILED [data write: Broken pipe] STATISTICS: Total Full Incr. Level:# -------- -------- -------- -------- Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:02 Run Time (hrs:min) 0:02 Dump Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00 Output Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Original Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Avg Compressed Size (%) -- -- -- DLEs Dumped 0 0 0 Avg Dump Rate (k/s) -- -- -- Tape Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00 Tape Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tape Used (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 DLEs Taped 0 0 0 Parts Taped 0 0 0 Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) -- -- -- USAGE BY TAPE: Label Time Size % DLEs Parts AMADSet13a-572 7:48 1471706336K 99.4 1 36 AMADSet13a-560 6:47 1458516864K 98.5 0 35 AMADSet13a-561 7:08 1480924640K 100.0 0 36 AMADSet13a-562 7:48 1443092096K 97.5 0 35 FAILED DUMP DETAILS: /-- node35bk.rtpnc.epa.gov /13w lev 0 FAILED [data write: Broken pipe] sendbackup: start [node35bk.rtpnc.epa.gov:/13w level 0] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/bin/tar sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/tar -xpGf - ... sendbackup: info end \-------- NOTES: planner: Adding new disk node35bk.rtpnc.epa.gov:/13w. driver: Taper protocol error driver: going into degraded mode because of taper component error. taper: Slot 41 with label AMADSet13a-572 is usable taper: tape AMADSet13a-572 kb 1471706336 fm 36 [OK] taper: Slot 29 with label AMADSet13a-560 is usable taper: tape AMADSet13a-560 kb 1458516864 fm 35 [OK] taper: Slot 30 with label AMADSet13a-561 is usable taper: tape AMADSet13a-561 kb 1480924640 fm 36 [OK] taper: Slot 31 with label AMADSet13a-562 is usable taper: tape AMADSet13a-562 kb 1443092096 fm 35 [OK] taper: could not determine current slot, are you sure your drive slot is 2 DUMP SUMMARY: DUMPER STATS TAPER STATS HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s -------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------------- node35bk.rtp /13w MISSING ------------------------------------------- (brought to you by Amanda version 3.3.0) [amanda@sl501 AMADSet13a_tape]$