The last time i had sporadic errors it was a bad cable connection to the tape drive. Fixed it by re-plugging all connectors.
Otherwise you will have to track down the error message and work your way back to where and why it goes wrong. // Anton "exuvo" Olsson [email protected] On Mon, 20 Apr 2026, 14:46 Nuno Dias, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, dd, tar, etc works, mt and mtx also without problems, only when I > use commands from amanda I have the problems, one other thing I forgot > to write, I have an error, but after some hours I can do the command > again without problems, for example > > $ amlabel CONF LABEL01 slot 1 (OK) > $ amlabel CONF LABEL02 slot 2 (ERROR) > > Some hours later > > $ amlabel CONF LABEL02 slot 2 (OK) > > That's the reason I changed the times in the configuration of the > changer, thinking was amanda trying to do something before the > changer/tape ended the previous operation. > > Cheers, > Nuno > > On 20/04/2026 11:38, Exuvo wrote: > > Does basic usage with mt and dd work with the device? > > > > // Anton "exuvo" Olsson > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > On Mon, 20 Apr 2026, 11:46 Nuno Dias, <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using amanda for years, with a Tape Robot and LTO4 and LTO6 > > drives > > without problems (excluding minor issues). > > > > Now, I have a new Tape Robot with LTO9 drives, and I can't do > > anything > > with amanda, using amlabel or amtape for example, in the first > > interaction work, but in the second interaction complains that tape > "is > > not a tape device". > > > > In the logs I have this > > > > Device tape:/dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500308c44344e008-nst setting status > > flag(s): DEVICE_STATUS_DEVICE_ERROR, and DEVICE_STATUS_DEVICE_BUSY > > > > But nothing is using the tape. > > > > I already extended the "times" in the configuration of the changer > > > > property "load-poll" "200s poll 200s until 700s" > > property "eject-delay" "200s" > > property "unload-delay" "200s" > > > > But this doesn't solve the problem. > > > > I found a report in github https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/ > > issues/277 <https://github.com/zmanda/amanda/issues/277> > > reporting the same problem, without any update from one year ago :( > > > > Anyone have any ideia how to solve this? Amanda development it > seems > > stopped, but works very good until now, this is my last hope until I > > move to other software :( > > > > Thanks, > > Nuno > > -- > > Nuno Dias <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > LIP > > > > -- > Nuno Dias <[email protected]> > LIP > >
