Re: bad tape?

2019-08-27 Thread Olivier
Gene Heskett writes: > On Monday 26 August 2019 23:55:31 Olivier wrote: > >> Gene Heskett writes: >> > Generally speaking, only because the disc is random access. >> >> But a disk dedicated to vtapes should be doing a lot of sequetial >> accesses: once it has been formatted and the slots have

Re: bad tape?

2019-08-27 Thread Olivier
Diego Zuccato writes: > Il 27/08/19 05:55, Olivier ha scritto: > >> But a disk dedicated to vtapes should be doing a lot of sequetial >> accesses: once it has been formatted and the slots have been assigned, >> it is writting files the size of one Amanda's chunk. In fact, that would >> be worth

Re: bad tape?

2019-08-27 Thread Olivier
Jon LaBadie writes: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:44:02AM +0200, Diego Zuccato wrote: >> Il 27/08/19 05:55, Olivier ha scritto: >> >> > But a disk dedicated to vtapes should be doing a lot of sequetial >> > accesses: once it has been formatted and the slots have been assigned, >> > it is

Re: amdump (3.5.1) run from script does not send email report

2019-08-27 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Thanks, Nathan, that's a good guide for troubleshooting this issue. However, it leaves out one crucial item: sysadmin blind spots. ;-)  Looking through my emails and the dates, I realized Amanda had hung for several days and I hadn't noticed it because of other problems I've been focused on . .

Re: bad tape?

2019-08-27 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:44:02AM +0200, Diego Zuccato wrote: > Il 27/08/19 05:55, Olivier ha scritto: > > > But a disk dedicated to vtapes should be doing a lot of sequetial > > accesses: once it has been formatted and the slots have been assigned, > > it is writting files the size of one

Re: amdump (3.5.1) run from script does not send email report

2019-08-27 Thread Nathan Stratton Treadway
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 15:15:57 -0400, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > When I upgraded one of my servers to Amanda 3.5.1, I had to run > amdump from a script (out of cron), because . . . > > Now it doesn't send out an email report when it is finished. Did you switch to using the script at the same

amdump (3.5.1) run from script does not send email report

2019-08-27 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
When I upgraded one of my servers to Amanda 3.5.1, I had to run amdump from a script (out of cron), because . . . Now it doesn't send out an email report when it is finished. What is my workaround? I've looked through the amdump and amanda man pages. I don't see an option to tell it, "please

Re: bad tape?

2019-08-27 Thread Diego Zuccato
Il 27/08/19 05:55, Olivier ha scritto: > But a disk dedicated to vtapes should be doing a lot of sequetial > accesses: once it has been formatted and the slots have been assigned, > it is writting files the size of one Amanda's chunk. In fact, that would > be worth a study: the disk usage for

Re: bad tape?

2019-08-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 26 August 2019 23:55:31 Olivier wrote: > Gene Heskett writes: > > Generally speaking, only because the disc is random access. > > But a disk dedicated to vtapes should be doing a lot of sequetial > accesses: once it has been formatted and the slots have been assigned, > it is writting