Re: endless AMANDA VOLUME REQUEST emails
Thank you very much for the help.
Much appreciated.
Greg
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> On Oct 23, 2017, at 22:30, Nathan Stratton Treadway
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 19:54:59 -0400, Greg Dickie wrote:
>> Hi Nathan,
>>
>> Amanda 3.4.5 on centos 7.
>
> Okay, good.
>
>> Using this:define interactivity inter_tty_email {
>>plugin "tty_email"
>>property "mailto" "i...@xxx.com"
>>property "resend-delay" "10"
>>property "check-file" "/tmp/email_input"
>>property "check-file-delay" "10"
>> }
>>
>>
>> So I guess it will resend every 10 seconds. oops.
>> so that answers the first question, thanks.
>
> Yep :)
>
>> Now what does that email mean? The entire email is below:
>>
>>
>>
>> Error reading Amanda header: Error reading 2097152 bytes from /dev/nst0:
>> Input/output error
>>
>> Insert a new volume in flexstorii
>> or write the name of a new changer in '/tmp/email_input'
>> or write 'abort' in the file to abort the scan.
>>
>> (Waiting for the file to be created.)
>
> The error message in the first paragraph of the email is the hint
> answering your "b) what the cause is and how to avoid it?" question.
>
> I don't use actual tape drives with Amanda 3.4.x (so I don't have
> first-hand experience with this situation), but I believe the error
> message simply means that Amanda can't read a label label from the tape
> in the drive in question, either because their is no tape inserted or
> because the tape that's there is bad.
>
> If at this point you put a valid tape in the drive (or cause the changer
> to advance to a valid tape), Amanda should detect that after a few
> seconds and proceed with the backup run.
>
> (If you are sure there is actually a valid tape in the drive [i.e.
> amcheck is happy with that same tape before the run starts], then you
> need to figure out why Amanda can't see it -- but you will need to look
> somewhere other than this email message for clues to help track down
> that sort of problem. For example, it may be some sort of changer
> configuration problem)
>
>
> If you can't find a valid volume and want to abort the run, you can do
> something like
> echo "abort" > /tmp/email_input
> then make sure /tmp/email_input is readable by the Amanda process.
>
>
> Alternatively, if you just want Amanda to give up the run if it hits
> this sort of problem (and skip the emails entirely), then you can
> disable the "interactity inter_tty_email" line in amanda.conf
>
>
>Nathan
>
>
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Re: endless AMANDA VOLUME REQUEST emails
On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 19:54:59 -0400, Greg Dickie wrote:
> Hi Nathan,
>
>Amanda 3.4.5 on centos 7.
Okay, good.
> Using this:define interactivity inter_tty_email {
> plugin "tty_email"
> property "mailto" "i...@xxx.com"
> property "resend-delay" "10"
> property "check-file" "/tmp/email_input"
> property "check-file-delay" "10"
> }
>
>
> So I guess it will resend every 10 seconds. oops.
> so that answers the first question, thanks.
Yep :)
> Now what does that email mean? The entire email is below:
>
>
>
> Error reading Amanda header: Error reading 2097152 bytes from /dev/nst0:
> Input/output error
>
> Insert a new volume in flexstorii
> or write the name of a new changer in '/tmp/email_input'
> or write 'abort' in the file to abort the scan.
>
> (Waiting for the file to be created.)
The error message in the first paragraph of the email is the hint
answering your "b) what the cause is and how to avoid it?" question.
I don't use actual tape drives with Amanda 3.4.x (so I don't have
first-hand experience with this situation), but I believe the error
message simply means that Amanda can't read a label label from the tape
in the drive in question, either because their is no tape inserted or
because the tape that's there is bad.
If at this point you put a valid tape in the drive (or cause the changer
to advance to a valid tape), Amanda should detect that after a few
seconds and proceed with the backup run.
(If you are sure there is actually a valid tape in the drive [i.e.
amcheck is happy with that same tape before the run starts], then you
need to figure out why Amanda can't see it -- but you will need to look
somewhere other than this email message for clues to help track down
that sort of problem. For example, it may be some sort of changer
configuration problem)
If you can't find a valid volume and want to abort the run, you can do
something like
echo "abort" > /tmp/email_input
then make sure /tmp/email_input is readable by the Amanda process.
Alternatively, if you just want Amanda to give up the run if it hits
this sort of problem (and skip the emails entirely), then you can
disable the "interactity inter_tty_email" line in amanda.conf
Nathan
Nathan Stratton Treadway - natha...@ontko.com - Mid-Atlantic region
Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services - http://www.ontko.com/
GPG Key: http://www.ontko.com/~nathanst/gpg_key.txt ID: 1023D/ECFB6239
Key fingerprint = 6AD8 485E 20B9 5C71 231C 0C32 15F3 ADCD ECFB 6239
Re: endless AMANDA VOLUME REQUEST emails
Hi Nathan,
Amanda 3.4.5 on centos 7.
Using this:define interactivity inter_tty_email {
plugin "tty_email"
property "mailto" "i...@xxx.com"
property "resend-delay" "10"
property "check-file" "/tmp/email_input"
property "check-file-delay" "10"
}
So I guess it will resend every 10 seconds. oops.
so that answers the first question, thanks.
Now what does that email mean? The entire email is below:
Error reading Amanda header: Error reading 2097152 bytes from /dev/nst0:
Input/output error
Insert a new volume in flexstorii
or write the name of a new changer in '/tmp/email_input'
or write 'abort' in the file to abort the scan.
(Waiting for the file to be created.)
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Greg
On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Nathan Stratton Treadway <
natha...@ontko.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 15:20:12 -0400, Greg Dickie wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Doing a full backup on an LTO7 changer (about 10 tapes worth). Every
> now
> > and then amanda freaks out and continuously sends these AMANDA VOLUME
> > REQUEST emails (hundreds of them). So obviously something is wrong, I'm
> > guessing it's related to volume labels but does anyone know a) why it
> sends
> > emails in an infinite loop and b) what the cause is and how to avoid it.
>
> What Amanda version are you running?
>
> Also, what "interactivity"-related directives to you have in
> amanda.conf?
>
> Nathan
>
>
>
> Nathan Stratton Treadway - natha...@ontko.com - Mid-Atlantic region
> Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services -
> http://www.ontko.com/
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>
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just a guy
514-983-5400
Re: endless AMANDA VOLUME REQUEST emails
On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 15:20:12 -0400, Greg Dickie wrote: > Hi, > > Doing a full backup on an LTO7 changer (about 10 tapes worth). Every now > and then amanda freaks out and continuously sends these AMANDA VOLUME > REQUEST emails (hundreds of them). So obviously something is wrong, I'm > guessing it's related to volume labels but does anyone know a) why it sends > emails in an infinite loop and b) what the cause is and how to avoid it. What Amanda version are you running? Also, what "interactivity"-related directives to you have in amanda.conf? Nathan Nathan Stratton Treadway - natha...@ontko.com - Mid-Atlantic region Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services - http://www.ontko.com/ GPG Key: http://www.ontko.com/~nathanst/gpg_key.txt ID: 1023D/ECFB6239 Key fingerprint = 6AD8 485E 20B9 5C71 231C 0C32 15F3 ADCD ECFB 6239
