Re: OT: amanda/tape drive problem

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

ghe2001 wrote: 
> I know this is way OT, but the amanda-users list isn't working, not for me anyway, and this list is full of knowledgeable people.
> 
> The problem is that my Quantum LTO-5 drive (4 or 5 years old) is writing for a while, then failing.  It reads, does 'mt' things, and amcheck just fine.  Amreport says something like:
> 
> "sbox.slsware.net:/home                    20201113082312 0  75940100k dump done, terminated while waiting for writing"
> 
> I can't find what that means.  There's nothing in the logs or on the web.
> application stderr: /bin/tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
> application stderr: /bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> 275456 kb
> /bin/tar exited with status 2
> 38 images successfully validated.
> 37 images not validated.
> 
> It seems to have successfully written things, then quit with a fatal, unrecoverable error.

It doesn't ring a bell, but did you do the diagnostic steps of:

- get a dump of what's on the problem tape now, confirm which
  part is good
- write a different file to a new tape
- read it back and confirm MD5 or SHA1/256 hash matches
- write your file to the new tape, read it back and confirm hash
  matches
- try writing your file to the problem tape again

-dsr-