Re: OT: amanda/tape drive problem
ghe2001 wrote:
> On Friday, November 13, 2020 7:51 PM, Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> It's not a bad tape, it's a hardware/software problem, I think. This shows up on every tape in the pile.
Right, that routine is to establish whether you have a tape
problem or a hardware problem.
It won't be a software problem. The tape interface hasn't
changed for decades.
Sorry. Are you committed to tape? 2TB spinning disks are
remarkably cheap these days.
-dsr-
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