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  From: Daryl Tester <Daryl.Tester@iocane.com.au>
  To  : Matthew Geddes <mgeddes@xavier.sa.edu.au>
  Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:40:35 +1030

Re: Amanda backups (again)

Matthew Geddes wrote:

> I'm having more trouble with my Amanda configuration. It did look like
> the tapes were at fault, but brand new tapes haven't made a scrap of
> difference (except to the IT budget). Whenever I try to restore from
> tape, gzip returns an error, telling me 'Invalid compressed data--format
> violated'.

What happens when you take Amanda out of the equation?  What
does a tar czvf to the tape device do?  What does a
"file - < /dev/rmt-whatever" say?

> I have checked for open files (most of the machines just
> share things out using Samba, so I stopped Samba well before the backups
> started and restarted it after).

This shouldn't affect reading the tape - it's just the files
that are backed up that become inconsistent, not the backup
file itself on tape.

> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can find the solution to
> this problem?

It's a process of elimination.  Start eliminating.


-- 
Regards,
  Daryl Tester,  Software Wrangler and Bit Herder, IOCANE Pty. Ltd.

"You shouldn't mix meditation with management.  The mind gets too empty."
  -- Dilbert

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