Donna Garverick wrote:
>
> hi again :-)
>
> let's try this one....  got a small system (not much disc)
> that normally can do a full backup onto one dds tape (with
> compression disabled).  the store command is 'store
> /;*t;directory' -- real straight forward.  suddenly,
> inexplicably, the backup begins to request a 2nd tape -- and
> there's been no appreciably change in what's stored on the
> system (no magic account/directory suddenly appeared).  a
> couple of days later, the exact same process asks for a
> third tape.  and a couple of days after that a fourth tape!
> and remember this is a tiny system -- with very little
> activity and nothing like syslog or sendmail running.
> listdir is showing that the second tape is exactly the same
> as the first tape (is that normal?) -- like the system is
> storing whatever was on the first tape all over again onto
> the second/third/fourth tapes!
>
> any ideas about what could be happening?  the only thought
> so far is to reboot the box <sigh>      - d

Replace that tape drive. It's probably lots of rewrites,
just not enough for store to give up.  BTDT.

Hope you don't need anything on the tapes made on the
current drive.  If you do, try to get it off now or
hang onto that drive for restores from those tapes.

Richard

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