Thread: Error: not an amanda tape (Permission denied)

I noticed my weekly backup hasn't been successful since 10/27. It runs on Tuesdays. Can someone please help me figure out what the problem is here? I have pasted the output of an amcheck below. backup@backup:/amdata/AmandaTapes/daily$ amcheck weekly Amanda Tape Server Host Check ----------------------------- Holding disk /amdata/HoldingDisk/weekly: 28507464 KB disk space available, using 28405064 KB slot 1: not an amanda tape (Permission...

It seems like you have a couple of problems. First, it seems you have a tapecycle of only 1 and a runspercycle of only 1. That doesn't give you any redundancy. Second, the Permission denied is a pretty obvious problem. If you check and follow http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How..._Virtual_Tapes , you will see that the directory you have your virtual tapes in has to be owned by amanda user and group disk -- assuming those are the names...