Sendbackup error: no backup size line

Template:Troubleshooting CategoryTemplate:Troubleshooting Category Template:Troubleshooting Problem amdump fails with sendbackup error "no backup size line" for a DLE.

| ? gtar: /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/machinename_home_src_1.new: Missing record terminator
| ? gtar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
| sendbackup: error [no backup size line]

Check sendbackup debug logs on the Amanda client. It is usually in /tmp/amanda/client/<amanda configuration>/ directory.

• /var filesystem on Amanda client does not have free space
• GNU tar state file /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/machinename_home_src_1.new is corrupted.
  • If you are using GNU Tar 1.16, this can be caused by GNU Tar bug #18487.

• Create more space in /var filesystem if needed.
• Force a full backup for the DLE to rewrite the state file.
• Upgrade/downgrade to a working version of tar