Bacula has been working great this week in handling my huge backup/verify operations. Hopefully it will handle the requisite restores just as well! :D
The only big error I have run into is a "Error writing final EOF to tape" that seems to pop up now and then. Last night I had a backup that was to span maybe four or five tapes, but instead used up seven because it gave up on two tapes before they were full. Here's the error: 10-Sep 08:53 bench-sd: JBM_Camorig_Archive.2005-09-10_04.59.37 Error: Error writing final EOF to tape. This tape may not be readable. dev.c:1213 ioctl MTWEOF error on /dev/nst0. ERR=Input/output error. 10-Sep 08:53 bench-sd: End of medium on Volume "jbmdlt-0003" Bytes=12,192,769 Blocks=189 at 10-Sep-2005 08:53. Then again on another tape: 10-Sep 12:56 bench-sd: JBM_Camorig_Archive.2005-09-10_04.59.37 Error: block.c:552 Write error at 0:3098 on device /dev/nst0. ERR=Input/output error. 10-Sep 12:56 bench-sd: JBM_Camorig_Archive.2005-09-10_04.59.37 Error: Error writing final EOF to tape. This tape may not be readable. dev.c:1213 ioctl MTWEOF error on /dev/nst0. ERR=Input/output error. What do those errors mean? It has happened to me before over the last couple days, seems to go away with "fiddling" (umount/mount the tape, etc). I was going to fiddle with the afformentioned volumes, 3 and 6, and/or run a verify of the entire job, but decided to let the whole thing sit until someone offers an idea. I have also attached the full log of last nights' backup attempt that might answer further questions. Confessions: these are used tapes, in a used tape drive. I'm almost out of used tapes, but the used drive is here to stay. Thanks for any help, and thanks for Bacula! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
crash_9-10-2005
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