Dear community... the question is a bit off-topic since it's not the Bacula software itself that's giving me a headache (although I assumed that first). I'm using a DDS3 streamer here with a pool of roughly 20 tapes. Recently when I inserted a new tape the streamer started reading the tape and after a few seconds ejected the tape again. Bacula isn't writing anything to the logs (like I have the wrong tape inserted) and the same issue happens when the Bacula software is stopped altogether.
First I assumed a broken tape. But then I discovered that half of the tapes in my pool are spit out again without being read. However sometimes it helps to push the tape back in a dozen times and with a little luck the tape gets accepted. Has anyone seen this effect before? Pushing the cleaning tape through didn't improve the situation. I'd be glad if anyone had seen this before and can offer a hint or two. In case my streamer is really broken I'd think about switching to another technology. (Other admins have reported that DDS3 tapes tend to be "eaten" by the streamer. This scares me.) What about AIT? I'm just backing up 50 GB per week from my SOHO server. Mainly development data. Is it too expensive for at-home use? Perhaps I could also buy a second hard disk (likely much cheaper than a new streamer) and backup data there. I'm curious what others use for "serious backup" in a "personal environment". Regards Christoph -- ~ ~ ~ ".signature" [Modified] 3 lines --100%-- 3,41 All ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
