This is somewhat of a wild shot, but I recently saw a kernel bug fix against the aic7xxx drivers. If I remember right (I'm a bit hazy on this) there was a problem after writing 35GB of data.
On Thursday 06 October 2005 02:12, Joshua Kugler wrote: > And yet more info (long, with lots of job reports). > > This error actually happened with *two* different tapes, and in both cases, > when they errored, they had the same "last volume bytes" value. > > This seems to be tied to network errors somehow. Observer: > > The job before this one loaded tape 0009. It writes to tape nine, and has > a last volume bytes value of 15,747,641,980. > > The next job runs, but errors out due to a network glitch. > > 02-Oct 01:05 herodotus-dir: Start Backup JobId 6870, > Job=fiscalpro.2005-10-02_01.05.20 > 02-Oct 01:05 herodotus-sd: Spooling data ... > 02-Oct 03:02 herodotus-sd: Writing spooled data to Volume. Despooling > 71,612,997,031 bytes ... > 02-Oct 05:16 herodotus-dir: fiscalpro.2005-10-02_01.05.20 Fatal error: > Network error with FD during Backup: ERR=Connection timed out > 02-Oct 05:17 herodotus-dir: fiscalpro.2005-10-02_01.05.20 Fatal error: No > Job status returned from FD. > 02-Oct 05:27 herodotus-dir: fiscalpro.2005-10-02_01.05.20 Error: Bacula > 1.36.1 (26Nov04): 02-Oct-2005 05:17:09 > JobId: 6870 > Job: fiscalpro.2005-10-02_01.05.20 > Backup Level: Full > Client: fiscalpro-fd > FileSet: "wxpDefault" 2005-01-10 15:27:47 > Pool: "Default" > Storage: "herodotus-sd" > Start time: 02-Oct-2005 01:05:21 > End time: 02-Oct-2005 05:17:09 > FD Files Written: 0 > SD Files Written: 0 > FD Bytes Written: 0 > SD Bytes Written: 0 > Rate: 0.0 KB/s > Software Compression: None > Volume name(s): > Volume Session Id: 674 > Volume Session Time: 1126137632 > Last Volume Bytes: 51,747,561,167 > Non-fatal FD errors: 0 > SD Errors: 0 > FD termination status: Error > SD termination status: Running > Termination: *** Backup Error *** > > Notice the last volume bytes value. > > Then, the next job (also errors, but with the EOM error message): > > 02-Oct 01:05 herodotus-dir: Start Backup JobId 6874, > Job=webdev1.2005-10-02_01.05.24 > 02-Oct 01:05 herodotus-sd: Spooling data ... > 02-Oct 03:02 herodotus-sd: Writing spooled data to Volume. Despooling > 71,612,545,363 bytes ... > 02-Oct 04:48 herodotus-sd: Writing spooled data to Volume. Despooling > 71,613,118,263 bytes ... > 02-Oct 06:15 herodotus-sd: webdev1.2005-10-02_01.05.24 Fatal error: Cannot > write block. Device at EOM. > 02-Oct 06:15 herodotus-sd: webdev1.2005-10-02_01.05.24 Fatal error: Fatal > despooling error.02-Oct 06:15 herodotus-sd: webdev1.2005-10-02_01.05.24 > Fatal error: Fatal device error: ERR= > 02-Oct 06:15 webdev1-fd: webdev1.2005-10-02_01.05.24 Fatal error: > backup.c:472 Network send error 32768 to SD. ERR=Broken pipe > 02-Oct 06:15 herodotus-dir: webdev1.2005-10-02_01.05.24 Error: Bacula > 1.36.1 (26Nov04): 02-Oct-2005 06:15:51 > JobId: 6874 > Job: webdev1.2005-10-02_01.05.24 > Backup Level: Full > Client: webdev1-fd > FileSet: "webdev1-fileset" 2005-03-11 11:28:01 > Pool: "Default" > Storage: "herodotus-sd" > Start time: 02-Oct-2005 01:05:25 > End time: 02-Oct-2005 06:15:51 > FD Files Written: 3,424 > SD Files Written: 3,424 > FD Bytes Written: 37,355,359,925 > SD Bytes Written: 37,355,770,896 > Rate: 2005.5 KB/s > Software Compression: None > Volume name(s): BaculaTape-0009-20041213 > Volume Session Id: 678 > Volume Session Time: 1126137632 > Last Volume Bytes: 12,999,102,895 > Non-fatal FD errors: 0 > SD Errors: 0 > FD termination status: Error > SD termination status: Error > Termination: *** Backup Error *** > > > Fatal error, and Last Volume Bytes (LVB) less than before. > > Next job: > > 02-Oct 01:05 herodotus-dir: Start Backup JobId 6867, > Job=textbook3.2005-10-02_01.05.17 > 02-Oct 01:05 herodotus-sd: Spooling data ... > 02-Oct 03:02 herodotus-sd: Writing spooled data to Volume. Despooling > 71,612,803,459 bytes ... > 02-Oct 06:15 herodotus-sd: textbook3.2005-10-02_01.05.17 Fatal error: > Cannot write block. Device at EOM. > 02-Oct 06:15 herodotus-sd: textbook3.2005-10-02_01.05.17 Fatal error: Fatal > despooling error.02-Oct 06:15 herodotus-sd: textbook3.2005-10-02_01.05.17 > Fatal error: Fatal device error: ERR= > 02-Oct 06:15 textbook3-fd: textbook3.2005-10-02_01.05.17 Fatal error: .. > \filed\../../filed/backup.c:472 Network send error 32768 to SD. ERR=An > existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. > > And same LVB. > > Another job with EOM error, and same LVB. Then a job that succeeds, and > writes, but same LVB. > > Then I get a job that changes tape (0009 to 0010), but then fails with the > EOM error, and ends up with the same LVB value. > > 02-Oct 01:05 herodotus-dir: Start Backup JobId 6868, > Job=textbook4.2005-10-02_01.05.18 > 02-Oct 01:05 herodotus-sd: Spooling data ... > 02-Oct 03:02 herodotus-sd: Writing spooled data to Volume. Despooling > 71,612,674,411 bytes ... > 02-Oct 05:13 herodotus-sd: End of Volume "BaculaTape-0009-20041213" at > 47:819 on device /dev/nst0. Write of 64512 bytes got -1. > 02-Oct 05:14 herodotus-sd: Re-read of last block succeeded. > 02-Oct 05:14 herodotus-sd: End of medium on Volume > "BaculaTape-0009-20041213" Bytes=47,049,606,471 Blocks=729,319 at > 02-Oct-2005 05:14. > 02-Oct 05:14 herodotus-dir: Purging oldest volume > "BaculaTape-0010-20041213" 02-Oct 05:27 herodotus-dir: 215 Files on Volume > "BaculaTape-0010-20041213" purged from catalog. > 02-Oct 05:27 herodotus-dir: There are no more Jobs associated with Volume > "BaculaTape-0010-20041213". Marking it purged. > 02-Oct 05:27 herodotus-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" > command. 02-Oct 05:27 herodotus-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", > result is Slot 9. > 02-Oct 05:27 herodotus-sd: 3303 Issuing autochanger "unload slot 9, drive > 0" command. > 02-Oct 05:27 herodotus-sd: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 10, drive 0" > command. > 02-Oct 05:30 herodotus-sd: 3305 Autochanger "load slot 10, drive 0", status > is OK. > 02-Oct 05:30 herodotus-sd: Recycled volume "BaculaTape-0010-20041213" on > device "/dev/nst0", all previous data lost. > 02-Oct 05:30 herodotus-sd: New volume "BaculaTape-0010-20041213" mounted on > device /dev/nst0 at 02-Oct-2005 05:30. > 02-Oct 05:36 textbook4-fd: Could not stat c:/Documents and > Settings/Michael Lovecraft/My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Ozzy > Osbourne/Prince Of Darkness [Disc 2]: ERR=The system cannot find the file > specified. > > 02-Oct 05:44 herodotus-sd: Committing spooled data to Volume. Despooling > 70,261,901,515 bytes ... > 02-Oct 06:16 herodotus-sd: textbook4.2005-10-02_01.05.18 Fatal error: > Cannot write block. Device at EOM. > 02-Oct 06:16 herodotus-sd: Sending spooled attrs to the Director. > Despooling 1,590,123 bytes ... > 02-Oct 06:17 textbook4-fd: textbook4.2005-10-02_01.05.18 Fatal error: Bad > status 102 returned from Storage Daemon. > 02-Oct 06:17 herodotus-dir: textbook4.2005-10-02_01.05.18 Error: Bacula > 1.36.1 (26Nov04): 02-Oct-2005 06:17:24 > JobId: 6868 > Job: textbook4.2005-10-02_01.05.18 > Backup Level: Full > Client: textbook4-fd > FileSet: "wxpDefault" 2005-01-10 15:27:47 > Pool: "Default" > Storage: "herodotus-sd" > Start time: 02-Oct-2005 01:05:19 > End time: 02-Oct-2005 06:17:24 > FD Files Written: 4,023 > SD Files Written: 4,023 > FD Bytes Written: 8,942,960,505 > SD Bytes Written: 8,943,908,548 > Rate: 477.6 KB/s > Software Compression: None > Volume name(s): BaculaTape-0010-20041213|BaculaTape-0009-20041213 > Volume Session Id: 672 > Volume Session Time: 1126137632 > Last Volume Bytes: 12,999,102,895 > Non-fatal FD errors: 1 > SD Errors: 0 > FD termination status: Error > SD termination status: Error > Termination: *** Backup Error *** > > Then I have a few more jobs that succeed, but the LVB value stays the same, > > Then a few more jobs that fail, interspersed by success (LVB always the > same, mind you). > > Then, today, I ejected 0010, put in 0011, ran a backup. The server got > 0010 again, ran the backup, and succeeded. And LVB incremented too. > > Any ideas, tips, suggestions, etc? > > j----- k----- -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users