>>>>> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:31:31 +0100, Matjaz Slibar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
>>>>> said:

  Matjaz> I am using bacula 1.36.2-2 on Debian Sarge with HP StorageWorks DAT72 
  Matjaz> internal tape drive. Everything is working fine, except when one 
backup 
  Matjaz> job spans over two tapes. In this situation Bacula destroys second 
  Matjaz> cartridge. The cartridge is not usable any more even with tar. When I 
  Matjaz> insert destroyed cartridge in the cartridge door the tape LED is 
  Matjaz> flashing and after a while it switches off. When I insert good 
cartridge 
  Matjaz> the tape LED is flashing and after a while it stays on.

  Matjaz> I also tested my tape drive with btape with multiple tape option (It 
  Matjaz> works fine with simple single tape option.) and bacula again 
destroyed 
  Matjaz> cartridges (in this example both). I am attaching log file of this 
test 
  Matjaz> (btape-err.txt).

  Matjaz> Can anybody help me? I was reading manual and searching the mailing 
  Matjaz> lists without success.

Well, destroying cartridges is something your OS (or, better, your tape drive)
should protect you against.

Perhaps you can do a multi-volume test with tar to see if that also destroys
the cartridges?

__Martin


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