>>>>> On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:17:02 +0100, James Cort said: > > A few weeks ago I posted to this list with a problem concerning my tapes > encountering errors around the 100G mark which resulted in bacula ending > them and moving onto another tape. > > As suggested, I swapped the SCSI card for an Adaptec unit, however the > problem persists: > > 22-Jun 12:16 gemini-sd: Sending spooled attrs to the Director. > Despooling 217,482,871 bytes ... > 22-Jun 12:42 gemini-sd: Committing spooled data to Volume. Despooling > 18,631,986,113 bytes ... > 22-Jun 12:42 gemini-sd: cygnus_new.2006-06-22_08.58.01 Error: > block.c:552 Write error at 104:2205 on device /dev/nst0. ERR=Device or > resource busy. > 22-Jun 12:43 gemini-sd: cygnus_new.2006-06-22_08.58.01 Error: Re-read of > last block failed. Last block=125230 Current block=0. > 22-Jun 12:43 gemini-sd: End of medium on Volume "10" > Bytes=104,135,520,221 Blocks=1,614,205 at 22-Jun-2006 12:43. > 22-Jun 12:45 gemini-dir: Recycled volume "11" > 22-Jun 12:45 gemini-sd: Please mount Volume "11" on Storage Device > "DLT-160" for Job cygnus_new.2006-06-22_08.58.01 > > This does not happen with all tapes. > > As before, the tapes are 160/320G DLTv4 tapes. Many were previously > used as DLT-VS160 (capacity: 80/160G), these have been bulk erased so > should be good to write on - though unfortunately I don't have any means > of finding out which ones these are as they're all mixed in with tapes > which have never been used before. > > The tape drive (a Quantum DLTv4) cannot and will not write onto tapes > which were previously written as DLT-VS160's unless they're bulk-erased > first. > > Bacula version 1.36.3-r2, director and storage daemon both on the same box. > > Any suggestions or should I just cycle out any tapes which give this error?
Maybe the tapes have a memory chip that records the format and bulk-erasure doesn't clear it? Does 'mt status' show anything different for these tapes? Maybe 'mt setdensity' followed by 'mt weof' will fix them? __Martin Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
