I was able to find a combination of settings that seem to have eliminated the errors and allows the autochanger to correctly load and unload the volumes.
This is for a Compaq/HP TL892 library running under Solaris 10 x86. The hardware directives in the bacula-sd.conf file for the Device entries are: Offline On Unmount = no Hardware End of Medium = yes BSF at EOM = yes Backward Space Record = yes Backward Space File = yes Fast Forward Space File = yes Use MTIOCGET = yes TWO EOF = yes ---- Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM ________________________________________ From: Alan Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 4:28 PM To: 'bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: tape positioning error TL892/TZ89 drives I'm getting the following error when I try to put a second full backup onto tape. Where do I need to start do diagnose the problem? 05-Oct 16:06 athos-sd: FullBackup.2006-10-05_14.32.09 Error: Unable to position to end of data on device "Drive-1" (/dev/rmt/1cbn): ERR=dev.c:1298 read error on "Drive-1" (/dev/rmt/1cbn). ERR=I/O error. 05-Oct 16:06 athos-sd: Marking Volume "EJB065" in Error in Catalog. The tape device settings are based on Dan Langille's article. I'm also still getting : 05-Oct 16:07 athos-sd: Invalid slot=0 defined, cannot autoload Volume. Messages when bacula tries to autoload the next tape. Here's the configuration; Solaris 10 x86 w/ reasonably current patch cluster Bacula 1.39.22 Compaq/HP TL892 library, 2 x TZ89 (DLT8000) drives mtx 1.3.9 mtx-changer modified to parse "list" correctly and mt output for wait_for_drive bacula-dir.conf: Storage { Name = TL800 Address = labtape.ruckus.com SDPort = 9103 Password = "27txx87d0BHagkpOSO9VkgpW4qGj0g7j3Yiygth2Q" # password for Storage daemon Device = TL800 Media Type = DLT-8000 Autochanger = yes } Autochanger { Name = TL800 Device = Drive-0, Drive-1 Changer Command = "/opt/bacula/bin/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" Changer Device = /dev/changer } Device { Name = Drive-0 # Drive Index = 0 Media Type = DLT-8000 Archive Device = /dev/rmt/0cbn AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it AlwaysOpen = yes; RemovableMedia = yes; RandomAccess = no; AutoChanger = yes Changer Command = "/opt/bacula/bin/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" Changer Device = /dev/changer # Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'" Offline On Unmount = no Hardware End of Medium = no BSF at EOM = yes Backward Space Record = no Fast Forward Space File = no TWO EOF = yes LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media } Device { Name = Drive-1 # Drive Index = 1 Media Type = DLT-8000 Archive Device = /dev/rmt/1cbn AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it AlwaysOpen = yes; RemovableMedia = yes; RandomAccess = no; AutoChanger = yes Changer Command = "/opt/bacula/bin/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" Changer Device = /dev/changer # Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'" Offline On Unmount = no Hardware End of Medium = no BSF at EOM = yes Backward Space Record = no Fast Forward Space File = no TWO EOF = yes LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media } Alan Davis Senior Architect Ruckus Network, Inc. 703.464.6578 (o) 410.365.7175 (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] alancdavis AIM ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
