Bill Moran wrote:
> In response to Julien Cigar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> We've bought a new tape drive here, a Sony SDX-700C (AIT-3), with new
>> tapes. I'm running Bacula 1.38.11 under (Debian) Linux (2.6.18)
>> I've run the btape test / btape fill with success. The tape is
>> initialized correctly (variable block mode + ...) :
>>
>> phoenix:/home/jcigar# cat /etc/stinit.def
>> {buffer-writes read-ahead async-writes}
>>
>> manufacturer=SONY model = "SDX-700C" {
>> mode1 blocksize=0 compression=1
>> }
>>
>> phoenix:/home/jcigar# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>> SCSI 2 tape drive:
>> File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
>> Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x32 (AIT-3).
>> Soft error count since last status=0
>> General status bits on (41010000):
>> BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>>
>> Unfortunately I got an error this morning :
>>
>> 01-Feb 03:27 phoenix-sd: Volume "Full-Tape-0001" previously written,
>> moving to end of data.
>> 01-Feb 03:27 phoenix-sd: canis-job.2007-02-01_03.00.00 Error: Unable to
>> position to end of data on device "sony SDX-700C" (/dev/nst0):
>> ERR=dev.c:839 ioctl MTEOM error on "sony SDX-700C" (/dev/nst0).
>> ERR=Input/output error.
>>
>> 01-Feb 03:27 phoenix-sd: Marking Volume "Full-Tape-0001" in Error in
>> Catalog.
>>
>
> I'm a little unclear on certain aspects of this ...
>
> Have you made other backups successfully? Did you try a different tape?
> Sometimes tapes ship from the factory with problems. Is this the same
> tape that you used for the tests?
>
>
Yes, it runs fine since one month, and it's the same tape I've used for
the tests (after the test I made an mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind ; mt -f
/dev/nst0 weof ; mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind ; $> bconsole ; *label).
I will try with another tape to see ...
> We had a drive go bad on us and the errors that Bacula was spewing out
> were the most cryptic things you could imagine. It became obvious when
> we visited the datacenter, as the drive had a flashing error code on
> the front.
>
>
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Julien Cigar
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
http://www.biodiversity.be
Université Libre de Bruxelles
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