>>>>> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:50:10 +0100, Erik P Olsen said: > > Maybe I did something really stupid. I ejected an already bacula-mounted tape > and inserted a cleaning cartridge. After the cleaning process was finished I > reinserted the backup tape. I did it without an unmount/mount cycle. When the > backup run later started the tape was ejected with tape error and it was no > longer possible to read the tape because bacula claimed that it had no volume > label and that proved to be true when I tried to read the tape. > > Why was this proceedue not possible and why was the backup tape overwritten?
It was overwritten because Bacula remembers the tape's position while it is bacula-mounted. When you ejected the tape, it was rewound without Bacula knowing, so the position was different when you reinserted it. Normally, when you bacula-mount a tape, Bacula knows that the tape is positioned at the start, so it winds the taoe forward to the end before writing the next job. > > Is > it a bug or did I just do something stupid? Do you have AlwaysOpen = yes (the default)in the device config? If so, then I think the bug is in the OS or tape drive -- it should be impossible to eject the tape while it is mounted (and open) by Bacula. __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
