I'm using a DLT7000 drive and DLT IV tapes (35/70) and basically decided to start fresh and start my backups for real after testing and getting things working.
I toasted the database tables etc, and re-labled a couple of tapes: 1) mt -f /dev/nst0 status (verify density) # mt -f /dev/nst0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x84 (DLT 35GB uncompressed). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN 2) Get rid of the existing label # mt -f /dev/nst0 weof 3) use label command to add the media again (in my case BRT000 and BRT001) Ok so far so good, this is what I did the first time with no issues and the first time the tape filled to about 33GB. This tim when I did it the backups cabbed with an error of "No apendable media found" and the tape was full at about 1.3 GB. I did everything all over again but this time before I went through everything I actually erased the tape: # mt -f /dev/nst0 erase 2.5 hours later I relabeled as lited above. Result ... after some backups again it went to 9.3G and error'd out again. What could I possibly be missing? Are there other files I should remove when starting from scratch or is there another way to debug this? The media is new and the drive has been working fine for a while now so I'm not sure what it could be, maybe a block size issue? Currently it looks like it's variable and set to 0: Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x84 (DLT 35GB uncompressed). Should I be running HW compression? Thanks everyone!! -- Lonny -- "To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work ON it." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
