you should also look into the mt command and use it to enable compression, since from the output below, it does not appear to be.
Rex Wheeler wrote: > It appears that setting the block size to 0 corrected the problem. > Thanks! > > Is this something that I will have to do with each backup job, each > reboot of the operating system, or each power cycle of the tape drive? > > Is there a place in the bacula configuration that I can get bacula to > issue the mt command for me so I don't have to worry about it? > > Thanks, > > Rex > > (Here is the tape info you requested, although probably moot at this > point:) > > C:\Program Files\Bacula\bin>tapeinfo -f Tape0 > Product Type: Tape Drive > Vendor ID: 'QUANTUM ' > Product ID: 'DLT7000 ' > Revision: '296D' > Attached Changer API: No > SerialNumber: 'CX730S2150' > MinBlock:2 > MaxBlock:16777214 > SCSI ID: 0 > SCSI LUN: 0 > Ready: yes > BufferedMode: yes > Medium Type: 0x85 > Density Code: 0x1b > BlockSize: 0 > DataCompEnabled: no > DataCompCapable: yes > DataDeCompEnabled: yes > CompType: 0x10 > DeCompType: 0x10 > BOP: yes > Block Position: 0 > ActivePartition: 0 > EarlyWarningSize: 0 > NumPartitions:0 > MaxPartitions:0 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
