Hi,
I haven't resolved the problem yet, I'm backuping on disk at the moment.
The problem is that it's very difficult to test because it can run 10
jobs without any problems and then suddenly fail for the next one ...
I've ran the btape test / btape fill several times without any errors,
and the drive is properly initialized (I followed
http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION004035000000000000000)
I'm pretty sure that it should be a wrong/missing parameter in
bacula-sd.conf, so if you find it .. I am interested :-)
(Also, I plan to test the drive under FreeBSD when I have a little time)
Regards,
Julien
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 14:38 -0400, Mike Seda wrote:
> I have a similar MTEOM error with one of my tapes. My drive and other
> tapes are totally fine. I can even restore from this tape, but just
> cannot append to it. The exact error is below:
>
> 18-Mar 02:17 uwharrie-sd: Volume "MSR122L3" previously written, moving
> to end of data.
> 18-Mar 02:35 uwharrie-sd: tsali.2007-03-17_23.05.00 Error: Unable to
> position to end of data on device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0): ERR=dev.c:922
> ioctl MTEOM error on "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error.
> 18-Mar 02:35 uwharrie-sd: Marking Volume "MSR122L3" in Error in Catalog.
>
> My setup is:
> Bacula 2.0.1
> RHEL 4 AS
> Quantum PX502 (FC, 1 HP LTO-3 Drive)
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> Julien Cigar wrote:
> > 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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