Hi, On 4/27/2007 12:59 AM, Robert Lane wrote: > We have installed a Sony SDX-260V tape drive in a Gentoo Linux 2.6.20 > system. It is using a SCSI interface. > > We have run the btape utility to test the tape drive, and that came back > fine, with no errors.
Good. But did you also test the drive with tar or dd? > However, whenever we attempt to do a backup, it > immediately fails with a i/o error, and then indicates that the tape is > full. Here are the relevant lines from the log file: > > 13-Apr 20:00 server01-dir: Start Backup JobId 11, > Job=NightlySave.2007-04-13_20.00.00 > 13-Apr 20:00 server01-sd: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume "Friday1" on > device "SDX-250V" (/dev/nst0) > 13-Apr 20:00 server01-sd: NightlySave.2007-04-13_20.00.00 Error: > block.c:569 Write error at 0:3 on device "SDX-250V" (/dev/nst0). > ERR=Input/output error. Anything in the system log? I suspect you might see SCSI-related errors there. Checking or replacing the SCSI cables and terminators might be worth a try. Also, have you tried different tapes? Arno > 13-Apr 20:00 server01-sd: NightlySave.2007-04-13_20.00.00 Error: Re-read > of last block OK, but block numbers differ. Last block=1 Current block=3. > 13-Apr 20:00 server01-sd: End of medium on Volume "Friday1" > Bytes=258,048 Blocks=3 at 13-Apr-2007 20:00. > > > I cannot figure out what the problem is. > > Thanks, > > Bob > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
