Hi, I am getting the following errors while running large jobs with data spanning >2 tapes:
23-Aug 21:37 rosalind-sd: 3305 Autochanger "load slot 7, drive 0", status is OK. 23-Aug 21:37 rosalind-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded drive 0" command. 23-Aug 21:37 rosalind-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded drive 0", result is Slot 7. 23-Aug 21:38 rosalind-sd: Recycled volume "Chromosome0031" on device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0), all previous data lost. 23-Aug 21:38 rosalind-sd: New volume "Chromosome0031" mounted on device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) at 23-Aug-2007 21:38. 23-Aug 21:38 rosalind-sd: fantom-dataOut.2007-08-22_23.10.12 Error: block.c:538 Write error at 0:1756 on device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error. 23-Aug 21:38 rosalind-sd: fantom-dataOut.2007-08-22_23.10.12 Error: Error writing final EOF to tape. This Volume may not be readable. dev.c:1542 ioctl MTWEOF error on "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error. 23-Aug 21:38 rosalind-sd: End of medium on Volume "Chromosome0031" Bytes=113,218,556 Blocks=1,755 at 23-Aug-2007 21:38. This started with version 1.36.1 that we were running originally and persisted through upgrade to 1.38.11. I have built and installed version 2.2.0 today but haven't run large backups yet. I am trying to test and eliminate any possible hardware/driver configuration problems first. Regular btape "test" and "auto" tests completed perfectly, now I want to run "fill" test but documentation states multiple-tape variant is still not operational. Is it true? Does it mean version 2.2.0 in general can still have problems with multi-volume backups? The server is running Linux kernel 2.4.18smp and have Qualstar RLS-4445 autochanger with single Sony SDX-700C AIT drive attached to Adaptec 3960D Ultra160 SCSI adapter (aic7xxx driver). SCSI RAID is also attached to the first channel of the same dual-host adapter. I read that sharing SCSI adapters with other devices may create problems but it was running just fine for 4 years in this configuration until recently when the amount of backup data increased. The problem seems to only appear when a single backup job spans 3 or more volumes; spanning 2 volumes has yet to produce an error, although I haven't run too many of large jobs - they take a lot of time. But every 2+ volume job I've tried has failed. Here's the tapeinfo output: # tapeinfo -f /dev/sg2 Product Type: Tape Drive Vendor ID: 'SONY ' Product ID: 'SDX-700C ' Revision: '0103' Attached Changer: No SerialNumber: '0002084649' MinBlock:2 MaxBlock:16777215 SCSI ID: 1 SCSI LUN: 0 Ready: yes BufferedMode: yes Medium Type: Not Loaded Density Code: 0x32 BlockSize: 0 DataCompEnabled: yes DataCompCapable: yes DataDeCompEnabled: yes CompType: 0x3 DeCompType: 0x0 BOP: yes Block Position: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
