Hi, 18.09.2007 08:26,, Bradley Schatz wrote:: > Hi, > > I am seeing this problem intermittently on two systems using bacula - > both using VXA2 tape drives connected to Adaptec aic7892 SCIS cards. > > On the the odd occasion, I will insert a tape and attempt to mount it, > but bacula will respond with [1] (below). > > Only by stopping the storage daemon, ejecting the tape, re-inserting > the same tape, and starting the storage daemon, can I mount the tape. > IO errors are no longer found in this instance. > > Any suggestion on what the problem may be here?
Might be hardware related, so it's useful to have a close look into your systems log. Also, as re-starting the SD is definitely no fun when you're in a job already running for hours, I'd suggest to do the following the next time, if the first attempt to mount fails: - watch the system log - explicitly unmount the drive - eject the tape - load another tape - try to mount that - if that does not work, clean the drive - if mounting a labeled tape still does not work, load a blank tape and try writing/reading it with tar or dd - if that does work, but Bacula can't use the tape, use 'setdebug storage=VXA-2 level=400 trace=1', try to mount the tape again, and look at the SD's trace file. Perhaps there's an indication what exactly fails. I'm rather sure that this is a hardware- or driver-related problem, though. It might be related to the use of a RAID-optimized SCSI HBA; those are typically expressy NOT recommended for tape drive attachment. Arno > Thanks, > > Bradley > > > > > > > [1] > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > block.c:987 Read error on fd=5 at file:blk 0:0 on device "VXA-2" > (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error. > 3902 Cannot mount Volume on Storage Device "VXA-2" (/dev/nst0) because: > Requested Volume "" on "VXA-2" (/dev/nst0) is not a Bacula labeled > Volume, because: ERR=block.c:987 Read error on fd=5 at file:blk 0:0 on > device "VXA-2 > " (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
