> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bacula-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Blanchard
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:00 AM
> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] FW: new to bacula; help w/autochanger
> 
> > > [a lot of old stuff snipped]
> > >
> > > I think you are now asking for help with the above messages, but
> you
> > > haven't explicitly asked.
> > >
> > > When running btape, be sure bacula-sd is not running.  That is
your
> > > firstcheck.
> >
> > The second check would be the permissions. If the SD runs as user
> > bacula, make sure that user can write to /dev/nst0. Running a test
as
> > root is more likely to succeed :-)
> >
> 
> Progress ! Thanks for the tips thus far. What next ? It does sort of
> look like a permissions issue (despite all of this being performed as
> uid 0):
> 
> # ps ax |fgrep -i acula
> 16835 pts/0    S+     0:00 fgrep -i acula
> 
> # whoami
> root
> 
> # ls -ald {/dev/sg2,/dev/st0,/dev/nst0}
> crw-rw---- 1 root disk  9, 128 Dec 17 11:13 /dev/nst0
> crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21,   2 Dec 17 11:13 /dev/sg2
> crw-rw---- 1 root disk  9,   0 Dec 17 11:13 /dev/st0
> 
> # mtx -f /dev/sg2 load 1
> 
> # mtx -f /dev/sg2 status
>   Storage Changer /dev/sg2:1 Drives, 20 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 1 Loaded):VolumeTag =
> B00023L3
>       Storage Element 1:Empty
>       Storage Element 2:Full :VolumeTag=B00039L3
>       Storage Element 3:Full :VolumeTag=B00029L3
>       Storage Element 4:Full :VolumeTag=B00025L3
>       Storage Element 5:Full :VolumeTag=B00028L3
>       Storage Element 6:Full :VolumeTag=B00022L3
>       Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=B00026L3
>       Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=B00031L3
>       Storage Element 9:Full :VolumeTag=B00030L3
>       Storage Element 10:Full :VolumeTag=B00037L3
> 
>       Storage Element 11:Full :VolumeTag=B00034L3
> 
>       Storage Element 12:Full :VolumeTag=B00035L3
> 
>       Storage Element 13:Full :VolumeTag=B00036L3
> 
>       Storage Element 14:Full :VolumeTag=B00038L3
> 
>       Storage Element 15:Full :VolumeTag=B00032L3
> 
>       Storage Element 16:Full :VolumeTag=B00024L3
> 
>       Storage Element 17:Full :VolumeTag=B00021L3
> 
>       Storage Element 18:Full :VolumeTag=B00020L3
> 
>       Storage Element 19:Full :VolumeTag=B00027L3
> 
>       Storage Element 20:Full :VolumeTag=B00033L3
> 
> 
> # mt -f /dev/nst0 status
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
> Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x44 (no translation).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (41010000):
>  BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# /usr/local/bacula-2.2.6/sbin/btape -v -c
> /usr/local/bacula-2.2.6/etc/bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0
> Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes.
> btape: butil.c:285 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for writing.
> 18-Dec 08:54 btape JobId 0: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0"
> command.
> 18-Dec 08:54 btape JobId 0: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result
> is Slot 1.
> 18-Dec 08:54 btape JobId 0: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0"
> command.
> 18-Dec 08:54 btape JobId 0: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result
> is Slot 1.
> btape: btape.c:368 open device "LTO3-1" (/dev/nst0): OK
> *test
> 
> === Write, rewind, and re-read test ===
> 
> I'm going to write 1000 records and an EOF
> then write 1000 records and an EOF, then rewind,
> and re-read the data to verify that it is correct.
> 
> This is an *essential* feature ...
> 
> 18-Dec 08:55 btape JobId 0: Error: block.c:569 Write error at 0:1 on
> device "LTO3-1" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error.
> 18-Dec 08:56 btape JobId 0: Error: Backspace record at EOT failed.
> ERR=Input/output error
> btape: btape.c:823 Error writing block to device.


Hmmm....

# mt -f /dev/st0 rewind

# tar cvf /dev/st0 /root/
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/root/
/root/.my.cnf
/root/anaconda-ks.cfg
/root/.rnd
/root/.cshrc
/root/.tcshrc
/root/scripts/
/root/scripts/bootstrap2.sh
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot write: Input/output error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

# tail /var/log/messages
Dec 18 09:13:23 lewis kernel: st0: Current: sense key: Aborted Command
Dec 18 09:13:23 lewis kernel:     Add. Sense: Data phase error

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