Robin Blanchard wrote:
>>> [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
When I do, on FreeBSD, is ensure Bacula is a member of the disk group.
FYI, on FreeBSD, that would be the operator group.
>
> # 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.
Is this the entire output? Often btape will provide suggested changes
for your configuration. Did you see any?
--
Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/
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