---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] No tar for my tape drive!?!? SAS tape library help... To: Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any help here would be wonderful. tar will not work on my tape drive! > Weirdness... Here is some background. > > I recently purchased a new IBM TS2900 Autoloader: > http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/tape/ts2900/index.html > > I have hooked up this via an Adaptec SAS 58300: > http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/sas/sas/SAS-58300/ > > After some rough patches getting the Adaptec card to even work. I built a > custom kernel (2.6.27.4) > with support for this card. I also upgraded my backup system to lenny > because I needed some new functionality out of initramfs to load the > firmware for this card. > >> cat /proc/scsi/scsi > Attached devices: > Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 > Vendor: IBM Model: ULT3580-HH4 Rev: 85V8 > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 01 > Vendor: IBM Model: 3572-TL Rev: 0003 > Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > >> lsscsi > [2:0:0:0] tape IBM ULT3580-HH4 85V8 /dev/st0 > [2:0:0:1] mediumx IBM 3572-TL 0003 /dev/sch0 > > So far so good. > >> mtx -f /dev/sg3 status shows: > Storage Changer /dev/sg3:1 Drives, 9 Slots ( 0 Import/Export ) > Data Transfer Element 0:Empty > Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=389ADOL4 > Storage Element 2:Full :VolumeTag=385ADOL4 > Storage Element 3:Full :VolumeTag=386ADOL4 > Storage Element 4:Empty > Storage Element 5:Full :VolumeTag=387ADOL4 > Storage Element 6:Empty > Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=388ADOL4 > Storage Element 8:Empty > Storage Element 9:Full :VolumeTag=CLNU94L1 > > Very nice. Let's move a tape into the drive. > >> mtx -f /dev/sg3 load 2 > Loading media from Storage Element 2 into drive 0...done > > Ok. Now lets rewind the tape. > >> mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind > > No errors. Good. Do we have a tape in the drive? Let's make sure. > >> mt -f /dev/nst0 status > SCSI 2 tape drive: > File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. > Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x46 (LTO-4). > Soft error count since last status=0 > General status bits on (41010000): > BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN > > Looks good. Time for a sample backup. > >> cd /backup/scripts >> ls -l > total 44 > -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 623 2006-11-14 03:14 backup2tape.sh > -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 1862 2007-02-06 15:43 backupMichael.sh > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6763 2007-10-18 23:58 backupNetwork.sh > -rwx------ 1 root root 3824 2008-08-26 20:36 backupNetworkTemp.sh > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1035 2008-01-01 20:03 backupVantageYE.sh > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 752 2006-10-24 19:18 exclude > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-12-14 18:57 logs -> /var/log/backup > -rwx------ 1 root root 7137 2008-10-04 19:41 newNetworkBackup.sh > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2413 2007-01-04 00:04 testBackupCapitol.sh > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 874 2005-12-09 21:10 z_backupall >> tar cvf /dev/nst0 . > ./ > ./exclude > ./logs > ./z_backupall > ./backup2tape.sh > ./backupNetwork.sh > tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot write: Invalid argument > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > HUH? What happened? > >> dmesg | tail > st0: Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] > st0: Add. Sense: Initiator response timeout > st0: Can't set default compression. > >> tail /var/log/syslog > Oct 31 13:01:51 backup kernel: st0: Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] > Oct 31 13:01:51 backup kernel: st0: Add. Sense: Initiator response timeout > Oct 31 13:01:51 backup kernel: st0: Can't set default compression. > > Any > thoughts on this? Is there some kind of SAS module I need to have > installed? I should be able to use this SAS device just as I use any > other SCSI device, correct? > Try dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/nst0 bs=1M count=1000 BTW, bacula does not use tar. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
