Hello, Vtape is used only for test purpose, and the maximum size is defined at the compilation time (see vtape.h).
I suggest you to avoid backuping your critical data on vtape device... Bye Shad L. Lords wrote: > > Is there a size limit to a vtape device? I've tries specifying tape sizes > of 25G but the tapes end up only being about 20G in size. I'm also > getting > error trying to write to the end of the vtape device beyond this ~20G > size. > This is what the error looks like: > > 09-May 00:59 server.lordsfam.net JobId 48: Wrote label to prelabeled > Volume > "Monthly-0006" on device "Drive-1" (/var/spool/bacula/drive1) > 09-May 00:59 server.lordsfam.net JobId 48: New volume "Monthly-0006" > mounted on device "Drive-1" (/var/spool/bacula/drive1) at 09-May-2009 > 00:59. > 09-May 01:43 server.lordsfam.net JobId 48: End of Volume "Monthly-0006" at > 19:16300 on device "Drive-1" (/var/spool/bacula/drive1). Write of 64512 > bytes got -1. > 09-May 01:43 server.lordsfam.net JobId 48: Error: Error writing final EOF > to tape. This Volume may not be readable. > dev.c:1723 ioctl MTWEOF error on "Drive-1" (/var/spool/bacula/drive1). > ERR=No space left on device. > 09-May 01:43 server.lordsfam.net JobId 48: End of medium on Volume > "Monthly-0006" Bytes=21,452,562,432 Blocks=332,535 at 09-May-2009 01:43. > > On a different system, configured almost the same, I get the same error > with the exact same Bytes written out. > > If the limit of the vtape device is 21,452,562,432 then I feel this should > be documented. This number is just less then 20G (21,474,836,480) by just > less then 20M. So I believe even if you specify a Max Volume Bytes of 20G > you will still get the above error. > > Thanks, > > -Shad > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK > i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/vtape-size-limit-tp23467103p23467778.html Sent from the Bacula - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
