Hello, I'm running bacula 2.2.8 on an amd64 server with Solaris 10 (thank you CSW).
I can use the SCSI-attached HP Ultrium LTO2 drive with tar, mt, etc, without any problems. Also, bacula's btape utility tests the tape successfully: # btape -v -c ./bacula-sd.conf /dev/rmt/0bn Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes. btape: butil.c:285 Using device: "/dev/rmt/0bn" for writing. btape: btape.c:372 open device "HPUltriumLTO2" (/dev/rmt/0bn): 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 ... btape: btape.c:831 Wrote 1000 blocks of 64412 bytes. btape: btape.c:505 Wrote 1 EOF to "HPUltriumLTO2" (/dev/rmt/0bn) btape: btape.c:847 Wrote 1000 blocks of 64412 bytes. btape: btape.c:505 Wrote 1 EOF to "HPUltriumLTO2" (/dev/rmt/0bn) btape: btape.c:856 Rewind OK. 1000 blocks re-read correctly. Got EOF on tape. 1000 blocks re-read correctly. === Test Succeeded. End Write, rewind, and re-read test === ... and so on ... However, when bacula does a real backup, after writing the data to tape, it seems to fail to write an EOF marker, so that tape can no longer be appended to. Here is the output: 02-Dec 12:06 temple-dir JobId 2: Start Backup JobId 2, Job=temple-var.2009-12-02_11.45.05 02-Dec 12:06 temple-dir JobId 2: Using Device "HPUltriumLTO2" 02-Dec 12:06 temple-sd JobId 2: Spooling data ... 02-Dec 12:10 temple-sd JobId 2: Job write elapsed time = 00:03:35, Transfer rate = 15.81 M bytes/second 02-Dec 12:10 temple-sd JobId 2: Committing spooled data to Volume "20091202". Despooling 3,404,724,899 bytes ... 02-Dec 12:16 temple-sd JobId 2: Error: block.c:569 Write error at 7:9455 on device "HPUltriumLTO2" (/dev/rmt/0bn). ERR=I/O error. 02-Dec 12:16 temple-sd JobId 2: Error: Error writing final EOF to tape. This Volume may not be readable. dev.c:1669 ioctl MTWEOF error on "HPUltriumLTO2" (/dev/rmt/0bn). ERR=I/O error. 02-Dec 12:16 temple-sd JobId 2: End of medium on Volume "20091202" Bytes=7,526,034,432 Blocks=116,660 at 02-Dec-2009 12:16. 02-Dec 12:18 temple-sd JobId 2: Job temple-var.2009-12-02_11.45.05 waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes. I have tried using different (brand new) LTO cartridges, and I get the same results - btape succeeds, but the actual backup fails. Any help with this would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Brent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
