>>>>> On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:44:42 +0100, Albert Pauw said: > > I am using bacula and a vtl (mhvtl) which actually works very nice. > > Now I am experimenting with the WORM cartridges setting of mhvtl and > tried to get bacula to work with it. > > Here is what works: > > - Write data on the cartridge and rewind -> ok > - Verify the data written -> ok > - Try to write data again -> error -> that's what it should do > - Add another set of data behind the data (mt -f /dev/nst0 EOD, and a > new tar command) -> ok > - Verify that both sets can be retrieved -> ok > > So, so far so good. > > When I add this WORM tape to a bacula pool, I had to label it. > Unfortunately, I am not able to use the tape > as bacula rewrites the label again when trying to use it, and gets an > error from the drive. Well, that's > what I think is going wrong. So, is it actually possible to use a WORM > cartridge in bacula? And how > do I do it?
I think Bacula can't work with WORM cartridges at the moment. The label is always part of the first tape file, but you have to label a tape before you can use it. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
