You must use the "/dev/nst0" Device in your Storage Daemon config file (Device Section) better than "/dev/st0". Try to run the btape test and post the results for more accurate help.
Javier. 2010/6/9 Niek Linnenbank <niek.linnenb...@industrial-tsi.com>: > Hello, > > > > We are using Bacula for several months now as our primary backup solution, > > yet we are still struggling to get the automatic backup to tape working. > > I temporarily disabled them and ran the backup jobs manually. I inserted an > empty > > tape and labelled it 'Maandag'. The jobs started and were doing the backup > when I left the office, > > but the next day I got this error: > > > > 07-Jun 18:15 backup01-dir JobId 267: Start Backup JobId 267, > Job=tsi-vms01.2010-06-07_18.15.49_04 > 07-Jun 18:15 backup01-dir JobId 267: Using Device "Tape^ADevice" > 07-Jun 18:15 backup01-sd JobId 267: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume > "Maandag" on device "Tape Device" (/dev/st0) > 08-Jun 00:20 tsi-vms01-fd JobId 267: Fatal error: backup.c:892 Network send > error to SD. ERR=Input/output error > 08-Jun 00:16 backup01-sd JobId 267: Fatal error: append.c:242 Network error > reading from FD. ERR=No data available > 08-Jun 00:16 backup01-sd JobId 267: Job write elapsed time = 06:00:19, > Transfer rate = 19.54 M Bytes/second > > > The job for backing up our fileserver has obviously failed, but I can't > figure out why from this error > > message I got in the logs. Even worse, other jobs after it also failed > because of this message: > > > > 08-Jun 00:16 backup01-sd JobId 269: Volume "Maandag" previously written, > moving to end of data. > 08-Jun 00:16 backup01-sd JobId 269: Error: Bacula cannot write on tape > Volume "Maandag" because: > The number of files mismatch! Volume=423 Catalog=422 > 08-Jun 00:16 backup01-sd JobId 269: Marking Volume "Maandag" in Error in > Catalog. > 08-Jun 00:16 backup01-sd JobId 269: Job tsi-mail01.2010-06-07_18.17.35_06 is > waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes. > Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for: > Storage: "Tape Device" (/dev/st0) > Pool: DayPool > Media type: IBM > > > What is going on exactly? I didn't find anything strange in the dmesg or > syslog of the bacula machine (which > > runs bacula-dir and bacula-sd) or the fileserver with bacula-fd. > > > > I hope somebody can help us out. Thanks in advance, > > > > Niek Linnenbank > > Open Source Consultant > > > > Industrial-TSI BV > Dukatenburg 82b > 3437 AE Nieuwegein > The Netherlands > E-mail: info(at)industrial-tsi.com > Tel: (+31)30-6005010 > Fax: (+31)30-6005019 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- _____________________________________________ Francisco Javier Funes Nieto [esen...@gmail.com] CANONIGOS Servicios Informáticos para PYMES. Cl. Cruz 2, 1º Oficina 7 Tlf: 958.536759 / 661134556 Fax: 958.521354 GRANADA - 18002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
