> Late last week I had my first run at Bacula on a Linux server with > self-contained storage and an LT04 16 slot tape library (a Dell PV-124T) > connected by a SAS controller. I ran 2.4.4-1 as it was the default under > Debian > stable. After a few dry runs and problems I succeeded in backing up just over > 2TB of data to 3 tapes (just over 2 tapes) at around 70MB/s. Retrieves went > fine. > > I've now upgraded to 5.0.2-1 using Debian backports so that we can run > close to the latest version. I'm using much the same configuration, but > both the Storage service and btape hang after trying to access the > drive. > > It looks like I've still got access to the library, but somehow I've lost > connection to the actual tape drive. > > As the server and tape drive are in a data centre I'd be glad for advice on > what to do next! > > Regards > Rory > > > # btape -pv /dev/nst0 > > Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes. > btape: butil.c:284 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for writing. > 18-Jul 22:27 btape JobId 0: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" > command. > 18-Jul 22:27 btape JobId 0: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is > Slot 5. > > 18-Jul 22:32 btape: Fatal Error at device.c:298 because: > dev open failed: dev.c:491 Unable to open device "LTO4-Drive1" > (/dev/nst0): ERR=Input/output error > > 18-Jul 22:32 btape JobId 0: Fatal error: butil.c:193 Cannot open > "LTO4-Drive1" (/dev/nst0) > > # mtx -f /dev/sg4 status > > Storage Changer /dev/sg4:1 Drives, 16 Slots ( 0 Import/Export ) > Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 5 Loaded) > Storage Element 1:Full > Storage Element 2:Full :VolumeTag=000006L4 > Storage Element 3:Full > Storage Element 4:Full > Storage Element 5:Empty > Storage Element 6:Full > Storage Element 7:Full > Storage Element 8:Full > Storage Element 9:Full > Storage Element 10:Full > Storage Element 11:Full > Storage Element 12:Full > Storage Element 13:Full > Storage Element 14:Full > Storage Element 15:Full :VolumeTag=CLNU00L1 > Storage Element 16:Full > > # mt -f /dev/nst0 status > > /dev/nst0: Input/output error >
Check if bacula-sd is still running. If so the mt command is expected to fail. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
