-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/11/2013 04:47 PM, Brian Debelius wrote: > Hi, > > If so what OS, Kernel, SCSI adapter, and LTO drive are you using?
Scientific Linux 6.4 Kernel 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 SAS Adapter IBM 6GB SAS HBA 90Y4579 (using the LSI mpt2 driver 16.00.01.00) Drive is HP Ultrium 5-SCSI, firmware Z51U > What does your bacula-sd.conf look like? Here is the relevant excerpt: Device { Name = LTO-5 Media Type = LTO-5 Archive Device = /dev/nst0 AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it AlwaysOpen = yes; RemovableMedia = yes; RandomAccess = no; Maximum File Size = 8g; Minimum block size = 131072 Maximum block size = 131072 Changer Device = /dev/changer AutoChanger = yes Alert Command = "sh -c 'smartctl -H -l error /dev/sg11'" Maximum Spool Size = 3000g Spool Directory = /etc/bacula/spooldisk/BaculaSpool Maximum Network Buffer Size = 65536 } > What is your drive block size set to? No block size has been set using mt setblk/defblksize. But for the current backup tape, the data is: # mt -f /dev/nst0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 32768 bytes. Density code 0x46 (LTO-4). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN # tapeinfo -f /dev/nst0 Product Type: Tape Drive Vendor ID: 'HP ' Product ID: 'Ultrium 5-SCSI ' Revision: 'Z51U' Attached Changer API: No SerialNumber: 'HU1324W3HT' MinBlock: 1 MaxBlock: 16777215 SCSI ID: 3 SCSI LUN: 0 Ready: yes BufferedMode: yes Medium Type: Not Loaded Density Code: 0x46 BlockSize: 32768 DataCompEnabled: yes DataCompCapable: yes DataDeCompEnabled: yes CompType: 0x1 DeCompType: 0x1 BOP: yes Block Position: 0 Partition 0 Remaining Kbytes: 799204 Partition 0 Size in Kbytes: 799204 ActivePartition: 0 EarlyWarningSize: 0 NumPartitions: 0 MaxPartitions: 0 Again, the crucial part is that dd can easily handle larger block sizes (we tested up to 2 MB). But btape fails with anything larger than 128 KB (see log in previous mails). Best regards, Andreas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlI26F4ACgkQk5ta2EV7DoxGmgCgmwz83Je2y94TDxnbn5AiVb7X QvUAoJkJARz0uy44HKpdn1lp5lPivJGI =wbTF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/20/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users