I am curious to find out if I change the block size will I be able to go back and restore data from tapes that has the old block size?
Thanks, URao -----Original Message----- From: Alan Brown [mailto:a...@mssl.ucl.ac.uk] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 9:44 AM To: Andreas Koch Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Is anyone using >128K blocks with LTO-4 or LTO-5 drives? On 20/09/13 13:22, Andreas Koch wrote: > > Many thanks for the data point! When we use Bacula (not just btape) > with larger block sizes (512 KB), our backups abort when bacula fails > to read the tape's header block. > Did you attempt to mix blocksizes on the same physical tape? That will not work. If you change block sizes all existing tapes holding data must be marked "used" and new ones labelled. I run 2Mb block size quite happily on HP LTO5 drives and have done for a few years. They are capable of 16Mb - we are limited to 2Mb by Bacula. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
