Hello

Did you tested your tape drive with btape utility? What was a result of the
test?

best regards

2015-09-20 18:00 GMT+02:00 ADCD IT <adcd...@gmail.com>:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have issue writing to my tapes.
>
> I have an HP tape library connected to ubuntu 12.04 with bacula 5.2.5
> installed.
> when I am running a full backup job on any client or with any tape (tapes
> are new, so its not tape issue)
> the job stops in the middle after the SD wrote about 20GB than mark the
> tape as FULL and throw those errors:
>
> 19-Sep 16:53 buffer-bacula-dir JobId 108: Start Backup JobId 108,
> Job=cow-bj.2015-09-19_16.53.18_08
> 19-Sep 16:53 buffer-bacula-dir JobId 108: Using Device "DTL01"
> 19-Sep 16:53 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 108: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume
> "TAPE05L5" on device "DTL01" (/dev/nst0)
> 19-Sep 16:55 cow-fd JobId 108: Generate VSS snapshots. Driver="Win32 VSS",
> Drive(s)="CD"
> 19-Sep 20:22 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 108: Fatal error: Unable to write EOF.
> ERR=dev.c:1551 ioctl MTWEOF error on "DTL01" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output
> error.
>
> 19-Sep 20:22 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 108: Error: Error writing final EOF to
> tape. This Volume may not be readable.
> dev.c:1551 ioctl MTWEOF error on "DTL01" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output
> error.
> 19-Sep 20:22 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 108: Job write elapsed time =
> 03:29:04, Transfer rate = 1.990 M Bytes/second
> 19-Sep 20:24 cow-fd JobId 108: Error: lib/bsock.c:429 Write error sending
> 65536 bytes to Storage daemon:192.168.0.70:9103: ERR=Input/output error
> 19-Sep 20:24 cow-fd JobId 108: Fatal error: filed/backup.c:1194 Network
> send error to SD. ERR=Input/output error
> 19-Sep 20:24 cow-fd JobId 108: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "System
> Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 19-Sep 20:24 cow-fd JobId 108: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "MSDEWriter",
> State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 19-Sep 20:24 cow-fd JobId 108: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "IIS Metabase
> Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 19-Sep 20:24 cow-fd JobId 108: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "Registry
> Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 19-Sep 20:24 cow-fd JobId 108: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "Event Log
> Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 19-Sep 20:24 cow-fd JobId 108: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "COM+ REGDB
> Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 19-Sep 20:24 cow-fd JobId 108: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "WMI Writer",
> State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 19-Sep 20:24 cow-fd JobId 108: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "BITS Writer",
> State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 19-Sep 20:23 buffer-bacula-dir JobId 108: Error: Bacula buffer-bacula-dir
> 5.2.5 (26Jan12):
>    Build OS:               x86_64-pc-linux-gnu ubuntu 12.04
>    JobId:                  108
>    Job:                    cow-bj.2015-09-19_16.53.18_08
>    Backup Level:           Full
>    Client:                 "cow" 5.2.10 (28Jun12) Microsoft Windows Home
> ServerStandard Edition Service Pack 2 (build 3790),Cross-compile,Win32
>    FileSet:                "cow" 2015-09-07 02:00:04
>    Pool:                   "Main" (From Job resource)
>    Catalog:                "MyCatalog" (From Client resource)
>    Storage:                "HPTapeLibrary" (From Job resource)
>    Scheduled time:         19-Sep-2015 16:53:15
>    Start time:             19-Sep-2015 16:53:21
>    End time:               19-Sep-2015 20:23:34
>    Elapsed time:           3 hours 30 mins 13 secs
>    Priority:               10
>    FD Files Written:       250,664
>    SD Files Written:       250,650
>    FD Bytes Written:       24,929,269,562 (24.92 GB)
>    SD Bytes Written:       24,974,983,634 (24.97 GB)
>    Rate:                   1976.5 KB/s
>    Software Compression:   None
>    VSS:                    yes
>    Encryption:             no
>    Accurate:               no
>    Volume name(s):         TAPE05L5
>    Volume Session Id:      1
>    Volume Session Time:    1442506946
>    Last Volume Bytes:      24,998,400,000 (24.99 GB)
>    Non-fatal FD errors:    1
>    SD Errors:              2
>    FD termination status:  Error
>    SD termination status:  Error
>    Termination:            *** Backup Error ***
>
>
> if I try to change the  tape from FULL to APPEND and run the job again on
> the previously written tape, this is the error I am getting:
>
> 20-Sep 10:53 buffer-bacula-dir JobId 109: Start Backup JobId 109,
> Job=cow-bj.2015-09-20_09.52.20_20
> 20-Sep 10:53 buffer-bacula-dir JobId 109: Using Device "DTL01"
> 20-Sep 10:54 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: Volume "TAPE05L5" previously
> written, moving to end of data.
> 20-Sep 11:10 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: Error: Unable to position to end
> of data on device "DTL01" (/dev/nst0): ERR=dev.c:763 ioctl MTEOM error on
> "DTL01" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error.
>
> 20-Sep 11:10 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: Marking Volume "TAPE05L5" in
> Error in Catalog.
> 20-Sep 11:10 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: 3307 Issuing autochanger "unload
> slot 1, drive 0" command.
> 20-Sep 11:12 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded?
> drive 0" command.
> 20-Sep 11:12 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive
> 0", result: nothing loaded.
> 20-Sep 11:12 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load
> slot 2, drive 0" command.
> 20-Sep 11:13 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: 3305 Autochanger "load slot 2,
> drive 0", status is OK.
> 20-Sep 11:13 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume
> "TAPE06L5" on device "DTL01" (/dev/nst0)
> 20-Sep 11:15 cow-fd JobId 109: Generate VSS snapshots. Driver="Win32 VSS",
> Drive(s)="CD"
> 20-Sep 13:54 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: Error: block.c:577 Write error at
> 19:14135 on device "DTL01" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error.
> 20-Sep 13:59 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: Error: Error writing final EOF to
> tape. This Volume may not be readable.
> dev.c:1551 ioctl MTWEOF error on "DTL01" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output
> error.
> 20-Sep 13:59 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: End of medium on Volume
> "TAPE06L5" Bytes=19,910,661,120 Blocks=308,634 at 20-Sep-2015 13:59.
> 20-Sep 13:59 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: 3307 Issuing autochanger "unload
> slot 2, drive 0" command.
> 20-Sep 14:02 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded?
> drive 0" command.
> 20-Sep 14:02 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive
> 0", result: nothing loaded.
> 20-Sep 14:02 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load
> slot 3, drive 0" command.
> 20-Sep 14:03 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: 3305 Autochanger "load slot 3,
> drive 0", status is OK.
> 20-Sep 14:03 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume
> "TAPE07L5" on device "DTL01" (/dev/nst0)
> 20-Sep 14:03 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: New volume "TAPE07L5" mounted on
> device "DTL01" (/dev/nst0) at 20-Sep-2015 14:03.
> 20-Sep 15:53 cow-fd JobId 109: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "System
> Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 20-Sep 15:53 cow-fd JobId 109: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "MSDEWriter",
> State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 20-Sep 15:53 cow-fd JobId 109: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "IIS Metabase
> Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 20-Sep 15:53 cow-fd JobId 109: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "Event Log
> Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 20-Sep 15:53 cow-fd JobId 109: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "BITS Writer",
> State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 20-Sep 15:53 cow-fd JobId 109: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "COM+ REGDB
> Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 20-Sep 15:53 cow-fd JobId 109: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "Registry
> Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 20-Sep 15:53 cow-fd JobId 109: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "WMI Writer",
> State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
> 20-Sep 15:52 buffer-bacula-sd JobId 109: Job write elapsed time =
> 04:34:57, Transfer rate = 2.152 M Bytes/second
> 20-Sep 15:53 buffer-bacula-dir JobId 109: Bacula buffer-bacula-dir 5.2.5
> (26Jan12):
>    Build OS:               x86_64-pc-linux-gnu ubuntu 12.04
>    JobId:                  109
>    Job:                    cow-bj.2015-09-20_09.52.20_20
>    Backup Level:           Full
>    Client:                 "cow" 5.2.10 (28Jun12) Microsoft Windows Home
> ServerStandard Edition Service Pack 2 (build 3790),Cross-compile,Win32
>    FileSet:                "cow" 2015-09-07 02:00:04
>    Pool:                   "Main" (From Job resource)
>    Catalog:                "MyCatalog" (From Client resource)
>    Storage:                "HPTapeLibrary" (From command line)
>    Scheduled time:         20-Sep-2015 10:53:39
>    Start time:             20-Sep-2015 10:53:42
>    End time:               20-Sep-2015 15:53:52
>    Elapsed time:           5 hours 10 secs
>    Priority:               10
>    FD Files Written:       318,022
>    SD Files Written:       318,022
>    FD Bytes Written:       35,442,904,385 (35.44 GB)
>    SD Bytes Written:       35,505,180,848 (35.50 GB)
>    Rate:                   1968.0 KB/s
>    Software Compression:   None
>    VSS:                    yes
>    Encryption:             no
>    Accurate:               no
>    Volume name(s):         TAPE06L5|TAPE07L5
>    Volume Session Id:      2
>    Volume Session Time:    1442506946
>    Last Volume Bytes:      15,627,257,856 (15.62 GB)
>    Non-fatal FD errors:    0
>    SD Errors:              3
>    FD termination status:  OK
>    SD termination status:  OK
>    Termination:            Backup OK -- with warnings
>
>
>
> this is the SD configuration:
> Device {
>    Name                    = "DTL01"
>    Description             = "HPTapeLibrary - first drive"
>    Media Type              = LTO-5
>    Archive Device          = /dev/nst0
>
>    Autochanger             = yes
>    Drive Index             = 0
>
>   #Hardware End of Medium  = no
>   # BSF at EOM              = no
>   # Backward Space Record   = no
>   # Fast Forward Space File = no
>   # TWO EOF                 = no
>
>    Spool Directory         = /home/bacula/spooling-lib
>    Maximum Spool Size      = 11759496889
>    Maximum Job Spool Size  = 11759496889    # 10GB
>    AlwaysOpen = no
>    Random access = no
>
> #  Minimum Block Size = 262144
> #  Maximum Block Size = 262144
> }
> Autochanger {
>    Name            = MSL2024
>    Device          = "DTL01"
> # Device = Drive-2
>    Description     = "HP MSL024."
>    Changer Device  = /dev/sg3
>    Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
> }
>
> the backup succeed but with two new volumes(tapes), but it should succeed
> with one tape
> the tape is LTO5 1.5T capacity so I don't understand why it stops around
> 20GB and also can't position to the end of data for previously written
> tape.
> I cleaned the drive several times but it still occurs, any idea what the
> cause? hardware issue? software issue?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Roi,
>
>
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