It could be a problem with the driver or the Bacula config. Have you tried running the btape test command recently? See https://www.bacula.org/9.6.x-manuals/en/problems/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive_Wit.html#SECTION00420000000000000000
__Martin >>>>> On Fri, 8 May 2020 09:25:26 +0200 (CEST), Christian Lehmann said: > > Hi Martin, > > I just tested the umount/eject/run/mount procedure without a restart in > between - and the same happens: > > *umount LTO-5HH > Automatically selected Catalog: Fritzie18-Cat > Using Catalog "Fritzie18-Cat" > 3002 Device ""LTO-5" (/dev/nst0)" unmounted. > *run > A job name must be specified. > The defined Job resources are: > 1: Bacula Catalog > 2: Bacula Catalog Restore > 3: Gruppen-LW ohne Chris LTO-5 > 4: ... > Select Job resource (1-10): 1 > Run Backup job > JobName: Bacula Catalog > Level: Full > Client: fritzie15-fd > FileSet: Catalog > Pool: LTO-5HH-Pool (From Job resource) > Storage: LTO-5HH (From Job resource) > When: 2020-05-08 09:18:01 > Priority: 11 > OK to run? (yes/mod/no): yes > Job queued. JobId=12628 > > *mount LTO-5HH > 3001 Mounted Volume: LTO-5-Tape0017 > 3001 Device ""LTO-5" (/dev/nst0)" is mounted with Volume "LTO-5-Tape0017" > > 08-Mai 09:18 fritzie15-dir JobId 12628: shell command: run BeforeJob > "/etc/bacula/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula SockenC7" > 08-Mai 09:18 fritzie15-dir JobId 12628: Start Backup JobId 12628, > Job=Bacula_Catalog.2020-05-08_09.18.07_51 > 08-Mai 09:19 fritzie15-dir JobId 12628: Using Device "LTO-5" to write. > 08-Mai 09:19 fritzie15-sd JobId 12628: Volume "LTO-5-Tape0017" previously > written, moving to end of data. > 08-Mai 09:19 fritzie15-sd JobId 12628: Error: Unable to position to end of > data on Tape device "LTO-5" (/dev/nst0): ERR=tape_dev.c:363 ioctl MTIOCGET > error on "LTO-5" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Erfolg. > > 08-Mai 09:19 fritzie15-sd JobId 12628: Marking Volume "LTO-5-Tape0017" in > Error in Catalog > > So it seems not to be connected to a reset of the device. > > Thank you very much for your kind assistance, > > Christian > > -----Original-Nachricht----- > Betreff: Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Moving Error after server restart > Datum: 2020-05-08T07:05:36+0200 > Von: "Christian Lehmann" <lcompu...@t-online.de> > An: "Martin Simmons" <mar...@lispworks.com> > > Dear Martin, > > I am sorry for answering so late, but due to the COVID-19/Sars-CoV2 situation > I had a lot of other issues to solve. > > During the restart no backup was running - just the tape was positioned in > the middle of the tape. > > I will test the unmounr/eject/mount procedure without a reboot today and > report the results. > > Best, > > Christian > > > > -----Original-Nachricht----- > Betreff: Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Moving Error after server restart > Datum: 2020-03-20T16:19:57+0100 > Von: "Martin Simmons" <mar...@lispworks.com> > An: "Christian Lehmann" <lcompu...@t-online.de> > > Did the restart happen in the middle of a backup? > > Does the backup error occur after you unmount the tape from bconole, eject it > and then insert and mount it again, without rebooting? > > __Martin > > >>>>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:52:09 +0100 (CET), Christian Lehmann said: > > > > Dear all, > > > > from time to time I get an error after I restart the server running my > > bacula director and also a storage daemon with an Tandberg LTO-5 HH. > > > > The current bacula version is 9.6.3 (9th March 2020) on a Debian machine. > > > > The situation is: > > > > Bacula has made some backups to a tape in the drive, but the tape isn't > > full yet. > > > > Than a restart of the machine is happing (for example due to a Kernel > > update). So bacula is shutting down and the tape is rewinded. > > > > After restart, as soon as I initiate a backup job, bacula tries the > > positioning to the end of the tape to write the data (in this case I just > > run a small backup job of my bacula database). > > > > However, he fails to do so, with the error "ERFOLG" (which is German and > > means SUCCESS). So I do not understand what is happening there. Has someone > > come accross such a behaviour? > > > > 18-Mär 13:19 fritzie15-dir JobId 12352: shell command: run BeforeJob > > "/etc/bacula/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula VERY_SAFE_PASSWORD_XXX" > > 18-Mär 13:19 fritzie15-dir JobId 12352: Start Backup JobId 12352, > > Job=Bacula_Catalog.2020-03-18_13.19.09_03 > > 18-Mär 13:19 fritzie15-dir JobId 12352: Using Device "LTO-5" to write. > > 18-Mär 13:19 fritzie15-sd JobId 12352: Volume "LTO-5-Tape0027" previously > > written, moving to end of data. > > 18-Mär 13:20 fritzie15-sd JobId 12352: Error: Unable to position to end of > > data on Tape device "LTO-5" (/dev/nst0): ERR=tape_dev.c:363 ioctl MTIOCGET > > error on "LTO-5" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Erfolg. > > 18-Mär 13:20 fritzie15-sd JobId 12352: Marking Volume "LTO-5-Tape0027" in > > Error in Catalog. > > > > Now, I am a bit afraid, because I do not know, if a restore of the backuped > > data would work. > > > > Thank you all in advance! > > > > Best, > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
