Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread terryc
Pedro Bordin Hoffmann wrote: > Thanks for all your help. > I think Im understanding a little more of bacula :P > > im in my 3 tape, and is asking me this: > > Device "Fita" (/dev/st0) is not open. > Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for: >Pool:FullBackupsTapePool >

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread Peter Allgeyer
Am Donnerstag, den 15.10.2009, 17:26 -0300 schrieb Pedro Bordin Hoffmann: > My tape was working fine on /dev/st0, what is the difference ? It depends. On linux /dev/nst0 is the device used for "non rewinding" tapes and /dev/st0 rewinds the tape. Don't know about BSD. Regards, P. Allgeyer -- Pet

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread John Drescher
2009/10/15 Pedro Bordin Hoffmann : > My tape was working fine on /dev/st0, what is the difference ? > There is a chance of tape corruption with using /dev/st0 if the os rewinds with out bacula knowing and then bacula assumes (which it always does) that the tape was positioned at the end. John ---

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread Pedro Bordin Hoffmann
My tape was working fine on /dev/st0, what is the difference ? 2009/10/15 Martin Simmons > This probably won't fix the problem here, but I suggest changing /dev/st0 > to > /dev/nst0. Using /dev/st0 can cause data loss if the tape rewinds without > Bacula knowing. > > __Martin > > > > On Thu

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread Martin Simmons
This probably won't fix the problem here, but I suggest changing /dev/st0 to /dev/nst0. Using /dev/st0 can cause data loss if the tape rewinds without Bacula knowing. __Martin > On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:30:33 -0300, Pedro Bordin Hoffmann said: > > Thanks for all your help. > I think Im under

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread Pedro Bordin Hoffmann
Thanks for all your help. I think Im understanding a little more of bacula :P im in my 3 tape, and is asking me this: Device "Fita" (/dev/st0) is not open. Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for: Pool:FullBackupsTapePool Media type: Tape What is that? Thank

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-14 Thread terryc
Pedro Bordin Hoffmann wrote: > Hello! > Im doing some backup that required 2, 3 tapes.. so my question is.. > The label of first tape is monday. and when I put a second tape.. should I > name it like monday-2 ? or something else? Or Monday again? Yes, you can label the second tape monday-2 or sim

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-14 Thread John Drescher
2009/10/14 Pedro Bordin Hoffmann : > HUmmm... > Thanks for the anwer.. and sorry, another noob question... what is a > barcode? hehehe > > If you do not know you probably are not using it. These are labels placed on tapes that are used in autochangers. The autochanger has an optical scanner that

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-14 Thread Pedro Bordin Hoffmann
HUmmm... Thanks for the anwer.. and sorry, another noob question... what is a barcode? hehehe []s 2009/10/14 Ralf Gross > Pedro Bordin Hoffmann schrieb: > > Hello! > > Im doing some backup that required 2, 3 tapes.. so my question is.. > > The label of first tape is monday. and when I put a sec

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-14 Thread Ralf Gross
Pedro Bordin Hoffmann schrieb: > Hello! > Im doing some backup that required 2, 3 tapes.. so my question is.. > The label of first tape is monday. and when I put a second tape.. should I > name it like monday-2 ? or something else? Or Monday again? > When will I make a second time this backup, sho

[Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-14 Thread Pedro Bordin Hoffmann
Hello! Im doing some backup that required 2, 3 tapes.. so my question is.. The label of first tape is monday. and when I put a second tape.. should I name it like monday-2 ? or something else? Or Monday again? When will I make a second time this backup, should I need to label the tape again? Or ju