On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Rao, Uthra R. (GSFC-672.0)[ADNET
SYSTEMS INC] wrote:
> This is what I have done so far:
>
> Added the Minimum Block Size = 262144/Maximum Block Size = 262144 in the
> Bacula-sd.conf
>
> Erased the tape in the tape drive which was in the Append status and
> re-lab
and has not
changed to the new value?
Uthra
-Original Message-
From: Alan Brown [mailto:a...@mssl.ucl.ac.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:34 PM
To: John Drescher
Cc: Rao, Uthra R. (GSFC-672.0)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC]; bacula-users
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] bacula block size
On 31/0
On 31/01/12 17:54, John Drescher wrote:
> I believe changing the fixed block size requires this. Also remember
> that after this change you will not be able to read any tapes that had
> the default block size. This is why I still use the default at work.
Double check this.
I increased block size
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Rao, Uthra R. (GSFC-672.0)[ADNET
SYSTEMS INC] wrote:
> John,
>
> My backup server is still in the testing phase so I can erase the tape or
> relabel them and then run the tapeinfo command to see if the block size has
> changed. If I decide to go back to the defau
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Rao, Uthra R. (GSFC-672.0)[ADNET
SYSTEMS INC] wrote:
> John,
>
> Did you erase the tape after the change?
> No, I have not erased the tape after I updated the /Bacula-sd.conf with the.
>
> Minimum Block Size = 262144
> Maximum Block Size = 262144
>
> So, should I
2012/1/31 Rao, Uthra R. (GSFC-672.0)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC] :
> I have Bacula 5.2.3 compiled on a RHEL 6 Server. I have IBM TS3200 Tape
> Library with two tape drives: LTO5 FH. I looking to see how I can get the
> best performance and speed up my backups
>
>
>
> I checked with IBM and was told that my
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:41:27 -0600
"Rao, Uthra R. (GSFC-672.0)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC]"
wrote:
> I have Bacula 5.2.3 compiled on a RHEL 6 Server. I have IBM TS3200
> Tape Library with two tape drives: LTO5 FH. I looking to see how I
> can get the best performance and speed up my backups
[...]
> I adde
I have Bacula 5.2.3 compiled on a RHEL 6 Server. I have IBM TS3200 Tape Library
with two tape drives: LTO5 FH. I looking to see how I can get the best
performance and speed up my backups
I checked with IBM and was told that my tape drives support a maximum block
size of 256k.
My understanding
