Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2013-01-09 Thread Alan Brown
FWIW: I had similar problems with a large batch of LTO5 tapes recently. Discussion with the tech support guys at Overland brought out the information that sometimes they see this on new tapes due to dust contamination during assembly (or insufficient removal of loose particles during manufactur

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-28 Thread Andre Rossouw
> We've got nowhere with this unfortunately and are left to run the critical > backups anyway knowing we would basically loose about 100GB per tape (x30+ > tapes) this becomes an $$$ issue. We tried a few things, but nothing has > worked. We had a similar issue with a Tandberg LTO4. Testing by

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-22 Thread lst_hoe02
Zitat von Dan Langille : > On Nov 22, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Jacky Carimalo wrote: > >> Le 20/11/2012 16:39, Tilman Schmidt a écrit : >>> Am 20.11.2012 17:14, schrieb Jacky Carimalo: Le 20/11/2012 15:32, John Drescher a écrit : > Also you should avoid /dev/st0 and use /dev/nst0 since /dev/st0

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-22 Thread Dan Langille
On Nov 22, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Jacky Carimalo wrote: > Le 20/11/2012 16:39, Tilman Schmidt a écrit : >> Am 20.11.2012 17:14, schrieb Jacky Carimalo: >>> Le 20/11/2012 15:32, John Drescher a écrit : Also you should avoid /dev/st0 and use /dev/nst0 since /dev/st0 can cause corruption in you

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-22 Thread Jacky Carimalo
Le 20/11/2012 16:39, Tilman Schmidt a écrit : Am 20.11.2012 17:14, schrieb Jacky Carimalo: Le 20/11/2012 15:32, John Drescher a écrit : Also you should avoid /dev/st0 and use /dev/nst0 since /dev/st0 can cause corruption in your tapes. But I have no choice : bacula2-64:~/bacula/bin# lsscsi -

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 20.11.2012 17:14, schrieb Jacky Carimalo: > Le 20/11/2012 15:32, John Drescher a écrit : >> Also you should avoid /dev/st0 and use /dev/nst0 since /dev/st0 can >> cause corruption in your tapes. >> > But I have no choice : > > bacula2-64:~/bacula/bin# lsscsi -g > [0:0:0:0]diskIFT

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 20.11.2012 17:13, schrieb Jacky Carimalo: > kern.log on the host machine : > Nov 20 04:49:51 singleton.u06.univ-nantes.prive kernel: [1168599.570017] > lpfc :08:00.0: 0:(0):0713 SCSI layer issued Device Reset (1, 0) > return x2002 > Nov 20 04:49:51 singleton.u06.univ-nantes.prive kernel: [

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread lst_hoe02
Zitat von Jacky Carimalo : > Le 20/11/2012 15:32, John Drescher a écrit : >> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:30 AM, John Drescher wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Jacky Carimalo >>> wrote: I put Volume Use Duration = 36 months, but always having sometimes : Error: bloc

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread Radosław Korzeniewski
Hello, 2012/11/20 Jacky Carimalo > Yes, LTP102L1 is a tape volume. > I defined Maximum Volumes = 1000 ; as you said, it would be better having > no line like this ; but I think it would be the same : > Parameter Maximum Volumes = 1000 do not cause volume to be set as Used. You have to use Max

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread Jacky Carimalo
Le 20/11/2012 15:32, John Drescher a écrit : > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:30 AM, John Drescher wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Jacky Carimalo >> wrote: >>> I put Volume Use Duration = 36 months, >>> but always having sometimes : >>> >>> Error: block.c:590 Write error at 88:2499 on devi

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread Jacky Carimalo
Le 20/11/2012 15:30, John Drescher a écrit : > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Jacky Carimalo > wrote: >> I put Volume Use Duration = 36 months, >> but always having sometimes : >> >> Error: block.c:590 Write error at 88:2499 on device "OVL_LTO-3_Drive-2" >> (/dev/st0). ERR=Erreur d'entrée/sorti

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread John Drescher
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:30 AM, John Drescher wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Jacky Carimalo > wrote: >> I put Volume Use Duration = 36 months, >> but always having sometimes : >> >> Error: block.c:590 Write error at 88:2499 on device "OVL_LTO-3_Drive-2" >> (/dev/st0). ERR=Erreur d'en

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread John Drescher
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Jacky Carimalo wrote: > I put Volume Use Duration = 36 months, > but always having sometimes : > > Error: block.c:590 Write error at 88:2499 on device "OVL_LTO-3_Drive-2" > (/dev/st0). ERR=Erreur d'entrée/sortie. > Error: Error writing final EOF to tape. This Volu

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread Jacky Carimalo
Yes, LTP102L1 is a tape volume. I defined Maximum Volumes = 1000 ; as you said, it would be better having no line like this ; but I think it would be the same : having sometimes : Error: block.c:590 Write error at 88:2499 on device "OVL_LTO-3_Drive-2" (/dev/st0). ERR=Erreur d'entrée/sortie. E

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread Jacky Carimalo
I put Volume Use Duration = 36 months, but always having sometimes : Error: block.c:590 Write error at 88:2499 on device "OVL_LTO-3_Drive-2" (/dev/st0). ERR=Erreur d'entrée/sortie. Error: Error writing final EOF to tape. This Volume may not be readable. dev.c:1566 ioctl MTWEOF error on "OVL_LTO

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-20 Thread Radosław Korzeniewski
Hello, 2012/11/19 Jacky Carimalo > Le 19/11/2012 12:00, Alan Brown a écrit : > > On 19/11/12 11:04, Jacky Carimalo wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I have the same problem. > >> Bacula stopped filling a tape after 4 errors, as described below ! > >> I would like to be able to tell it to continue ... > >

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-19 Thread Alan Brown
On 19/11/12 15:46, Jacky Carimalo wrote: > update Volume={name} VolStatus=append > > but it then marked the volume Used, and not enabled for backup on it > again, keeping its first data. Bacula has decided the volume has been open too long. This is set with Volume Use Duration and has no default

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-19 Thread Jacky Carimalo
Le 19/11/2012 12:00, Alan Brown a écrit : > On 19/11/12 11:04, Jacky Carimalo wrote: >> Hello, >> I have the same problem. >> Bacula stopped filling a tape after 4 errors, as described below ! >> I would like to be able to tell it to continue ... > update Volume={name} VolStatus=append > > I did :

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-19 Thread Alan Brown
On 19/11/12 11:04, Jacky Carimalo wrote: > Hello, > I have the same problem. > Bacula stopped filling a tape after 4 errors, as described below ! > I would like to be able to tell it to continue ... update Volume={name} VolStatus=append

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-19 Thread Jacky Carimalo
Hello, I have the same problem. Bacula stopped filling a tape after 4 errors, as described below ! I would like to be able to tell it to continue ... Any idea ? Jacky *query Choose a query (1-20): 16 (List Volumes likely to need replacement from age or errors) +---+---

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-18 Thread John Drescher
> I am currently running a backup job of 1 large iso file and checking the logs > to see what it could be. Perhaps an issue with software rather than hardware. > We look after our drive well with cleans whenever asked by the machine. We > have a EXABYTE Model: LTO 1x7 2U. If it is software then

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula tapes marked FULL too early - VolBytes too low

2012-11-15 Thread John Drescher
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:07 PM, UserMOP wrote: > Hello, > > First time poster, love the community, been reading it for years but never > had an issue worth posting, until today. :) > > Using Bacula Version: 5.0.1 (24 February 2010). > > Our brand new LTO3 tapes are filling up too quick. Tapes th