Hello,
Noah wrote:
FreeBSD-4.9 bacula-server-1.36.2 tape drive: onstream SCR50 SCSI drive
okay I am trying to get an initial bacula configuration working. btape testing keeps failing and not sure what else to try.
Did you try the setup as given in the manual? (http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#FreeBSDTapes) As far as I - not being a FreeBSD user - understand it, you have to set the eotmodel of the tape driver to fit with baculas setting.
Fixed block size should not be necessary with a SCSI ADR drive.
By the way: Did you check the pthreads information?
Arno
so here is the initial drive configuration from /usr/local/etc/bacula-sd.conf with the btape errored output:
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# A FreeBSD tape drive # Device { Name = Onstream Description = "Onstream on FreeBSD" Media Type = Onstream Archive Device = /dev/sa0 AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it AlwaysOpen = yes Offline On Unmount = no Hardware End of Medium = no BSF at EOM = yes Backward Space Record = no Fast Forward Space File = no TWO EOF = yes }
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btape fails on "Forward space files test"
so I make some changes to the /usr/local/etc/bacula-sd.conf
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# A FreeBSD tape drive # Device { Name = Onstream Description = "Onstream on FreeBSD" Media Type = Onstream Archive Device = /dev/sa0 AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it AlwaysOpen = yes Offline On Unmount = no Hardware End of Medium = no BSF at EOM = no Backward Space Record = no Fast Forward Space File = yes TWO EOF = no }
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now the btape test fails at the "Append files test." and here are the errors:
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Append test failed.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unable to correct the problem. You MUST fix this problem before Bacula can use your tape drive correctly
Perhaps running Bacula in fixed block mode will work. Do so by setting:
Minimum Block Size = nnn Maximum Block Size = nnn
in your Storage daemon's Device definition. nnn must match your tape driver's block size, which can be determined by reading your tape manufacturers information, and the information on your kernel dirver. Fixed block sizes, however, are not normally an ideal solution.
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then I add some block information to the /usr/local/etc/bacula-sd.conf
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# A FreeBSD tape drive # Device { Name = Onstream Description = "Onstream on FreeBSD" Media Type = Onstream Archive Device = /dev/sa0 Minimum Block Size = 32768 Maximum Block Size = 32768 AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it AlwaysOpen = yes Offline On Unmount = no Hardware End of Medium = no BSF at EOM = no Backward Space Record = no Fast Forward Space File = yes TWO EOF = no }
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then btape fails the "Append files test." Its suggesting correcting the block size again which was already configured.
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That appears *NOT* to have corrected the problem.
Append test failed.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unable to correct the problem. You MUST fix this problem before Bacula can use your tape drive correctly
Perhaps running Bacula in fixed block mode will work. Do so by setting:
Minimum Block Size = nnn Maximum Block Size = nnn
in your Storage daemon's Device definition. nnn must match your tape driver's block size, which can be determined by reading your tape manufacturers information, and the information on your kernel dirver. Fixed block sizes, however, are not normally an ideal solution.
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cheers,
Noah
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