Hi Andres, Thanks for your answer!
The problem in bconsole is that it automatically selects 'file' and doesn't show option 'tape' at all. How to debug that? The tapes were prior written by a different backup program... On Oct 19, 2012, at 3:27 PM, lst_ho...@kwsoft.de wrote: > > Zitat von Vincent Diepeveen <d...@xs4all.nl>: > >> hi, >> >> Trying to get bacula going at a single tape drive. So no autoloader >> as bacula seems to be used for in most cases. >> >> A few questions. >> >> Maybe i should do 3 emails. >> But let's ask the questions in 1. >> >> Output at end of email >> >> If i do a tapeinfo i see "Medium Type: Not Loaded" that with a tape >> inside (otherwise the other info wouldn't >> be correct either i'd guess). If i google i see others with other >> brands tapedrives do not have this problem. >> >> Does that mean tape driver has a problem for this tapedrive? >> And if so: is it a problem? > > Not sure what your actual problem is. Are you concerned about the "Not > Loaded" message or does something not work as expected? > >> I wonder whether it has relevance for next: how do i label a tape to >> be used for bacula? > > With "bconsole" and the "label" command ??? > >> >> As that's the most important question. >> >> I already had put an EOF on the tape. The tapes have been previously >> used with a different tape program >> in the same streamer - this one works. >> >> Third: i see here running bacula-sd and bacula-dir under user bacula >> and bacula-fd under root. >> Is that ok? > > Yes, the FD needs access to *all* files for backup, so in most cases > it has to run as root. The Director does not need any special rights > and the SD only access to the tape/loader devices so they run as > limited user. > > > >> Thanks for giving any insight. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Vincent >> >> Operating system: Debian Dapper x64 >> >> root@TAPESERVER:/etc/init.d# tapeinfo -f /dev/nst0 >> Product Type: Tape Drive >> Vendor ID: 'CERTANCE' >> Product ID: 'ULTRIUM 2 ' >> Revision: '1783' >> Attached Changer API: No >> SerialNumber: 'D33PD13P' >> TapeAlert[21]: Clean Periodic:The tape drive needs to be cleaned at >> next opportunity. > > This you should fix ASAP. > >> MinBlock: 1 >> MaxBlock: 16777215 >> SCSI ID: 6 >> SCSI LUN: 0 >> Ready: yes >> BufferedMode: yes >> Medium Type: Not Loaded >> Density Code: 0x42 >> BlockSize: 512 >> DataCompEnabled: yes >> DataCompCapable: yes >> DataDeCompEnabled: yes >> CompType: 0x1 >> DeCompType: 0x1 >> BOP: yes >> Block Position: 0 >> Partition 0 Remaining Kbytes: 208680 >> Partition 0 Size in Kbytes: 208680 >> ActivePartition: 0 >> EarlyWarningSize: 0 >> >> root@TAPESERVER:/etc/init.d# bconsole >> Connecting to Director localhost:9101 >> 1000 OK: TAPESERVER-dir Version: 5.0.2 (28 April 2010) >> Enter a period to cancel a command. >> *label >> Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog >> Using Catalog "MyCatalog" >> Automatically selected Storage: File >> Enter new Volume name: > > You should not use the name "file" for your tape. Beside this you are > on the right way. > > Regards > > Andreas > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
