Kern Sibbald wrote: > I recommend the following things (obviously 2-4 are unnecessary if 1 fixes > the > problem): > > 1. This still looks most like a kernel driver problem to me. Backing up to > kernel-2.6.16-1.2111 would most likely clear up this point. >
I've had a few kernel driver problems with this system in particular: 1. One day a few months ago, for no apparent reason, none of the kernels on the box would talk to the SCSI controller - even though it had been working fine for ages before then. An upgrade to a newer kernel fixed the issue. 2. This box hasn't been rebooted lately - and is therefore still using that known-good kernel (2.6.16.1 vanilla). Was fine until the last few days. Are there any known issues with LSI Logic SCSI cards? The thing I do notice is that this always happens around 130-150 GB into the tape: +---------+------------+-----------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ | mediaid | volumename | volstatus | volbytes | volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype | lastwritten | +---------+------------+-----------+-----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ | 33 | 28 | Full | 148,190,480,717 | 148 | 2,332,800 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Tape | 2006-06-05 14:15:35 | It's a Quantum DLTv4 drive which is only physically capable of writing to 160/320GB tapes so there's no earthly way it's filled up that tape. Most of the tapes it hasn't liked have thus far been recycled tapes which were previously written at 80/160GB, but have since been passed through a bulk eraser. > 2. Rebuild and reinstall Bacula (in case there are some library changes). > Haven't put anything new on there lately regarding Bacula. > 3. Clean your tape drive. > > It's about 6 weeks old. > 4. Mark the current Volume as Used and try a different one. Done that with 4 volumes now. _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
