Users tend to forget that in order for Bacula to label a tape, it must first read the tape to ensure it is not destroying an already labeled tape.
If you try to read a perfectly blank tape, lots of ugly things happen. In the worst case on older tape drives, the drive runs away with the tape and runs right off the end of the tape. On somewhat newer drives the tape does not run away but it can take a very long time before the drive, driver, OS, and program figure out that it is a blank tape (in most cases, Linux doesn't even inform the program). Thus you can avoid a lot of pains by *always* writing an EOF mark at the beginning of a new tape. On Thursday 29 June 2006 21:17, Timo Neuvonen wrote: > > Here is what i get when i try to do "label barcodes" > > > > block.c:945 Read error at file:blk 0:0 on device "DLT-VS160-1" > > (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error. > > 3000 OK label. Volume=MER608S3 Device="DLT-VS160-1" (/dev/nst0) > > Catalog record for Volume "MER608S3", Slot 1 successfully created. > > > > after that volume can be used and bakups goes fine.... should i be worry? > > Strange. I get that error with "label", but with "label barcodes" it does > not label (empty) tapes at all. > > That happens with completely empty tapes only? Writing eof to the beginning > of tape tape before labeling makes labeling run nicely. > > -- > TiN > > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
