The problem (but not the solution) seems to be clearly indicated in the tapeinfo output (very good of you to include it !!!). It is the tapealert[32], which indicates that you have some kind of hardware problem. You can look up tapealert 32 on the web and probably find a lot more information, or ask your tape vendor. My best guesses are:
1. SCSI not properly terminated. 2. Cables not well screwed down. 3. Cable too long. ... Dell support should be able to give you plenty of help -- just keep insisting that it appears to be a hardware problem (not a Bacula software problem as they might claim) because of the I/O error Bacula got (originates in the OS software), and the tapealert (comes from the drive itself). On Friday 01 December 2006 12:36, Are Øhrn wrote: > I'm having some problems with the btape fill test on a Dell Powervault 122T. > I'm running Debian Sarge, with bacula version 1.36.2-2sarge1 and kernel 2.6.18-3 on a Dell Poweredge 2850. The scsi controller is an Adaptec 3960D Ultra160 SCSI adapter. > All the hardware is new or previously unused. > The btape test command completes without error, and the autochanger test also works fine. But the fill command gives an error after a while. > > 01-Dec 12:26 btape: btape Error: block.c:552 Write error at 15:800 on device /dev/nst0. ERR=Input/output error. > 01-Dec 12:26 btape: btape Error: block.c:304 Volume data error at 15:4294967295! Block checksum mismatch in block 225799: calc=c675a316 blk=a68a3232 > 01-Dec 12:26 btape: btape Error: Re-read last block at EOT failed. ERR=block.c:304 Volume data error at 15:4294967295! Block checksum mismatch in block 225799: calc=c675a316 blk=a68a3232 > btape: btape.c:2236 Last block at: 15:799 this_dev_block_num=800 > btape: btape.c:2270 End of tape 15:-1. VolumeCapacity=14,566,742,737. Write rate = 30993.1 KB/s > Done writing ... > Wrote state file last_block_num1=799 last_block_num2=0 > > Done filling tape at 15:-1. Now beginning re-read of tape ... > Reading the first 1000 records. > 1000 records read now at 0:509 > Reposition from 0:509 to 15:799 > Reading block 799. > 01-Dec 12:27 btape: btape Error: block.c:304 Volume data error at 15:799! Block checksum mismatch in block 225799: calc=c675a316 blk=a68a3232 > Error reading block: ERR=block.c:304 Volume data error at 15:799! Block checksum mismatch in block 225799: calc=c675a316 blk=a68a3232 > > tapeinfo from the Autochanger/drive > > bacula:/etc/bacula# tapeinfo -f /dev/sg0 > Product Type: Medium Changer > Vendor ID: 'DELL ' > Product ID: 'PV-122T ' > Revision: 'K17r' > Attached Changer: No > SerialNumber: '31255I9336' > TapeAlert[32]: Interface: Problem with SCSI interface between tape drive and initiator. > SCSI ID: 5 > SCSI LUN: 0 > Ready: yes > bacula:/etc/bacula# tapeinfo -f /dev/sg1 > Product Type: Tape Drive > Vendor ID: 'IBM ' > Product ID: 'ULTRIUM-TD2 ' > Revision: '3AYD' > Attached Changer: No > SerialNumber: '1110277284' > TapeAlert[32]: Interface: Problem with SCSI interface between tape drive and initiator. > MinBlock:1 > MaxBlock:16777215 > SCSI ID: 6 > SCSI LUN: 0 > Ready: yes > BufferedMode: yes > Medium Type: 0x28 > Density Code: 0x42 > BlockSize: 0 > DataCompEnabled: yes > DataCompCapable: yes > DataDeCompEnabled: yes > CompType: 0x1 > DeCompType: 0x1 > Block Position: 225815 > > mt status info: > > bacula:/etc/bacula# mt -f /dev/nst0 status > SCSI 2 tape drive: > File number=15, block number=800, partition=0. > Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x42 (no translation). > Soft error count since last status=0 > General status bits on (1010000): > ONLINE IM_REP_EN > > > I'm a bit lost, as I'm new to tapedrives on linux. Any pointers on where to start looking for solutions? I've followed the "testing your tape drive" chapter in the manual, without getting anything useful out of it. Also the volume capacity looks a bit low before the test fails... > > -- > Are Øhrn > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
