On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 22:31 -0500, Aaron Knister wrote: > The only thing that comes to mind when you mention recycled tapes is > whether or not they were rewound before their first use after being > marked as recycled. I'm not sure if the tapes you're using are > cartrdiges like the dlt tapes (only one spindle in the tape itself) or > if they actually have two spindles like the old cassette tapes. If its > the latter then rewinding could be an issue. I'm not sure how bacula > handles that.
Hmm. So far my experience has been the tapes get rewound before they are unloaded from the drive. The system is setup to use the nst0 device. > > -Aaron > > James P. Kinney III wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 09:30 -0500, Aaron Knister wrote: > > > >> I've seen input/output errors on my tape drive in 3 instances- > >> > >> 1) yes a failed tape > >> > > > > I will pull the tape and check it on another drive. > > > >> 2) there is no tape in the drive > >> > > The front panel says the tape is on the drive as well as the VXATool > > that says the same. > > > >> 3) the joy that is errors on your SCSI chain (assuming your tape > >> drive is SCSI attached. try sacrificing a goat to your SCSI host bus > >> adapter...) > >> > > > > Hmm. Maybe it needed to be a _virgin_ goat and I should have been facing > > east at dawn. I'm going to restart the system (host and drive system) > > and see if there are SCSI gremlins that get exorcised. > > > > Super Complicated Satanic Interface is the original name for SCSI, I'm > > sure. > > > >> What kind of tape drive are you using? > >> > > > > This is an Ecrix VXA2 PacketLoader. It's a 1U, 10 tape carousel with a > > single VXA2 drive. SCSI LVD interface with proper terminations. I seem > > to only get these errors after a tape has been recycled. I may not have > > something set right for the process. It still has the label for the tape > > but it is not keeping the ability to read the tape after a recycle. > > > >> -Aaron > >> > >> On Jan 9, 2007, at 7:59 AM, James P. Kinney III wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Is this a failed tape error message? > >>> > >>> 09-Jan 07:57 test-sd: database.2007-01-07_23.05.00 Error: block.c:940 > >>> Read error at file:blk 0:0 on device "VXA2" (/dev/nst0). > >>> ERR=Input/output error. > >>> -- > >>> James P. Kinney III > >>> CEO & Director of Engineering > >>> Local Net Solutions,LLC > >>> 770-493-8244 > >>> http://www.localnetsolutions.com > >>> > >>> GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7 > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> --- > >>> 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 > >>> -- James P. Kinney III CEO & Director of Engineering Local Net Solutions,LLC 770-493-8244 http://www.localnetsolutions.com GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7
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