> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Debelius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:11 AM > To: Robert Nelson > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Trying to workaround the MTWEOF error > > Well, I know tha Nawfel had this problem with his Ultrium. I have an > Exabyte VXA-172, which is a firmware crippled VXA-320, and I have this > problem also. Yes this is a Windows installation. Director, sd, and fd > on one box. >
Hopefully the VXA-172 has the same problem and I'll be able to solve both with one device. My hardware acquisition budget is already strained :-). > Ahh, so you are saying that Maximum Volume Bytes, is the count of bytes > sent to the tape drive, not the count of bytes written to the tape. > Yes unfortunately Bacula has no way of knowing what the count was after compression, at least not in a device independent manner. > brian- > > Robert Nelson wrote: > > Brian, > > > > Are you also seeing this on Windows? If so it is quite possible that I > have > > a bug in the Windows emulation of the UNIX tape IOCTLs. I've ordered an > > Ultrium 232 drive to do further testing on both Windows and Linux. If > there > > is anything we can do to fix this in Bacula I should have a fix next > week. > > > > In the meantime you can use the Maximum Volume Bytes to work around the > > problem. That isn't a good long term solution though; since it doesn't > > account for the tape saved through compression. You could be wasting as > > much as half the tape. > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bacula-users- > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Debelius > >> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 6:21 AM > >> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> Subject: [Bacula-users] Trying to workaround the MTWEOF error > >> > >> Is there a way I can work around the end of tape MTWEOF error by > telling > >> bacula to limit the amount of data written to the tape? Lets say I > have > >> an 80GB tape. Is there a way to tell bacula to only write 75 or 70GB > >> and then start a new tape? > >> > >> My next thought is, Can logic be added to bacula such that when it > >> realizes that it has written off the end of the tape, to have it rewind > >> some amount of blocks, write an eof, and then continue onto the next > >> tape, starting with and duplicating the blocks it backspaced over on > the > >> first tape? > >> > >> brian > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
