mark.bergman wrote: > > > > In the message dated: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:50:34 PDT, > The pithy ruminations from Mike Vasquez on > <[Bacula-users] New Problem with the Dell PV 132T> were: > => > => I have gotten my OS recognizing the Dell PV 132T. Now when I run the > command > >>Good. > > => mtx -f /dev/sg2 status I get the following: > => Storage Changer /dev/sg2:1 Drives, 23 Slots ( 0 Import/Export ) > => Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Unknown Storage Element > => Loaded):VolumeTag = > >> [SNIP!] > > => Storage Element 23:Full :VolumeTag= > >>Looks good. Why no barcodes? They really, really do make life easier. > > WHERE DO YOU GET THE BARCODES? > > => > => Now when I try to run the command mt -f /dev/nst0 status, I get the > >>Why are you doing that? Is this just for testing (outside bacula), or for some >>other reason? > > > On the old system a PV 122T I was overriding old tapes and I used the > following commands. > mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind > mt -f /dev/nst0 weof > mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind > > Then I would label the new volume for the take using bconsole. > > This use system does not have any old tapes, so I probably do not need to > use the above commands. > > >>In general, bacula (and other backup solutions) assume that they have exclusive >>access to the hardware devices, and get very cranky if you do things from the >>OS level. > > => following: > => /dev/nst0: Device or resource busy > => Even when I do sg_map, It shows that nst0 is busy. > => > => What is causing /dev/nst0 to be busy. I don't have anything going on > with > => that device. How can I make it not busy and be able to access the > device > => using mt? > >>Is bacula running? If so, it's got access to the tape device, which is making >>it busy. > >>Try: >> lsof /dev/nst0 >>to see any open file handles pointing to /dev/nst0. > > I just stopped all the daemons, then restarted them and now both commands > work. While I was waiting for a reply to my situation, I removed all the > tapes and noticed a tape that was jammed. It would NOT come out, even > when I tried to eject the tape. Now it is time for cutomer support. > > Thanks Mark. > > > Mark > > => > => TIA > => > => Mike > > ---- > Mark Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > System Administrator > Section of Biomedical Image Analysis 215-662-7310 > Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania > > http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?search=mark.bergman%40.uphs.upenn.edu > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/New-Problem-with-the-Dell-PV-132T-tf4153154.html#a11819481 Sent from the Bacula - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
