On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 08:25:32PM +0100, Nils Blanck-Wehde wrote: > Julien, hi Pasi, > > it looks like we have similar problems. But to be honest I have no real > clue whats causing them. Right now it could be anything from a HBA > driver problem to a bug in bacula. > > I will just give you some details about our setup so maybe we can find > similarities. >
Hmm.. IIRC I haven't seen any kernel errors, but I'll have to re-check.. > I just looked in my old system log. One time the "Error writing final > EOF" happened, I got the following kernel message: > > scsi 2:0:5:1: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery > > The exact text of this messages seems to come from the adaptec aic7xxx > kernel module so if you use another host controller, the message may vary. > You will find the complete snip of my syslog attached. > > Our System Setup: > bacula 2.4.2 (fschwarz EL5 rpms) on CentOS 5.2 (kernel > 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 5 07:41:53 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 > GNU/Linux) > We are using a Quantum Superloader 3 DLT connected to an Adaptec 29160LP > PCI64 controller sitting in a 32bit PCI slot. Our backup server has a > Jetway VIA C7 MiniITX Board. Due to the 1U chassis the HBA sits in a 90° > PCI riser card. I think that the risercard COULD lead to timing problems > but I am not sure. > > If you guys use a similar setup we might be able to narrow the > phenomenon down. > I'm currently running Bacula 2.5.19 on CentOS 5.2 x86. I have seen this problem when I run 'copy from disk pool to tape'-jobs.. not sure if it happens with normal backup-to-tape jobs too. What kind of jobs are you running when it happens? Have you been running/using some other backup software on the same hardware? Do you guys know which tools could be used to check/verity the tape drive? btape? -- Pasi ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users