Late last week I had my first run at Bacula on a Linux server with self-contained storage and an LT04 16 slot tape library (a Dell PV-124T) connected by a SAS controller. I ran 2.4.4-1 as it was the default under Debian stable. After a few dry runs and problems I succeeded in backing up just over 2TB of data to 3 tapes (just over 2 tapes) at around 70MB/s. Retrieves went fine.
I've now upgraded to 5.0.2-1 using Debian backports so that we can run close to the latest version. I'm using much the same configuration, but both the Storage service and btape hang after trying to access the drive. It looks like I've still got access to the library, but somehow I've lost connection to the actual tape drive. As the server and tape drive are in a data centre I'd be glad for advice on what to do next! Regards Rory # btape -pv /dev/nst0 Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes. btape: butil.c:284 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for writing. 18-Jul 22:27 btape JobId 0: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command. 18-Jul 22:27 btape JobId 0: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot 5. 18-Jul 22:32 btape: Fatal Error at device.c:298 because: dev open failed: dev.c:491 Unable to open device "LTO4-Drive1" (/dev/nst0): ERR=Input/output error 18-Jul 22:32 btape JobId 0: Fatal error: butil.c:193 Cannot open "LTO4-Drive1" (/dev/nst0) # mtx -f /dev/sg4 status Storage Changer /dev/sg4:1 Drives, 16 Slots ( 0 Import/Export ) Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 5 Loaded) Storage Element 1:Full Storage Element 2:Full :VolumeTag=000006L4 Storage Element 3:Full Storage Element 4:Full Storage Element 5:Empty Storage Element 6:Full Storage Element 7:Full Storage Element 8:Full Storage Element 9:Full Storage Element 10:Full Storage Element 11:Full Storage Element 12:Full Storage Element 13:Full Storage Element 14:Full Storage Element 15:Full :VolumeTag=CLNU00L1 Storage Element 16:Full # mt -f /dev/nst0 status /dev/nst0: Input/output error -- Rory Campbell-Lange r...@campbell-lange.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users