Here's my output.. #test write. [root@scrappy bacula]# mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind [root@scrappy bacula]# mt -f /dev/nst0 weof [root@scrappy bacula]# dd if=/dev/nst0 of=/dev/null bs=64512 dd: reading `/dev/nst0': Input/output error 0+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 5.39927 seconds, 0.0 kB/s
#/var/log/messages Feb 28 14:17:46 scrappy kernel: st0: Failed to read 65532 byte block with 64512 byte transfer. [root@scrappy bacula]# tapeinfo -f /dev/sg2 Product Type: Medium Changer Vendor ID: 'DELL ' Product ID: 'PV-124T ' Revision: '0080' Attached Changer: No SerialNumber: 'CK8LCS5413' SCSI ID: 0 SCSI LUN: 1 Ready: yes Jeremiah Jester Informatics Specialist Microbiology - Katze Lab 206-732-6185 -----Original Message----- From: Rory Campbell-Lange [mailto:r...@campbell-lange.net] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 2:10 PM To: Jeremiah D. Jester Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] 124t users? On 28/02/11, Jeremiah D. Jester (jj...@u.washington.edu) wrote: > We are considering switching to a different backup solution. Our > problems seem similar, not fun. Well, my problem is specifically a tape drive problem. Have you tested your drive? # mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind # dd if=/dev/nst0 of=/dev/null bs=64512 83220+0 records in 83220+0 records out 5368688640 bytes (5.4 GB) copied, 90.3682 s, 59.4 MB/s # dd if=/dev/nst0 of=/dev/null bs=64512 dd: reading `/dev/nst0': Input/output error 44630+0 records in 44630+0 records out 2879170560 bytes (2.9 GB) copied, 171.517 s, 16.8 MB/s # kernel log Feb 28 20:39:59 kernel: [15534.935073] st0: Sense Key : Medium Error [current] Feb 28 20:39:59 kernel: [15534.935079] Info fld=0xfc00 Feb 28 20:39:59 kernel: [15534.935080] st0: Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error # tapeinfo -f /dev/sg3 Product Type: Tape Drive Vendor ID: 'QUANTUM ' Product ID: 'ULTRIUM 4 ' Revision: '2210' Attached Changer API: No SerialNumber: 'JN0823AMJ50251' -- Rory Campbell-Lange r...@campbell-lange.net Campbell-Lange Workshop www.campbell-lange.net 0207 6311 555 3 Tottenham Street London W1T 2AF Registered in England No. 04551928 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users