I have some doubts regarding this btape fill test failure: 

1) Is it mandatory to pass this test or may I run the bareos system reliably 
with this failure? My full backups will require more than one tape.

2) Is it a bareos failure or is it a hardware failure? (or a mix?)

Thanks

On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 2:40:14 PM UTC-2, John Bolt wrote:
> Hello Philipp,
> First of all thanks for your time helping me.
> 
> I am runing the bareos-14.2.2-46.1.fc20.i686 and my test machine is a 
> Fedora18 (Let me know if you believe that this fc20 package is not compatible 
> with Fedora 18). bareos-debuginfo, bareos-devel and bareos-tools are not 
> installed yet.
> 
> I just moved the scsicrypto-sd.so and run the test again.
> I had set both tape streamers to "Label Block Size = 64512" and "Maximum 
> Block Size = 64512" and re run the tests.
> Both units failed but the messages were a bit different from what I first 
> reported:
> 
> # mt -f /dev/st0 eject
> # mt -f /dev/st0 load
> # btape -v /dev/st0
> Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes.
> btape: butil.c:301-0 Using device: "/dev/st0" for writing.
> btape: btape.c:484-0 open device "LTO-4 INTERNO" (/dev/st0): OK
> *readlabel
> btape: btape.c:536-0 Volume label read correctly.
> 
> Volume Label:
> Id                : Bacula 1.0 immortal
> VerNo             : 11
> VolName           : TestVolume1
> PrevVolName       : 
> VolFile           : 0
> LabelType         : VOL_LABEL
> LabelSize         : 170
> PoolName          : Default
> MediaType         : LTO-4
> PoolType          : Backup
> HostName          : fedora18.soliton
> Date label written: 17-Jan-2015 21:01
> *fill
> ...
> ...
> Wrote block=6495000, file,blk=78,3840 VolBytes=419,005,440,000 rate=74.12 MB/s
> Wrote block=6500000, file,blk=78,8840 VolBytes=419,328,000,000 rate=74.12 MB/s
> 19-Jan 14:26 btape JobId 0: End of Volume "TestVolume1" at 78:10498 on device 
> "LTO-4 INTERNO" (/dev/st0). Write of 64512 bytes got -1.
> 19-Jan 14:26 btape JobId 0: Re-read of last block succeeded.
> btape: btape.c:2736-0 Last block at: 78:10497 this_dev_block_num=10498
> btape: btape.c:2750-0 Block not written: FileIndex=12788317 blk_block=6501658 
> Size=206
> btape: block.c:96-0 Dump block Last block written 23b51f0: size=64512 
> BlkNum=6501657
>                Hdrcksum=622aa7ef cksum=622aa7ef
> btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421679082 FI=12788313 Strm=contDATA 
> len=29172 p=23ce678
> btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421679082 FI=12788314 Strm=DATA 
> len=32768 p=23d5878
> btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421679082 FI=12788315 Strm=DATA 
> len=32768 p=23dd884
> 
> btape: block.c:96-0 Dump block Block not written 23a5300: size=64512 
> BlkNum=6501658
>                Hdrcksum=280d55fd cksum=280d55fd
> btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421679082 FI=12788315 Strm=contDATA 
> len=30256 p=23a53b8
> btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421679082 FI=12788316 Strm=DATA 
> len=32768 p=23ac9f4
> btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421679082 FI=12788317 Strm=DATA 
> len=32768 p=23b4a00
> btape: btape.c:2771-0 End of tape 78:0. Volume Bytes=419,434,960,896. Write 
> rate = 74.06 MB/s
> btape: btape.c:2336-0 Wrote 1000 blocks on second tape. Done.
> Done writing 0 records ...
> btape: btape.c:2405-0 Wrote state file last_block_num1=10497 last_block_num2=0
> btape: btape.c:2420-0 
> 
> 14:26:23 Done filling tape at 78:0. Now beginning re-read of tape ...
> btape: btape.c:2501-0 Enter do_unfill
> 19-Jan 14:26 btape JobId 0: Warning: acquire.c:267 Read acquire: Could not 
> unserialize Volume label: ERR=label.c:871 Expecting Volume Label, got 
> FI=SOS_LABEL Stream=0 len=144
> 
> Mount Volume "TestVolume1" on device "LTO-4 INTERNO" (/dev/st0) and press 
> return when ready: 
> 19-Jan 14:27 btape JobId 0: Warning: acquire.c:267 Read acquire: Could not 
> unserialize Volume label: ERR=label.c:871 Expecting Volume Label, got 
> FI=SOS_LABEL Stream=0 len=144
> 
> Mount Volume "TestVolume1" on device "LTO-4 INTERNO" (/dev/st0) and press 
> return when ready: 
> 19-Jan 14:30 btape JobId 0: Warning: acquire.c:267 Read acquire: Could not 
> unserialize Volume label: ERR=label.c:871 Expecting Volume Label, got 
> FI=SOS_LABEL Stream=0 len=144
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 6:15:58 AM UTC-2, philipp.storz wrote:
> > Hello John,
> > 
> > What bareos version are you using?
> > 
> > I think that your problem might be a problem related to
> > 
> > http://bugs.bareos.org/view.php?id=338
> > 
> > Just move/delete the scsicrypto-sd.so plugin so that it doesnt get loaded,
> > 
> > Btape should work then.
> > 
> > best regards,
> > 
> > Philipp
> > 
> > 
> > Am 17.01.2015 um 23:36 schrieb John Bolt:
> > > Bareos is failing to complete the btape fill test.
> > > I tried it with the "m" (2 tapes) and "s" (single tape). The log lines 
> > > below are for the "s" single tape run.
> > > 
> > > I tried multiple times with both LTO units I have, an INTERNAL and AN 
> > > EXTERNAL one.
> > > I had tweaked the "Maximum File Size" and "Maximum Block Size" for best 
> > > performance.
> > > btape test worked successfully. Only fill is failing.
> > > 
> > > I will really appreciate any help provided as these tests are very long 
> > > (2 hours each run) and I do not feel comfortable using a backup system 
> > > that fails its basic tests.
> > > 
> > > By the way, it may be bug related because I selected "s" (single tape) 
> > > and Bareos btape informed that it wrote on the second tape (see log 
> > > bellow).
> > >  
> > > For this run the bareos-sd.conf contains the following lines:
> > > 
> > > Device {
> > >   Name = "LTO-4 EXTERNAL"
> > >   Media Type = LTO-4 
> > >   Archive Device = /dev/st1
> > >   Device Type = Tape
> > >   AutomaticMount = yes;                   # when device opened, read it 
> > >   AlwaysOpen = yes; 
> > >   RemovableMedia = yes; 
> > >   RandomAccess = no; 
> > >   Maximum File Size = 5G
> > >   Label Block Size = 64512
> > >   Maximum Block Size = 262144
> > >   LabelMedia = yes;
> > >   Changer Device = /dev/st0
> > >   Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'"
> > >   Alert Command = "sh -c 'smartctl -H -l error %c'"
> > > } 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > btape -v /dev/st1
> > > Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes.
> > > btape: butil.c:301-0 Using device: "/dev/st1" for writing.
> > > btape: btape.c:484-0 open device "LTO-4 EXTERNAL" (/dev/st1): OK
> > > 
> > > *label
> > > Enter Volume Name: TestVolume1
> > > Wrote Volume label for volume "TestVolume1".
> > > *fill
> > > ....
> > > or the complete multiple tape (m) test: (s/m) s
> > > Simple test (single tape) selected.
> > > Wrote Start of Session label.
> > > 18:19:02 Begin writing Bareos records to tape ...
> > > Wrote block=5000, file,blk=1,5000 VolBytes=1,310,720,000 rate=77.10 MB/s
> > > Wrote block=10000, file,blk=1,10000 VolBytes=2,621,440,000 rate=79.43 MB/s
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > Wrote block=1605000, file,blk=79,7638 VolBytes=420,741,120,000 rate=75.83 
> > > MB/s
> > > Wrote block=1610000, file,blk=79,12638 VolBytes=422,051,840,000 
> > > rate=75.85 MB/s
> > > 17-Jan 19:51 btape JobId 0: End of Volume "TestVolume1" at 79:13746 on 
> > > device "LTO-4 EXTERNAL" (/dev/st1). Write of 262144 bytes got -1.
> > > 17-Jan 19:51 btape JobId 0: Re-read of last block succeeded.
> > > btape: btape.c:2736-0 Last block at: 79:13745 this_dev_block_num=13746
> > > btape: btape.c:2750-0 Block not written: FileIndex=12882385 
> > > blk_block=1611108 Size=262144
> > > btape: block.c:96-0 Dump block Last block written 1c08260: size=262144 
> > > BlkNum=1611107
> > >                Hdrcksum=57dd6344 cksum=57dd6344
> > > btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421525883 FI=12882369 
> > > Strm=contDATA len=22408 p=1c7d668
> > > btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421525883 FI=12882370 Strm=DATA 
> > > len=32768 p=1c82dfc
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421525883 FI=12882376 Strm=DATA 
> > > len=32768 p=1cb2e44
> > > btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421525883 FI=12882377 Strm=DATA 
> > > len=32768 p=1cbae50
> > > 
> > > btape: block.c:96-0 Dump block Block not written 1c08180: size=262144 
> > > BlkNum=1611108
> > >                Hdrcksum=528c3a10 cksum=528c3a10
> > > btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421525883 FI=12882377 
> > > Strm=contDATA len=22540 p=1c24f28
> > > btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421525883 FI=12882378 Strm=DATA 
> > > len=32768 p=1c2a740
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > btape: block.c:109-0    Rec: VId=1 VT=1421525883 FI=12882385 Strm=DATA 
> > > len=32768 p=1c62794
> > > btape: btape.c:2771-0 End of tape 79:0. Volume Bytes=422,342,295,552. 
> > > Write rate = 75.78 MB/s
> > > btape: btape.c:2336-0 Wrote 1000 blocks on second tape. Done.
> > > Done writing 0 records ...
> > > btape: btape.c:2405-0 Wrote state file last_block_num1=13745 
> > > last_block_num2=0
> > > btape: btape.c:2420-0 
> > > 
> > > 19:51:55 Done filling tape at 79:0. Now beginning re-read of tape ...
> > > btape: btape.c:2501-0 Enter do_unfill
> > > 17-Jan 19:52 btape JobId 0: Warning: acquire.c:267 Read acquire: 
> > > label.c:260 Could not reserve volume TestVolume1 on "LTO-4 EXTERNAL" 
> > > (/dev/st1)
> > > Mount Volume "TestVolume1" on device "LTO-4 EXTERNAL" (/dev/st1) and 
> > > press return when ready: 
> > > Mount Volume "TestVolume1" on device "LTO-4 EXTERNAL" (/dev/st1) and 
> > > press return when ready: 
> > > 
> > > The "TestVolume1" IS ALREADY mounted on device "LTO-4 EXTERNAL" 
> > > (/dev/st1) but bareos btape does not accept it anymore.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Mit freundlichen Grüßen
> > 
> >  Philipp Storz                             
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> > 
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