Hi Philipp,
Thank you for this. You are correct I do not have ANSI/IBM labels. I have a
job running now but when it finishes I will edit the storage configuration file
and post if this corrects the issue
On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 12:22:21 AM UTC-7, philipp.storz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I doubt that you have ANSI/IBM labels, do you?
>
> Then please set "Check Labels" to no.
>
>
> On 11.05.2016 03:30, Michael Ferry wrote:
> > Hello, I have recently installed bareos on a centos 7.1 system using a
> > Quantum scalar i40 tape
> > library with a IBM ultrium LTO-6 tape drive. So far things are going well
> > although I am
> > encountering an error that shows up when I change tapes in the tape drive.
> > The error shows up in
> > the bareos log as:
> >
> > 2016-05-10 18:07:41 burr-sd JobId 250: Error:
> >
> > and when I run dmesg I see this:
> >
> > st 10:2:0:0: st0: Failed to read 201 byte block with 80 byte transfer.
> >
> > From reading the bareos manual I suspect there is an issue getting the
> > correct block size for
> > reading the bareos label. I notice after labeling blank tapes using the
> > bconsole label barcode
> > command the volumes in one of my pools have volume bytes listed as 201 and
> > another as 199 When
> > these volumes are loaded I will see an error like that above but the with
> > byte block size
> > matching that of the pool (so when I have a volume originally containing
> > 199 bytes the message
> > will be:
> >
> > st 10:2:0:0: st0: Failed to read 199 byte block with 80 byte transfer.
> >
> > After this error the backup proceeds normally and I will get a job
> > completed with warnings
> > notification. I can restore files without issue. The error is mostly
> > annoying because all of my
> > jobs that require tapes to be changed show up as completing with a warning.
> > I did change the
> > maximum block size of my device in the storage director configuration file
> > as follows:
> >
> > Device { Name = "ULTRIUM-HH6" DeviceType = tape
> >
> > # default:0, only required if the autoloader have multiple drives.
> > DriveIndex = 0
> >
> > # if only one drive is available, this is normally /dev/nst0. # However, it
> > is advised to access
> > it via id (/dev/tape/by-id/...). #ArchiveDevice = /dev/nst0 ArchiveDevice =
> > /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500308c38ea67000-nst
> >
> >
> > # arbitrary string that descripes the the storage media. # Bareos uses this
> > to determine, which
> > device can be handle what media. MediaType = LTO6
> >
> > #LabelMedia set to no seems to be what bareos expects for tape drives
> > LabelMedia = no
> >
> > # enable "Check Labels" if tapes with ANSI/IBM labels # should be preserved
> > Check Labels = yes
> >
> > AutomaticMount = yes # default: no AlwaysOpen = yes
> > RemovableMedia = yes
> > RandomAccess = no AutoChanger = yes # default: no
> > MaximumFileSize = 20GB
> > # default: 1000000000 (1GB)
> >
> > MaximumBlockSize = 1048576 }
> >
> > Autochanger { Name = "QUANTUM_Scalar_i40" # adapt this, to match your
> > storage loader #Changer
> > Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-1TANDBERGStorageLoader_AA45JC001732 Changer
> > Device =
> > /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-1QUANTUM_D0H0113301_LLA
> >
> > # an Autochanger can contain multiple drive devices Device = ULTRIUM-HH6
> > #Device = tapedrive-1
> >
> > Changer Command = "/usr/lib/bareos/scripts/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" }
> >
> > The pool definitions in my director configuration file (note the full pool
> > is associated with an
> > initial volume size of 201 bytes and the incremental pool of 199 bytes):
> >
> > # # Full Tape Pool definition # Pool { Name = Full_Tape Pool Type = Backup
> > Recycle = yes
> > Recycle Pool = Scratch AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired
> > volumes Storage =
> > "ULTRIUM-HH6" Volume Retention = 365 days # Maximum Volumes = 100
> > # Limit
> > number of Volumes in Pool }
> >
> >
> > # # Incremental Pool definition # Pool { Name = Incremental_Tape Pool Type
> > = Backup Recycle = yes
> > Recycle Pool = Scratch AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired
> > volumes Storage =
> > "ULTRIUM-HH6" Volume Retention = 30 days Maximum Volumes = 100
> > # Limit number of
> > Volumes in Pool }
> >
> > Any help you could give me would be very much appreciated. I am new to
> > bareos but I am very
> > impressed with its capability. Thank you, Michael
> >
>
>
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>
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