Hi again,
I keep having troubles with making differential backups. I use flexbackup 1.2.0 on a Dell poweredge 1400, a PV100T Travan TR5 tape drive and debian 3.0r1
When I run 'flexbackup -newtape', followed by e.g. 'flexbackup -set data' , I get a fully extractable backup on tape. All functions work fine.
Now I change some data and do a 'flexbackup -set data -differential'. The backup is made without problem, but i cannot extract and 'flexbackup -list -num 3' gives:
cardiores2:/home/rdcard# flexbackup -list -num 3
flexbackup version 1.2.0 (http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net)
/etc/flexbackup.conf syntax OK
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Checking 'buffer' on this machine... Ok
| Checking /bin/sh on this machine... bash2
|------------------------------------------------------------
| Logging output to "flexbackup.list.200309301530.log"
| Positioning tape at file number 3
|------------------------------------------------------------
At block 767.
|------------------------------------------------------------
| buffer -m 32m -p 75 -s 64k -t -u 100 -i "/dev/nht0" | afio -t -z -D
| /usr/bin/flexbackup -v -b 64k -
|------------------------------------------------------------
Kilobytes Out 0
afio: "-": No input
|------------------------------------------------------------
At block 767.
|------------------------------------------------------------
I've tried various settings for backupformat and compression, but no difference.
Could it be a faulty tape, tapedrive, or general problems with this particular drive or is it a software problem. Are there any tests I can run to pin down the cause?
Thanks
Mike
