Re: [Bacula-users] unable to label a tape
Arnhold == Arnhold bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com writes: Arnhold Because the the link Arnhold /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst is static. When Arnhold you change something in yout SCSI configuration the Arnhold devicefile /dev/nstX could be changed and you have to change Arnhold your config. The symlinks /dev/tape/by* (or /dev/disk/by-* Arnhold for hard drives) are generated dynamyc. Arnhold ps: I have tried /dev/nst0 but it shows the same error. See my reply I just sent about writing your own udev rules to give consistent names to your tape drive(s) using the SCSI Generic device matched up with the output of: /lib/udev/scsi_id --whitelisted /dev/sg# for how I solved this problem on Debian Squeeze. Arnhold ls -lsa /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst Arnhold 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 25. Okt 14#58;24 /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst - ../../nst0 For some reason, I could never get this to work consistently on my Debian box. Not sure why. John -- The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book Blueprint to a Billion shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] unable to label a tape
Hi At the Moment i try to configure a Bacula Backup Server. When I label a tape with the bconsole i get the following error.: 3999 Device /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst not found or could not be opened I have searched but not found a solution for my problem. I have done a btape fill command succsesfully. The Tape I using is allready labeled with Legato Networker but I have done mt rewind and mt weof. Can anybody give me some hints about this error? Thanks! Here are the interesting infos: Linux Distribution: OpenSuse 11.3 ### linux-28m5:/opt/bacula/bacula_base/sbin # ps fuax |grep bacula root 25640 0.0 0.0 9728 840 pts/3S+ 09:52 0:00 | \_ grep bacula root 24317 0.0 0.0 59532 1908 ?Ssl Oct28 0:00 /opt/bacula/bacula_base//sbin/bacula-sd -v -c /opt/bacula/bacula_base//etc/bacula-sd.conf root 24327 0.0 0.0 133516 2044 ?Ssl Oct28 0:00 /opt/bacula/bacula_base//sbin/bacula-fd -v -c /opt/bacula/bacula_base//etc/bacula-fd.conf root 24335 0.0 0.0 82016 2904 ?Ssl Oct28 0:00 /opt/bacula/bacula_base//sbin/bacula-dir -v -c /opt/bacula/bacula_base//etc/bacula-dir.conf ### bacula-dir.conf: ### Storage { Name = sdlt1600 Address = 127.0.0.1 # Yes bad decision to use localhost but its for testing only. SDPort = 9103 Password = PASSWORD Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst Media Type = DLT-S4 Autochanger = no } ### bacula-sd.conf: ### Device { Name = sdlt1600 Media Type = DLT-S4 Archive Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst RemovableMedia = yes RandomAccess = no Always Open = no Requires Mount = no } ### -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Rene Arnhold Tel.: 03641 49 5513 OpenPGP auf hkp://blackhole.pca.dfn.de:11371 Information from NOD32 This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System for Linux Mail Server. http://www.nod32.com -- Nokia and ATT present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] unable to label a tape
Why don't you use the classic /dev/nst0 device format in the Device section? J. 2010/11/1 Rene Arnhold rene.arnh...@jena.de: Hi At the Moment i try to configure a Bacula Backup Server. When I label a tape with the bconsole i get the following error.: 3999 Device /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst not found or could not be opened I have searched but not found a solution for my problem. I have done a btape fill command succsesfully. The Tape I using is allready labeled with Legato Networker but I have done mt rewind and mt weof. Can anybody give me some hints about this error? Thanks! Here are the interesting infos: Linux Distribution: OpenSuse 11.3 ### linux-28m5:/opt/bacula/bacula_base/sbin # ps fuax |grep bacula root 25640 0.0 0.0 9728 840 pts/3 S+ 09:52 0:00 | \_ grep bacula root 24317 0.0 0.0 59532 1908 ? Ssl Oct28 0:00 /opt/bacula/bacula_base//sbin/bacula-sd -v -c /opt/bacula/bacula_base//etc/bacula-sd.conf root 24327 0.0 0.0 133516 2044 ? Ssl Oct28 0:00 /opt/bacula/bacula_base//sbin/bacula-fd -v -c /opt/bacula/bacula_base//etc/bacula-fd.conf root 24335 0.0 0.0 82016 2904 ? Ssl Oct28 0:00 /opt/bacula/bacula_base//sbin/bacula-dir -v -c /opt/bacula/bacula_base//etc/bacula-dir.conf ### bacula-dir.conf: ### Storage { Name = sdlt1600 Address = 127.0.0.1 # Yes bad decision to use localhost but its for testing only. SDPort = 9103 Password = PASSWORD Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst Media Type = DLT-S4 Autochanger = no } ### bacula-sd.conf: ### Device { Name = sdlt1600 Media Type = DLT-S4 Archive Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst RemovableMedia = yes RandomAccess = no Always Open = no Requires Mount = no } ### -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Rene Arnhold Tel.: 03641 49 5513 OpenPGP auf hkp://blackhole.pca.dfn.de:11371 Information from NOD32 This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System for Linux Mail Server. http://www.nod32.com -- Nokia and ATT present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- _ Francisco Javier Funes Nieto [esen...@gmail.com] CANONIGOS Servicios Informáticos para PYMES. Cl. Cruz 2, 1º Oficina 7 Tlf: 958.536759 / 661134556 Fax: 958.521354 GRANADA - 18002 -- Nokia and ATT present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] unable to label a tape
Thanks for response. Because the the link /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst is static. When you change something in yout SCSI configuration the devicefile /dev/nstX could be changed and you have to change your config. The symlinks /dev/tape/by* (or /dev/disk/by-* for hard drives) are generated dynamyc. ps: I have tried /dev/nst0 but it shows the same error. ls -lsa /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 25. Okt 14#58;24 /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst - ../../nst0 +-- |This was sent by rene.arnh...@jena.de via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- Nokia and ATT present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] unable to label a tape
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:04:13 +0100, Rene Arnhold said: When I label a tape with the bconsole i get the following error.: 3999 Device /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst not found or could not be opened ... bacula-dir.conf: ### Storage { Name = sdlt1600 Address = 127.0.0.1 # Yes bad decision to use localhost but its for testing only. SDPort = 9103 Password = PASSWORD Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst This should be Device = sdlt1600 to match the Device Name in the bacula-sd.conf. Media Type = DLT-S4 Autochanger = no } ### bacula-sd.conf: ### Device { Name = sdlt1600 Media Type = DLT-S4 Archive Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500e09e0001af92f-nst RemovableMedia = yes RandomAccess = no Always Open = no Requires Mount = no } ### __Martin -- Nokia and ATT present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] unable to label a tape
This should be Device = sdlt1600 to match the Device Name in the bacula-sd.conf. This was the solution. Device here means devicename in storage daemon and not devicefile. Many thanks Martin. +-- |This was sent by rene.arnh...@jena.de via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- Nokia and ATT present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users