Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-18 Thread John Drescher
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Watson, Joe isjoe...@oklahomacounty.org wrote: I get the same error on /dev/st0 that I get with /dev/nst0. Did you try rebooting / restarting the archive? Are there any errors in your dmesg about scsi or mt? Are you using an older kernel? If so can you update

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-18 Thread Watson, Joe
will see if it works. -Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Fri 9/18/2009 8:57 AM To: Watson, Joe; bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Watson, Joe isjoe...@oklahomacounty.org

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-18 Thread John Drescher
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Watson, Joe isjoe...@oklahomacounty.org wrote: i couldnt get the tape i was using out of the drive and our drive is at the back of the machine so i had to fiddle with it to get it to move the tape back. Sometimes (less than 1 time per 3 months) I see this

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-18 Thread Watson, Joe
: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 10:10 AM To: Watson, Joe; bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out Reply Dmesg | grep scsi [1.182331] scsi0 : ata_piix [1.182435] scsi1 : ata_piix [2.478747] scsi2

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-17 Thread Alex Chekholko
command. I get this when I try mounting it after I changed the tape to /dev/nst0 -Original Message- From: Mark Nienberg [mailto:gm...@tippingmar.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:55 PM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-17 Thread Watson, Joe
...@pcbi.upenn.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:50 AM To: Watson, Joe Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out Hi Joe, Before dealing with bacula, make sure you understand how to use the commands 'mt', 'mtx', 'tapeinfo

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-17 Thread Watson, Joe
: Alex Chekholko [mailto:ch...@pcbi.upenn.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:50 AM To: Watson, Joe Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out Hi Joe, Before dealing with bacula, make sure you understand how to use the commands

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-17 Thread John Drescher
, September 17, 2009 11:51 AM Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out I put in brand new tapes is there something I am missing this is the result of testing the tape drive using btape Using btape to test the drive /dev/nst0 I get

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-17 Thread Watson, Joe
Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:56 PM To: Watson, Joe Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Watson, Joe isjoe...@oklahomacounty.org wrote: I am adding that I

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-17 Thread John Drescher
: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:51 AM Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out I put in brand new tapes is there something I am missing this is the result of testing the tape drive using btape Using btape to test the drive /dev/nst0

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-17 Thread Watson, Joe
the tape is in the drive. -Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:20 PM To: Watson, Joe; bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Watson, Joe isjoe

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-17 Thread Watson, Joe
-Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:40 PM To: Watson, Joe Cc: bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Watson, Joe isjoe...@oklahomacounty.org

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-17 Thread John Drescher
My email client I use does it on top sorry, but here is my output No problem. mt: /dev/nst0: rmtioctl failed: Input/output error That was for: mt -f /dev/nst0 status If so this is really bad. It is essential that mt works with your tape drive Does mt -f /dev/st0 status work? If not

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-16 Thread Watson, Joe
, 2009 12:12 PM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out Watson, Joe wrote: Trying to label the tapes I have with Label Barcodes on bconsole and it errors out every time. It times out every time I try labeling a volume on a tape

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-16 Thread Watson, Joe
. -Original Message- From: Mark Nienberg [mailto:gm...@tippingmar.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:12 PM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out Watson, Joe wrote: Trying to label the tapes I have with Label Barcodes

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-16 Thread Mark Nienberg
Watson, Joe wrote: With lsscsi I never find a device for /dev/nst0 is why I went with /dev/sg0 is it possible bacula is expecting the latter and resolves it on its own somehow? This is the output from lsscsi -g [4:0:4:0]tapeHP Ultrium 4-SCSI W24W /dev/st0 /dev/sg0

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-16 Thread Watson, Joe
it after I changed the tape to /dev/nst0 -Original Message- From: Mark Nienberg [mailto:gm...@tippingmar.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:55 PM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out Watson, Joe wrote: With lsscsi I

Re: [Bacula-users] Creating a Volume on a tape times out

2009-09-15 Thread Mark Nienberg
Watson, Joe wrote: Trying to label the tapes I have with Label Barcodes on bconsole and it errors out every time. It times out every time I try labeling a volume on a tape. In the section: Device { Name = Ultrium 4-SCSI Look at the line: Archive Device = /dev/sg0 It is likely that it