The following is a message sent to the group on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 (I'm getting this via the web since this was sent before I joined the list, and started keeping my own copies of everything):
> Kern, > I think I have found the cause of the MTEOM errors that I have been > experiencing from time to time. These MTEOM errors are not caused by Bacula. > > In the past few months, I have rebooted my Quantum PX502 library a few > times (once every two months or so) while a tape was mounted in the > drive. This caused the HP (LTO-3 nFC) tape drive in the library to write > an MTEOM marker to the mounted tape, which made it impossible for Bacula > to write beyond that point (although reading was possible). > > Basically, Quantum told me to unmount the tape before I ever > powercycle/reboot the library again. > > The tapes can be recovered by backing them up and reformatting them (to > get rid of the MTEOM marker). > > Basically, my tapes that I thought were bad are actually recoverable. I was wondering how I format the tape. Was using "mt -f /dev/nst0 erase" supposed to be used? There was a reply to this from Kern mentioning that this would be added to the manual as a potential gotcha, but I have searched through them, and not found anything. Can anyone shed the missing piece of information? Thanks, Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
