Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread Pedro Bordin Hoffmann
Thanks for all your help. I think Im understanding a little more of bacula :P im in my 3 tape, and is asking me this: Device Fita (/dev/st0) is not open. Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for: Pool:FullBackupsTapePool Media type: Tape What is that? Thanks

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread Martin Simmons
This probably won't fix the problem here, but I suggest changing /dev/st0 to /dev/nst0. Using /dev/st0 can cause data loss if the tape rewinds without Bacula knowing. __Martin On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:30:33 -0300, Pedro Bordin Hoffmann said: Thanks for all your help. I think Im

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread Pedro Bordin Hoffmann
My tape was working fine on /dev/st0, what is the difference ? 2009/10/15 Martin Simmons mar...@lispworks.com This probably won't fix the problem here, but I suggest changing /dev/st0 to /dev/nst0. Using /dev/st0 can cause data loss if the tape rewinds without Bacula knowing. __Martin

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread John Drescher
2009/10/15 Pedro Bordin Hoffmann pedro.hoffm...@raidbr.com.br: My tape was working fine on /dev/st0, what is the difference ? There is a chance of tape corruption with using /dev/st0 if the os rewinds with out bacula knowing and then bacula assumes (which it always does) that the tape was

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread Peter Allgeyer
Am Donnerstag, den 15.10.2009, 17:26 -0300 schrieb Pedro Bordin Hoffmann: My tape was working fine on /dev/st0, what is the difference ? It depends. On linux /dev/nst0 is the device used for non rewinding tapes and /dev/st0 rewinds the tape. Don't know about BSD. Regards, P. Allgeyer -- Peter

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-15 Thread terryc
Pedro Bordin Hoffmann wrote: Thanks for all your help. I think Im understanding a little more of bacula :P im in my 3 tape, and is asking me this: Device Fita (/dev/st0) is not open. Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for: Pool:FullBackupsTapePool

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-14 Thread Pedro Bordin Hoffmann
HUmmm... Thanks for the anwer.. and sorry, another noob question... what is a barcode? hehehe []s 2009/10/14 Ralf Gross ralf-li...@ralfgross.de Pedro Bordin Hoffmann schrieb: Hello! Im doing some backup that required 2, 3 tapes.. so my question is.. The label of first tape is monday. and

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-14 Thread John Drescher
2009/10/14 Pedro Bordin Hoffmann pedro.hoffm...@raidbr.com.br: HUmmm... Thanks for the anwer.. and sorry, another noob question... what is a barcode? hehehe If you do not know you probably are not using it. These are labels placed on tapes that are used in autochangers. The autochanger has

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape Volumes

2009-10-14 Thread terryc
Pedro Bordin Hoffmann wrote: Hello! Im doing some backup that required 2, 3 tapes.. so my question is.. The label of first tape is monday. and when I put a second tape.. should I name it like monday-2 ? or something else? Or Monday again? Yes, you can label the second tape monday-2 or