You think I can ignore the problem ?
When I list media you can see that the tape Weekly-0003 has not been
filled up completely (it was the tape with write errors ...)
*list media
Pool: WeeklyFullBackupPool
+---------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | VolBytes | VolFiles |
VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType |
LastWritten |
+---------+-------------+-----------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| 1 | Weekly-0001 | Full | 71563809646 | 73 |
2592000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DAT | 2005-10-28
10:38:32 |
| 2 | Weekly-0002 | Full | 79126531739 | 79 |
2592000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DAT | 2005-10-30
11:28:16 |
| 3 | Weekly-0003 | Full | 45914843881 | 47 |
2592000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DAT | 2005-11-07
06:01:46 |
| 4 | Weekly-0004 | Full | 81241762264 | 81 |
2592000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DAT | 2005-11-07
12:17:00 |
However, the jobs terminate with a "Backup OK" termination ... strange
Kern Sibbald wrote:
On Monday 07 November 2005 09:04, Julien Cigar wrote:
Hello,
I writed a mail some weeks ago for a problem with my Sony drive (write
errors).
The drive is a Sony SDX-500C on a Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI.
Someone told me to upgrade the bios of the drive, which I did. It worked
fine for a week, but now I'm still having writing error messages :
Nov 7 06:01:46 localhost kernel: st0: Error with sense data: <6>st0:
Current: sense key: Medium Error
Nov 7 06:01:46 localhost kernel: Additional sense: Write append error
Nov 7 06:01:46 localhost kernel: Info fld=0xfc00
Nov 7 06:01:46 localhost kernel: st0: Error with sense data: <6>st0:
Current: sense key: Medium Error
Nov 7 06:01:46 localhost kernel: Additional sense: Write append error
Nov 7 06:01:46 localhost kernel: Info fld=0x1
Nov 7 08:42:26 localhost kernel: st0: Error with sense data: <6>st0:
Current: sense key: Unit Attention
Nov 7 08:42:26 localhost kernel: Additional sense: Not ready to
ready change, medium may have changed
Nov 7 08:47:37 localhost kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for
root.
What happens is, it backs up perfectly fine for a while backup,
restoring from tape works too! Then all of a sudden it starts giving an
error ...
I don't think it's tape related, the tapes are new and the problem
occurs only randomly ...
I've checked the cable too
Any idea welcomed ...
All the errors at 06:01 appear to me to be typical write errors that one often
gets on DDS tapes. From what I see, the drive recovered and continued. I
doubt that Bacula was even aware of the problem -- though you can check in
the Job report.
The errors are 8:42 are a bit worrysome. I would attempt to correlate them
with what Bacula was doing. It may only be that Bacula asked for a new tape
and tried to read while there was nothing in the drive, or it may be some
real failure.
The "error" at 8:47 is apparently after you restarted the FD. It attempts to
set the tape to variable tape format, and your kernel forbids the request
(ioctl) if the SD is not being run as root. This can be ignored if your tape
drive mode is set properly before starting the SD.
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Here's the output of /proc/scsi/scsi :
phoenix:/home/jcigar# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: SONY Model: SDX-500C Rev: 0204
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
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Here's the output of /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/0 :
phoenix:/home/jcigar# cat /proc/scsi/aic7xxx/0
Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 6.2.36
Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter
aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=0, 16/253 SCBs
Allocated SCBs: 4, SG List Length: 128
Serial EEPROM:
0x0238 0x0238 0x0238 0x0238 0x0238 0x0238 0x0238 0x0238
0x0238 0x0238 0x0238 0x0238 0x0238 0x0238 0x0238 0x0238
0x18b6 0x005d 0x2800 0x0010 0xff00 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff
0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0x00ff 0x6499
Target 0 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 1 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Goal: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
Curr: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
Channel A Target 1 Lun 0 Settings
Commands Queued 3051621
Commands Active 0
Command Openings 1
Max Tagged Openings 0
Device Queue Frozen Count 0
Target 2 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 3 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 4 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 5 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 6 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 7 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 8 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 9 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 10 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 11 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 12 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 13 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 14 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
Target 15 Negotiation Settings
User: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit)
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