The only thing that comes to mind when you mention recycled tapes is whether or not they were rewound before their first use after being marked as recycled. I'm not sure if the tapes you're using are cartrdiges like the dlt tapes (only one spindle in the tape itself) or if they actually have two spindles like the old cassette tapes. If its the latter then rewinding could be an issue. I'm not sure how bacula handles that.
-Aaron James P. Kinney III wrote: > On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 09:30 -0500, Aaron Knister wrote: > >> I've seen input/output errors on my tape drive in 3 instances- >> >> 1) yes a failed tape >> > > I will pull the tape and check it on another drive. > >> 2) there is no tape in the drive >> > The front panel says the tape is on the drive as well as the VXATool > that says the same. > >> 3) the joy that is errors on your SCSI chain (assuming your tape >> drive is SCSI attached. try sacrificing a goat to your SCSI host bus >> adapter...) >> > > Hmm. Maybe it needed to be a _virgin_ goat and I should have been facing > east at dawn. I'm going to restart the system (host and drive system) > and see if there are SCSI gremlins that get exorcised. > > Super Complicated Satanic Interface is the original name for SCSI, I'm > sure. > >> What kind of tape drive are you using? >> > > This is an Ecrix VXA2 PacketLoader. It's a 1U, 10 tape carousel with a > single VXA2 drive. SCSI LVD interface with proper terminations. I seem > to only get these errors after a tape has been recycled. I may not have > something set right for the process. It still has the label for the tape > but it is not keeping the ability to read the tape after a recycle. > >> -Aaron >> >> On Jan 9, 2007, at 7:59 AM, James P. Kinney III wrote: >> >> >>> Is this a failed tape error message? >>> >>> 09-Jan 07:57 test-sd: database.2007-01-07_23.05.00 Error: block.c:940 >>> Read error at file:blk 0:0 on device "VXA2" (/dev/nst0). >>> ERR=Input/output error. >>> -- >>> James P. Kinney III >>> CEO & Director of Engineering >>> Local Net Solutions,LLC >>> 770-493-8244 >>> http://www.localnetsolutions.com >>> >>> GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7 >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --- >>> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >>> share your >>> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash >>> http://www.techsay.com/default.php? >>> page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV________________________________ >>> _______________ >>> Bacula-users mailing list >>> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
