>>>>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:32:06 -0600, Jason King said: > > I am running the "FILL" command using the btape testing tool. The tape > has been filled and it wrote something (i guess) to the second tape > after asking me to mount another tape. AFter it wrote the second tape it > asked me to mount the first tape for reading. I've been at this prompt > for about 2 hours... > > > 07:55:59 Done filling tapes at 0:13. Now beginning re-read of first tape ... > Mount first tape. Press enter when ready: > 13-Feb 07:58 btape: Ready to read from volume "TestVolume1" on device > "LTO-Drive" (/dev/nsa0). > Rewinding. > Reading the first 10000 records from 0:0. > 10000 records read now at 1:5084 > Reposition from 1:5084 to 307:14499 > > > > I'm not sure if it should take this long or not because I've never ran > the fill command. The activity light on the tape drive is still blinking > so I guess it's still doing something. I was hoping someone else had run > this command before and could let me know if everything is ok.
2 hours sounds excessively long for an LTO drive. Do you have Fast Forward Space File = No in your storage daemon config? __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
