Hi List, yesterday i did an upgrade from etch to lenny. after the update bacula was no longer able to verify that the tapes are loaded correctly.
from the job log: 2009-02-16 16:25:26 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command. 2009-02-16 16:25:26 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result: nothing loaded. 2009-02-16 16:25:26 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 9, drive 0" command. 2009-02-16 16:30:27 Fatal error: 3992 Bad autochanger "load slot 9, drive 0": ERR=Child died from signal 15: Termination. Results=Loading media from Storage Element 9 into drive 0...done Program killed by Bacula watchdog (timeout) 2009-02-16 16:30:27 Fatal error: job.c:1817 Bad response to Append Data command. Wanted 3000 OK data , got 3903 Error append data mtx.log: 20090216-16:34:19 Doing mtx -f /dev/sg2 load 9 0 20090216-16:34:38 Device /dev/nst0 - not ready, retrying... 20090216-16:34:39 Device /dev/nst0 - not ready, retrying... 20090216-16:34:40 Device /dev/nst0 - not ready, retrying... 20090216-16:34:41 Device /dev/nst0 - not ready, retrying... 20090216-16:34:42 Device /dev/nst0 - not ready, retrying... ..... 20090216-16:39:19 Device /dev/nst0 - not ready, retrying... 5 Minutes of retrying until it was killed. the mtx-changer script greps ONLINE in the mt outpout: ready = ONLINE .... wait_for_drive() { i=0 while [ $i -le 300 ]; do # Wait max 300 seconds if ${MT} -f $1 status | grep ${ready} >/dev/null 2>&1; then break fi debug "Device $1 - not ready, retrying..." sleep 1 i=`expr $i + 1` done } but the mt output shows no ONLINE zlato:~# mt -f /dev/nst0 status drive type = 114 drive status = 1224736768 sense key error = 0 residue count = 0 file number = 0 block number = 0 zlato:~# this is the output from the etch mt: /etc/bacula/mt -f /dev/nst0 status drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape drive status = 1224736768 sense key error = 0 residue count = 0 file number = 4 block number = 0 Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x49 (unknown). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (81010000): EOF ONLINE IM_REP_EN zlato:~# mt --version mt (GNU cpio 2.9) zlato:~# /etc/bacula/mt --version mt (GNU cpio 2.6) zlato:~# zlato:~# strings /bin/mt | grep -i online zlato:~# strings /etc/bacula/mt | grep -i online ONLINE zlato:~# currently i use the etch mt, but what was the correct way to use the lenny mt? (compiling mt from source does not help, the output is identically to the lenny mt, so it looks not like a debian problem) Regards Thomas -- [:O]###[O:] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users