On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 20:21 +0100, Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hello, > > 04.12.2009 19:43, Craig White wrote: > > I am confused by errors. > > > > I could manually load a tape, label it, and backup on it... > > > > *mount > > Automatically selected Storage: SRV1-sd > > 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command. > > 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot 8. > > block.c:1010 Read error on fd=7 at file:blk 0:0 on device > > "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error. > > 3902 Cannot mount Volume on Storage Device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) > > because: Requested Volume "" on "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) is not a Bacula > > labeled Volume, because: ERR=block.c:1010 Read error on fd=7 at file:blk > > 0:0 on device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error. > > 3905 Device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) open but no Bacula volume is > > mounted. > > > > If this is not a blank tape, try unmounting and remounting the > > Volume. > > > > *label > > > > > > Automatically selected Storage: > > SRV1-sd > > > > Enter new Volume name: > > test > > > > Defined Pools: > > 1: Default > > 2: MonthlyPool > > Select the Pool (1-2): 1 > > Connecting to Storage daemon SRV1-sd at srv1.thinkcfd.com:9103 ... > > Sending label command for Volume "test" Slot 0 ... > > Invalid slot=0 defined in catalog for Volume "" on > ... > > Do you want to label these Volumes? (yes|no): yes > > Connecting to Storage daemon SRV1-sd at srv1.thinkcfd.com:9103 ... > > Sending label command for Volume "000001L4" Slot 1 ... > > 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command. > > 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result: nothing loaded. > > 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 1, drive 0" command. > > 3992 Bad autochanger "load slot 1, drive 0": ERR=Child died from signal > > 15: Termination. > > Results=Program killed by Bacula (timeout) > > Label command failed for Volume 000001L4. > > > > and so on for each tape... > > > > Why can't I just label the tapes with barcodes ? (and I'm gathering by > > the error message reported to the console that bacula doesn't recognize > > that the tape has been loaded from the autochanger mechanism) > > Item 1: Slots are (usually) umbered starting with 1, so for a manual > lael command, you'd do something like > 'label slot=1 drive=0 sd=SRV1-sd pool=Default' in bconsole. > > Item 2: Your autochanger doesn't seem to work with Bacula (yet). > That's usually a configuration issue... have you checked with btape's > autochanger test, run mtx-changer with appropriate input from the > shell, and checked what mtx does? > > Either your SD configuration or the mtx-changer (configuration) might > need fixing - most autochangers do work well with Bacula and the > "normal" framework to control them (i.e., mtx, mtx-changer, and the > regular operating system device names). > > What I see often are changing device names, which can be fixed y > applying some udev rules and using symlinks created by udev according > to your rules. ---- much simpler solution - pebkac
I hadn't installed 'mt' (on CentOS it's mt-st) package and though for the most part, bacula doesn't need it, it apparently needs the package to do some basic operations like rewind the tape - duh Thanks Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
