Hi Philipp, Thank you for this. You are correct I do not have ANSI/IBM labels. I have a job running now but when it finishes I will edit the storage configuration file and post if this corrects the issue
On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 12:22:21 AM UTC-7, philipp.storz wrote: > Hello, > > I doubt that you have ANSI/IBM labels, do you? > > Then please set "Check Labels" to no. > > > On 11.05.2016 03:30, Michael Ferry wrote: > > Hello, I have recently installed bareos on a centos 7.1 system using a > > Quantum scalar i40 tape > > library with a IBM ultrium LTO-6 tape drive. So far things are going well > > although I am > > encountering an error that shows up when I change tapes in the tape drive. > > The error shows up in > > the bareos log as: > > > > 2016-05-10 18:07:41 burr-sd JobId 250: Error: > > > > and when I run dmesg I see this: > > > > st 10:2:0:0: st0: Failed to read 201 byte block with 80 byte transfer. > > > > From reading the bareos manual I suspect there is an issue getting the > > correct block size for > > reading the bareos label. I notice after labeling blank tapes using the > > bconsole label barcode > > command the volumes in one of my pools have volume bytes listed as 201 and > > another as 199 When > > these volumes are loaded I will see an error like that above but the with > > byte block size > > matching that of the pool (so when I have a volume originally containing > > 199 bytes the message > > will be: > > > > st 10:2:0:0: st0: Failed to read 199 byte block with 80 byte transfer. > > > > After this error the backup proceeds normally and I will get a job > > completed with warnings > > notification. I can restore files without issue. The error is mostly > > annoying because all of my > > jobs that require tapes to be changed show up as completing with a warning. > > I did change the > > maximum block size of my device in the storage director configuration file > > as follows: > > > > Device { Name = "ULTRIUM-HH6" DeviceType = tape > > > > # default:0, only required if the autoloader have multiple drives. > > DriveIndex = 0 > > > > # if only one drive is available, this is normally /dev/nst0. # However, it > > is advised to access > > it via id (/dev/tape/by-id/...). #ArchiveDevice = /dev/nst0 ArchiveDevice = > > /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500308c38ea67000-nst > > > > > > # arbitrary string that descripes the the storage media. # Bareos uses this > > to determine, which > > device can be handle what media. MediaType = LTO6 > > > > #LabelMedia set to no seems to be what bareos expects for tape drives > > LabelMedia = no > > > > # enable "Check Labels" if tapes with ANSI/IBM labels # should be preserved > > Check Labels = yes > > > > AutomaticMount = yes # default: no AlwaysOpen = yes > > RemovableMedia = yes > > RandomAccess = no AutoChanger = yes # default: no > > MaximumFileSize = 20GB > > # default: 1000000000 (1GB) > > > > MaximumBlockSize = 1048576 } > > > > Autochanger { Name = "QUANTUM_Scalar_i40" # adapt this, to match your > > storage loader #Changer > > Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-1TANDBERGStorageLoader_AA45JC001732 Changer > > Device = > > /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-1QUANTUM_D0H0113301_LLA > > > > # an Autochanger can contain multiple drive devices Device = ULTRIUM-HH6 > > #Device = tapedrive-1 > > > > Changer Command = "/usr/lib/bareos/scripts/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" } > > > > The pool definitions in my director configuration file (note the full pool > > is associated with an > > initial volume size of 201 bytes and the incremental pool of 199 bytes): > > > > # # Full Tape Pool definition # Pool { Name = Full_Tape Pool Type = Backup > > Recycle = yes > > Recycle Pool = Scratch AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired > > volumes Storage = > > "ULTRIUM-HH6" Volume Retention = 365 days # Maximum Volumes = 100 > > # Limit > > number of Volumes in Pool } > > > > > > # # Incremental Pool definition # Pool { Name = Incremental_Tape Pool Type > > = Backup Recycle = yes > > Recycle Pool = Scratch AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired > > volumes Storage = > > "ULTRIUM-HH6" Volume Retention = 30 days Maximum Volumes = 100 > > # Limit number of > > Volumes in Pool } > > > > Any help you could give me would be very much appreciated. I am new to > > bareos but I am very > > impressed with its capability. Thank you, Michael > > > > > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > Philipp Storz philipp.st...@bareos.com > Bareos GmbH & Co. KG Phone: +49 221 63 06 93-92 > http://www.bareos.com Fax: +49 221 63 06 93-10 > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Köln | Amtsgericht Köln: HRA 29646 > Geschäftsführer: Stephan Dühr, M. Außendorf, > J. Steffens, P. Storz, M. v. Wieringen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bareos-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bareos-users@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.