I set stream_recording off yesterday and did a run at the end of the day. The screen output appeared that it worked OK. Then the cron ran the script this morning and it took over 2 hours. But it failed again, however in different locations.
xorriso : UPDATE : 2375392 blocks read in 951 seconds , 1.5xB xorriso : UPDATE : 2378752 blocks read in 952 seconds , 1.5xB libburn : SORRY : SCSI error on read_10(2379264,32): [3 11 05] Medium error. L-EC uncorrectable error. xorriso : UPDATE : 2379296 blocks read in 957 seconds , 0.0xB xorriso : UPDATE : 2382496 blocks read in 958 seconds , 1.5xB and xorriso : UPDATE : 9321120 blocks read in 2559 seconds , 2.1xB xorriso : UPDATE : 9325696 blocks read in 2560 seconds , 2.1xB libburn : SORRY : SCSI error on read_10(9329312,32): [3 11 05] Medium error. L-EC uncorrectable error. xorriso : UPDATE : 9329344 blocks read in 2563 seconds , 0.6xB xorriso : UPDATE : 9331904 blocks read in 2564 seconds , 1.2xB and xorriso : UPDATE : 10593k blocks read in 2897 seconds , 2.1xB xorriso : UPDATE : 10598k blocks read in 2898 seconds , 2.1xB libburn : SORRY : SCSI error on read_10(10856736,32): [3 11 05] Medium error. L-EC uncorrectable error. xorriso : UPDATE : 10602k blocks read in 2901 seconds , 0.7xB xorriso : UPDATE : 10604k blocks read in 2902 seconds , 1.0xB This is exactly the same media and drive as earlier. The problems in different locations. That has been typical of all the media as well. I have not placed any stickers or labels on the media that can cause balance issues. The final results of check media below. Sorry about the output being so long. I suspect the good/slow items are again the media. It reports 4 as unreadable so I must have missed one. xorriso : UPDATE : 12362k blocks read in 3523 seconds , 2.1xB xorriso : UPDATE : 12363k blocks read in 3523 seconds = 1.6xB Media checks : lba , size , quality Media region : 0 , 1760 , + good Media region : 1760 , 32 , + slow Media region : 1792 , 2377472 , + good Media region : 2379264 , 32 , - unreadable Media region : 2379296 , 1014944 , + good Media region : 3394240 , 32 , - unreadable Media region : 3394272 , 32 , + slow Media region : 3394304 , 960 , + good Media region : 3395264 , 32 , + slow Media region : 3395296 , 960 , + good Media region : 3396256 , 32 , + slow Media region : 3396288 , 960 , + good Media region : 3397248 , 32 , + slow Media region : 3397280 , 960 , + good Media region : 3398240 , 32 , + slow Media region : 3398272 , 960 , + good Media region : 3399232 , 32 , + slow Media region : 3399264 , 5930048 , + good Media region : 9329312 , 32 , - unreadable Media region : 9329344 , 1527392 , + good Media region 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, + slow Media region : 12028768 , 768 , + good Media region : 12029536 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12029568 , 13504 , + good Media region : 12043072 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12043104 , 12640 , + good Media region : 12055744 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12055776 , 5696 , + good Media region : 12061472 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12061504 , 26144 , + good Media region : 12087648 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12087680 , 9696 , + good Media region : 12097376 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12097408 , 1600 , + good Media region : 12099008 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12099040 , 3648 , + good Media region : 12102688 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12102720 , 2816 , + good Media region : 12105536 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12105568 , 16288 , + good Media region : 12121856 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12121888 , 28960 , + good Media region : 12150848 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12150880 , 43456 , + good Media region : 12194336 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12194368 , 35776 , + good Media region : 12230144 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12230176 , 46240 , + good Media region : 12276416 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12276448 , 29952 , + good Media region : 12306400 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12306432 , 52192 , + good Media region : 12358624 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12358656 , 19776 , + good Media region : 12378432 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12378464 , 5632 , + good Media region : 12384096 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12384128 , 11680 , + good Media region : 12395808 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12395840 , 10848 , + good Media region : 12406688 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12406720 , 20992 , + good Media region : 12427712 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12427744 , 60832 , + good Media region : 12488576 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12488608 , 38912 , + good Media region : 12527520 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12527552 , 38944 , + good Media region : 12566496 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12566528 , 768 , + good Media region : 12567296 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12567328 , 768 , + good Media region : 12568096 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12568128 , 18048 , + good Media region : 12586176 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12586208 , 2720 , + good Media region : 12588928 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12588960 , 10016 , + good Media region : 12598976 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12599008 , 1568 , + good Media region : 12600576 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12600608 , 6368 , + good Media region : 12606976 , 32 , + slow Media region : 12607008 , 52282 , + good Media region : 12659290 , 10993062 , 0 untested xorriso : NOTE : Tolerated problem event of severity 'SORRY' xorriso : NOTE : -return_with SORRY 32 triggered by problem severity SORRY I also suspected the drive since this is a new machine I just built to replace the old backup server. So I tried the USB drive from the old server but had the same problem. The USB drive had a separate power supply as well. So I then had to conclude it was the media. That is why I purchased another set and found the "for Data" thinking it was higher standards. Overall the same problem continues. At the present time I am of the opinion that BD-RE is just too unreliable to continue working with it for data purposes. I might try another method of using the media like a tape drive by writing the tar file directly. I think xorriso will do that from the man page. Thank you for your consideration and assistance, James On Wed, 2017-08-16 at 23:17 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > > > > libburn : SORRY : SCSI error on read_10(297920,32): [3 11 05] > > Medium error. L-EC uncorrectable error. > That's bad news for your hardware. A data chunk of 64 KiB did not > match > its inner checksums. So the drive refuses to hand out these 64 KiB. > > You would have to try the media in other drives to get an impression > whether it's the media or your drive which are to blame. > > > > > > Media checks : lba , size , quality > > Media region : 297824 , 32 , - unreadable > > Media region : 297920 , 32 , - unreadable > > Media region : 298048 , 32 , - unreadable > Just three unreadable chunks, quite near together. Not even 600 MiB > away > from the medium start. > > If it was necessary you could copy the damaged image to a data file > on > hard disk (e.g. $HOME/bdre.img): > > xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -check_media data_to="$HOME"/bdre.img -- > > You could even try several times or on several BD drives by having a > file bdre.map which records which blocks were read successfully and > which are yet missing in bdre.img: > > xorriso \ > -indev /dev/sr0 \ > -check_media data_to="$HOME"/bdre.img > sector_map="$HOME"/bdre.map -- > > The already successfully read blocks will not be tried again. > One may carry medium, bdre.img, and bdre.map from computer to > computer > in order to find a drive which can read the missing blocks. > > The fact that command -indev did work shows that the directory tree > is > not hit by the bad spots. > So, perfectly restored or not, the file bdre.img should be mountable > and the damaged tar archive should be readable. Dunno what tar will > do > when it encounters 64 KiB of zeros in the middle of an archive where > it > would expect some of its metadata. > This is a good opportunity to practice for a case of media which are > ok > after recording but turn out to be slightly rotten much later. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > But well, this is also the classic situation for Defect Management: > Some few bad spots on a large, elsewise good medium. > > So you should try with one of the problematic media whether it works > slowly but correctly if you set > > -stream_recording "off" > > It might be that Defect Management goes mad and lets the drive gnaw > endlessly not only on the bad spots above, but also on many other > spots. > Or it might be that you have a rare case where Defect Management > fulfills > the hopes which it stirs up. > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas >