Christoph Haas wrote:
>Package: bacula-sd
>Version: 1.36.2-2sarge1
>Severity: important
>
>Backup jobs are failing when using my DDS-3 streamer when there is no tape
>inserted at the beginning of the backup. The job is instantly cancelled
>with these error messages:
>
>======
>03-Nov 08:11 torf-dir: Start Backup JobId 206,
>Job=BackupCatalog.2005-11-03_08.10.00
>
>03-Nov 08:13 torf-sd: BackupCatalog.2005-11-03_08.10.00 Fatal error:
>device.c:317 Unable to open device /dev/nst0. ERR=dev.c:289 stored: unable
>to open device /dev/nst0: ERR=Input/output error
>
>03-Nov 08:13 torf-fd: BackupCatalog.2005-11-03_08.10.00 Fatal error:
>job.c:1665 Bad response to Append Data command. Wanted 3000 OK data
>, got 3903 Error append data
>
>03-Nov 08:13 torf-dir: BackupCatalog.2005-11-03_08.10.00 Error: Bacula
>1.36.2 (28Feb05): 03-Nov-2005 08:13:26
>======
>
>Kern Sibbald - the upstream developer - wrote on the mailing list:
>
>======
>It looks like you stumbled into a change they made in the 2.6 kernel, which
>will undoubtely cause a lot of people a *lot* of pain. The change prohibits
>a program from opening a drive in read/write mode if there is no volume in
>the drive.
>
>If this is what is causing your problem, you can solve it by:
>1. Ensuring that there is some tape in the drive befort starting the SD,
> and before issuing a "mount" command in the console.
>2. Upgrade to version 1.38.0 (you might wait for a Win32 fix if you have
> Win32 clients).
>======
>
>So the package seems to be unusable by everyone who uses tapes for backups,
>runs a 2.6 Linux kernel and has no tape inserted in the drive when the
>backup starts. Of course I would love to see a fix for this problem even in
>Sarge if possible. Perhaps upstream can deliver a patch for the 1.36.2
>version?
>
>
It would be nice, but i'm not positive that it really is feasible... why
don't you ask? who knows, it might work....
(if it is indeed produced, i would prepare an 'stable update' including it)
Thank you.
Best,
J.L.
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