Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Bad autochanger errors on Bacula 5.0.2

2010-08-09 18:58:21
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bad autochanger errors on Bacula 5.0.2
From: Win Htin <win.htin AT gmail DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:55:51 -0400
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I am trying to setup a new IBM TS3200 library running on CentOS 5.5 64
>> bit. The Bacula version is 5.0.2 and the tape drives are LTO4s. I have
>> successfully setup a couple of other exact type libraries in the past
>> and had no issues albeit running older Bacula 2.4.X version. I went
>> through exact same steps I have kept as my documentation and it is
>> stumping me at the last stage where I cannot label the new tapes. I
>> noticed in the older version mtx-changer did not read mtx-changer.conf
>> file. I tried to compare the two and adjusted as necessary but still
>> no go. Any ideas? TIA.
>>
>> ## Error message from bconsole:
>> *label barcodes Storage=TS3200_1_DRV1 Pool=Scratch Slots=1
>> Connecting to Storage daemon TS3200_1_DRV1 at baculaserver:9103 ...
>> 3306 Issuing autochanger "slots" command.
>> Device "LTO4_1" has 47 slots.
>> Connecting to Storage daemon TS3200_1_DRV1 at baculaserver:9103 ...
>> 3306 Issuing autochanger "list" command.
>> The following Volumes will be labeled:
>> Slot  Volume
>> ==============
>>     1  000001
>> Do you want to label these Volumes? (yes|no): yes
>> Connecting to Storage daemon TS3200_1_DRV1 at baculaserver:9103 ...
>> Sending label command for Volume "000001" 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 000001.
>>
>>
>> ## mtx.log shows:
>> 20100806-14:14:30 Parms: /dev/sg22 loaded 1 /dev/nst0 0
>> 20100806-14:14:30 Doing mtx -f /dev/sg22 0 -- to find what is loaded
>> 20100806-14:14:30 Parms: /dev/sg22 load 1 /dev/nst0 0
>> 20100806-14:14:30 Doing mtx -f /dev/sg22 load 1 0
>> 20100806-14:15:16 The return value for load is 0
>> 20100806-14:15:16 Device /dev/nst0 - not ready, retrying...
>> 20100806-14:15:17 Device /dev/nst0 - not ready, retrying...
>> 20100806-14:15:18 Device /dev/nst0 - not ready, retrying...
>
> mtx-changer is a starting point. Sometimes it requires customization.
>
> See http://www.freebsddiary.org/tape-library.php for how I customized my
> copy.
>
> --
> Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

Turms out the fiber zones were assigned improperly. What I see as
/dev/st0 actually was drive 2 on the tape library and vice versa.
Remapping the drives in bacula-sd.conf fixed the issue. Thank you all
for your input.

Win

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by 

Make an app they can't live without
Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge
http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev 
_______________________________________________
Bacula-users mailing list
Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>