I think we need more information.   What type of tape drives, OS,
how are the tapes drives connected.

LTO drives and tapes are 64K block in Networker by default.  The block
size error may be the whole problem..are you getting any OS errors 
when the tapes are marked full.

Robert Maiello
Pioneer Data Systems



On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:06:34 -0600, Chamkura, Balki 
<Balki.Chamkura AT SABRE DOT COM> wrote:

>All:
>
>Here are the steps I was doing,
>
>1. Label the tape,
>
>2. Start the backup. 
>
>3. The networker marks the tape as full with only 3M written.
>
> 
>
>Here is the log, and it is pointing to wrong block size.
>
> 
>
>Wed 21:00:00 piaqsvr02:/autotree saving to pool 'Default' (WED)
>
>Wed 21:00:01 media warning: /dev/rmt/0cbn writing: I/O error, at file 2
>record 53
>
>Wed 21:00:01 media notice: LTO Ultrium tape WED on /dev/rmt/0cbn is full
>
>Wed 21:00:01 media notice: LTO Ultrium tape WED used 3328 KB of 100 GB
>capacity
>
>Wed 21:00:11 media notice: Volume "WED" on device "/dev/rmt/0cbn": Block
>size is 32768 bytes not 65536 bytes. Verify the device configuration.
>Tape positioning by record is disabled.
>
>Wed 21:00:11 media info: verification of volume "WED", volid 2999302147
>succeeded.
>
>Wed 21:00:17 write completion notice: Writing to volume WED complete
>
>Wed 21:00:17 media info: Suggest manually labeling a new writable volume
>for pool 'Default'
>
>Wed 21:00:17 media waiting event: Waiting for 1 writable volumes to
>backup pool 'Default' tape(s) on piaqsvr02
>
> 
>
> 
>
>It is complaining on the block size.  How do I fix this.
>
> 
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>-Balki
>
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