On February 13, 2003 at 00:33, John Lawrence wrote:
> Having an issue with a Linux Storage node configuration.  (using NetWorker
> 6.1.3)
>
> Media labeled with W2K storage nodes cannot be used with Linux RedHat AS
> 2.1 storage node.  Error received is the generic tape label read I/O error
> followed by "expected volume ABC123 got NULL".
>
> Suspect this is an issue with block size because media labelled using Linux
> storage can be verified.
>
> The following entries were placed into stinit.def but have not resolved the
> issue:
>
>   manufacturer = "SEAGATE" model = "ULTRIUM06242-XXX1460" {
>
>           scsi2logical=1 can-bsr can-partitions auto-lock
>           mode1 blocksize=65536 compression=1
>           mode2 blocksize=65536 compression=1
>           mode3 blocksize=65536 compression=0
>           mode4 blocksize=65536 compression=0
>
> mt reports that:
>
> # mt -f /dev/nst0 stat
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number=0, block number=64, partition=0.
> Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (1010000):
>  ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>
> Obviously the 64K entries in stinit.def are not having an affect.  Any
> suggestions are appreciated.

Hi,

Set blocksize to 0 (dynamic) and let NetWorker set the
blocksize to it's preferred setting.

Byron

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