Networker

Re: [Networker] Failed to read 65536 byte block with 32768 byte read

2006-07-04 06:57:07
Subject: Re: [Networker] Failed to read 65536 byte block with 32768 byte read
From: Scott Russell <lnxgeek AT US.IBM DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 06:50:26 -0400
Oscar Olsson wrote:
On 2006-07-03 08:14, Bernd Gotschy revealed:

BG> we see this error in /var/log/messages of our
BG> Linux SLES 8, Kernel 2.4.21. It is a Networker
BG> 7.2.1 backup server with AIT 2 tapes. Backups and
BG> recoveries work. BG> Any idea what this error means? Is this a critical BG> error?

We see the following with SLES9 and SAIt-1 tapes. Hasn't got us into any problem so far. Guess its more or less cosmetic:

st2: Failed to read 65536 byte block with 32768 byte transfer.

Also seen on Red Hat 7.3 through RHEL 4. On Linux this is normal when the end of a tape is encountered.

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Scott Russell <lnxgeek AT us.ibm DOT com>
IBM Linux Technology Center, System Admin

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