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From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Ultrium 480 / Ultrium 448
To: Sauron99 AT gmx DOT de


On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 8:44 AM,  <Sauron99 AT gmx DOT de> wrote:
> Hello again!
> Im sorry it is a HP Storage Works Ultrium 448 Tape Streamer not 480.
>
> That´s the error I get:
>
> St0: Current: sense key: Hardware Error
>     Additional sense: Internet target failure Info fld=0xfc00
>
>
> So what´s the problem with it ? I don´t think that the TapeStreamer is broken 
> but how should I test ?
>
Could be tape busy ..

>
> Hello,
> Im new on this list and as you can imagine I need your help ;).
> At the moment Im trying to get Bacula up and running. So I have buyed a new 
> HP Server and a HP Ultrium 480 TapeStreamer.
>
> Now Im trying to install Bacula on my Debian Etch Server with the Standard 
> .deb Packages and I don´t get the TapeStreamer running.
>
> See what happens
>
>
> "root@Maschine:~# btape -c /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf /dev/st0 Tape block 
> granularity is 1024 bytes.
> btape: butil.c:272 Using device: "/dev/st0" for writing.
> btape: btape.c:338 open device "Ultrium480" (/dev/st0): OK *test
>
> === Write, rewind, and re-read test ===
>
> I'm going to write 1000 records and an EOF then write 1000 records and an 
> EOF, then rewind, and re-read the data to verify that it is correct.
>
> This is an *essential* feature ...
>
> 23-Jul 15:39 btape: btape Error: block.c:538 Write error at 0:1 on device 
> "Ultrium480" (/dev/st0). ERR=Eingabe-/Ausgabefehler."
>
> Well Im not really sure if my Ultrium480 is /dev/st0 or /dev/nst0, but
>
You should always pick nst0 over st0 because st0 means that the tape
will have to rewind after each operation and bacula expects the tape
not to do that so this can lead to unreadable / corrupt tapes.

John

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