[Bacula-users] Occasional read error when labelling tapes in autochanger

Hi,

Firstly, thanks for Bacula - we have been using it on various environments for a number of years and it performs very well.

I have most recently installed it on a machine running SuSE Linux Enterprise 10, patch-level 1. I downloaded the Bacula 2.4.3 source, added the 2.4.3-orphaned-jobs.patch and compiled using gcc 4.1.2. We are using the MySQL database backend (MySQL v5.0.26).

Bacula is configured to use a HP Storageworks MSL2024 tape library / autochanger. I concluded all of the tests as described in the install document including using btape fill and btape auto to test. All completed without errors.

Furthermore, I've conducted some test backups of the entire system without problems. I have encountered an error/warning while labelling tapes. I've been labelling all 24 tapes in the changer - the error only showed up around tape no. 8 and is as follows

*label
Automatically selected Storage: LTO-4
Enter new Volume name: weekly005
Enter slot (0 or Enter for none): 11
Defined Pools:
     1: Nightly
     2: Weekly
     3: Archive
Select the Pool (1-3): 2
Connecting to Storage daemon LTO-4 at manager1:9103 ...
Sending label command for Volume "weekly005" Slot 11 ...
3307 Issuing autochanger "unload slot 10, drive 0" command.
3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 11, drive 0" command.
3305 Autochanger "load slot 11, drive 0", status is OK.
block.c:999 Read error on fd=5 at file:blk 0:0 on device "LTO-4" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error.
3000 OK label. VolBytes=64512 DVD=0 Volume="weekly005" Device="LTO-4" (/dev/nst0)
Catalog record for Volume "weekly005", Slot 11 successfully created.
Requesting to mount LTO-4 ...
3001 Device "LTO-4" (/dev/nst0) is mounted with Volume "weekly005"

Note the "Read error" near the bottom. The label operation seems to complete without problems (the tapes are correctly labelled) and subsequent backups work fine. But should I be concerned about this message or can I safely ignore it?

Thanks,

-stephen

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