Dan,

--On 23. November 2008 16:49:46 -0500 Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org> 
wrote:

>
> On Nov 23, 2008, at 4:59 AM, Dirk H. Schulz wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> is it possible to have Bacula write to Tandberg's firewire VXA
>> StorageLoader?
>
> How does the device present itself to the OS?

How do I find out?

> If it appears as a SCSI
> tape device, then it *should* work
>
>> And if yes, has someone tested that on MacOS X or Linux? Anyone out
>> there
>> using this storage loader regularly?
>>
>> I have to test this storage loader as a backup device, and tests with
>> Retrospect and PresSTORE are unsatisfying so far; I would like to
>> find out
>> if the storage loader is simply unreliable or if the support for it
>> in the
>> named software is poor.
>
> What was unsatisfying?

Loading tapes can take very long (30 Minutes are not the peak), there is 
quite frequent errors (Retrospect claims the catalogue being not in sync 
with the tapes, PresSTORE has frequent difficulties re-reading used tapes).
The storage loader has been sent to Tandberg and repaired already (they 
changed the mother board), but these symptomes are the same like before.

Dirk

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