Hello,

as I said some times ago I tested with a QSI card :

isp0@pci0:0:7:0:        class=0x010000 card=0x53492050 chip=0x10201077
rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'QLogic Corporation'
    device     = 'QLA1020/104x Fast-Wide-SCSI "Fast!SCSI IQ" Host
Adapter'
    class      = mass storage
    subclass   = SCSI

and I've still the same problem :

*messages
03-Dec 20:05 gemini-sd JobId 1: End of Volume "Full-Tape-0001" at
145:5656 on device "Sony SDX-700C" (/dev/nsa0). Write of 64512 bytes got
5644.

03-Dec 20:05 gemini-sd JobId 1: Error: Error writing final EOF to tape.
This Volume may not be readable.
dev.c:1681 ioctl MTWEOF error on "Sony SDX-700C" (/dev/nsa0).
ERR=Input/output error.

03-Dec 20:05 gemini-sd JobId 1: End of medium on Volume "Full-Tape-0001"
Bytes=145,355,599,872 Blocks=2,253,155 at 03-Dec-2008 20:05.

03-Dec 20:05 gemini-dir JobId 1: Created new Volume "Full-Tape-0002" in
catalog.

03-Dec 20:07 gemini-sd JobId 1: Please mount Volume "Full-Tape-0002" or
label a new one for:

If I take a look at the kernel output I can see :

(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): WRITE FILEMARKS. CDB: 10 0 0 0 1 0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:1 asc:52,0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retries Exhausted
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): WRITE FILEMARKS. CDB: 10 0 0 0 2 0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR info:2 asc:52,0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retries Exhausted
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data)
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data)
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retries Exhausted
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data)
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data)
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): REWIND. CDB: 1 0 0 0 0 0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:52,0
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Cartridge fault
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): Retries Exhausted
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): unable to rewind after test read
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): unable to rewind after test read
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): unable to rewind after test read
(sa0:isp0:0:5:0): unable to rewind after test read

If you have any idea ... it's welcome :-)

Could it be a bug in Bacula ?

Regards,
Julien

On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 10:37 +0000, Alan Brown wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Julien Cigar wrote:
> 
> > Yes the SCSI card is an Adaptec
> 
> Which model and revision?
> 
> Several older Adaptec scsi HBAs are _very_ sensitive to scsi bus
> termination and length issues.
> 
> AB
> 
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