Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] mt Command and Tape ONLINE status

2009-02-17 05:54:46
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] mt Command and Tape ONLINE status
From: Thomas <thomas AT ic3s DOT de>
To: bacula-users <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:52:07 +0100
without tape i get this output

lenny:
time mt -f /dev/nst1 status
mt: /dev/nst1: rmtopen failed: Kein Medium gefunden

real    2m0.530s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.000s

etch
time /etc/bacula/mt -f /dev/nst1 status
/etc/bacula/mt: /dev/nst1: Kein Medium gefunden

real    0m0.016s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.000s


the new mt version needs 2 minutes ....

Arno Lehmann schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> 17.02.2009 09:48, Thomas wrote:
>> Hi List,
>>
>> yesterday i did an upgrade from etch to lenny.
>> after the update bacula was no longer able to verify
>> that the tapes are loaded correctly.
> ...
>> but the mt output shows no ONLINE
>>
>>
>> zlato:~# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>> drive type = 114
>> drive status = 1224736768
>> sense key error = 0
>> residue count = 0
>> file number = 0
>> block number = 0
>> zlato:~#
>>
>> this is the output from the etch mt:
>>
>> /etc/bacula/mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>> drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
>> drive status = 1224736768
>> sense key error = 0
>> residue count = 0
>> file number = 4
>> block number = 0
>> Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x49 (unknown).
>> Soft error count since last status=0
>> General status bits on (81010000):
>>  EOF ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>>
>>
>> zlato:~# mt --version
>> mt (GNU cpio 2.9)
>> zlato:~# /etc/bacula/mt --version
>> mt (GNU cpio 2.6)
>> zlato:~#
>>
>> zlato:~# strings /bin/mt | grep -i online
>> zlato:~# strings /etc/bacula/mt | grep -i online
>>  ONLINE
>> zlato:~#
>>
>>
>> currently i use the etch mt, but what was the correct way to use the lenny 
>> mt?
>> (compiling mt from source does not help, the output is identically to the 
>> lenny mt,
>> so it looks not like a debian problem)
> 
> This seems to be a problem because the current mt produces different 
> output... it would be best if you ran mt without a tape loaded and 
> compared the output, so we can see what actually indicates a tape 
> loaded and ready.
> 
> Arno
> 
>> Regards
>>
>> Thomas
> 

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