Hi,

14.02.2010 22:49, shouldbe q931 wrote:
> erm, high embarrassment mode
> 
> mt wasn't installed...

I guess you're not the first to run into that sort of problem :-)

> [root@sp-mirror-02 ~]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
> Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x44 (no translation).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (41010000):
>  BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
> 
> 
> however I think that some responsibility lies elsewhere, shouldn't the
> bacula install rpm require mt as a pre-req ?

Well, that's a difficult questions - either you force people only 
doing disk backups to install mt (and mtx, though that requirement is 
under discussion, perhaps even removed already), or you leave that 
part of the system setup to the administrator.

However, in the (currently rather hidden) chapter on "Testing your 
tape drive", which is clearly pointed to from the "Getting started 
with Bacula" part of the manual, mt is referenced as a tool to use 
before going into production. Had you followed the manual, you would 
have noticed that mt is missing earlier...

For reference: 
http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html

Cheers,

Arno

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Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück
www.its-lehmann.de

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