>>>>> On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:29:46 -0600, James Woodward said:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've tried searching around a bit but I can't seem to find an answer as to
> what might cause this problem. I have qutie a few tapes that have been
> marked in error due to Invalid Tape position. I've listed the Invalid tape
> position errors as well as detail about one of the affected volumes. Has
> anyone else encountered this or have any idea's as to why it might be
> happening? For the life of me I can't figure out what the Expected 0 portion
> refers to. I thought it might refer to volfiles but those numbers don't
> always match either.
> ...
> Invalid Tape Position Errors
> # grep -i "invalid tape position" log
> 11-Mar 18:01 esqb6-sd JobId 196: Error: Invalid tape position on volume 
> "090137" on device "Drive-2" (/dev/sa2). Expected 0, got 20

Is /dev/sa2 an auto-rewinding device?  Bacula must use a no-rewinding device
(normally called /dev/nsa2 on BSD).

__Martin

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