>>>>> On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:30:36 -0600, James Woodward said:
>
> Hello,
>
> I haven't seen anything about using nsa devices to use over something like
> an sa device. I did a bit of a search but haven't seen anything that really
> explains that portion to me.
http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Storage_Daemon_Configuratio.html#SECTION002030000000000000000
http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/problems/problems/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00413000000000000000
Also, all of the examples use non-rewind devices.
> When I set these up I did see a recommendation to use the pass through
> devices e.g pass0, pass1, pass2, pass3. I don't remember the specifics but
> the passthrough devices themselves seemed to be problematic.
Yes, the passthrough devices shouldn't be used for data transfer. They should
be used to control an autochanger robot.
> I ran through all the btape tests recommended in the manual when we did the
> initial set up and all the tests did pass.
>
> The Bacula config files are quite different from the older ones. I didn't
> think this type of issue would really come down to any of these as a
> potential problem. I will provide the config info for one of my devices from
> the sd. They are all pretty much the same except for the Name, Drive Index,
> and Archive Device.
>
> The way the message is worded it sounds like Bacula didn't think there
> should be any information on the tape and it found some so it marked the
> volume with error. I'm just not sure why that would happen unless it isn't
> able to query the database properly.
The message doesn't necessarily mean that. It is comparing a value in memory
with the position on the tape, so there are other explanations. E.g. Bacula
tried to rewind the tape but the hardware/OS refused. E.g. the hardware/OS
returned 0 incorrectly when Bacula set the value in memory from the tape
position in the past.
It could also be a bug in Bacula.
You could try running the bacula-sd with debug level 200, which might show
more info about how the unexpected value was set.
> If it would be helpful I could make my configs available without passwords
> or client configs as well as the set up steps I put together when building
> the server.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> James
>
> ----
>
> Device {
> Name = Drive-0
> Drive Index = 0
> Media Type = LTO4
> Archive Device = /dev/sa0
> Autoselect = yes #(default)
> Automatic Mount = yes
> AlwaysOpen = yes #(default)
> RemovableMedia = yes #(default)
> RandomAccess = no
> Requires Mount = no #(default)
> AutoChanger = yes
> Hardware End of Medium = no #(not default, FFSF & !HEoM is common)
> Fast Forward Space File = yes
> BSF at EOM = yes #(not default, necessary)
> Backward Space Record = no #(not default)
> Backward Space File = no #(not default)
> TWO EOF = yes #(not default)
> Maximum File Size = 4GB #(def is 1GB but > reduces stops to write EOF)
> Device Type = Tape
> Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'"
> Spool Directory = /spool
> Maximum Spool Size = 3800G
> Maximum Job Spool Size = 800G
> }
This looks OK, though you may not need the two eofs model.
I use the following for an HP LTO1 drive on FreeBSD 8:
Archive Device = /dev/nsa0
AutomaticMount = yes
AlwaysOpen = yes
Maximum Open Wait = 10
Offline On Unmount = no
Hardware End of Medium = no
BSF at EOM = no
Backward Space Record = yes
Backward Space File = yes
Fast Forward Space File = yes
TWO EOF = no
Beware though that tapes written with different values of TWO EOF are not
compatible with each other.
__Martin
>
>
>
>
> On 2011-07-07, at 9:21 AM, Martin Simmons wrote:
>
> >>>>>> On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:07:32 -0600, James Woodward said:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Our older production servers are running FreeBSD 7.2 and Bacula 3.0.2.
> >>
> >> This particular server with the this issue is running FreeBSD 8.1 and
> >> Bacula
> >> 5.0.3 installed from the packages.
> >
> > OK, so it could be an OS bug too.
> >
> > Using /dev/sa2 on FreeBSD is not advisable -- can you try it with /dev/nsa2
> > instead?
> >
> > What is the Device config for this drive in bacula-sd.conf? Is that
> > identical
> > to the production machines?
> >
> > Have you tried running the btape test?
> >
> > __Martin
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> James
> >>
> >> On 2011-07-07, at 8:41 AM, Martin Simmons wrote:
> >>
> >>>>>>>> On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:04:50 -0600, James Woodward said:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello Martin,
> >>>>
> >>>> It's a Dell L500 and does not auto rewind. We have another 5 identical
> >>>> ones
> >>>> in production but they are running an older version of Bacula. This
> >>>> seems to
> >>>> be new to us with Bacula 5.0.3.
> >>>
> >>> It's true, "Expected 0, got 20" sounds like the opposite problem.
> >>>
> >>> Which operating system is running on the SD and is that the same in
> >>> production?
> >>>
> >>> __Martin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for the reply.
> >>>>
> >>>> James
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2011-07-07, at 4:28 AM, Martin Simmons wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> 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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