> I am using Bacula 5.0.1 running on an Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit server with a Dell
> PowerVault TL2000 tape library attached via a SAS controller. In the
> library are two LTO4 drives and I am using LTO4 media. From a backup over
> the weekend I found the following message in the bacula log:
>
>
>
> utility-sd JobId 377: End of medium on Volume "000032" Bytes=843,378,278,400
> Blocks=13,073,199 at 14-Apr-2012 19:45
>
>
>
> I was hoping to get more than 843GB on a tape that can hold 800GB without
> compression. I guess I can go to two tapes for this backup in the future
> but I would sure hate to spend money on more tapes. Has anyone run into a
> similar situation?
>
Is your data already compressed (most pictures, video or audio files,
zip files ...) ? Remember you do generally do not gain much by
compressing data 2 (or more times).
If that is not the case check for HW errors in your dmesg. Bacula will
assume the tape is at the end when it hits a write error.
John
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