Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Is tape filling up too early?

2012-10-19 14:09:36
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Is tape filling up too early?
From: Sergio Belkin <sebelk AT gmail DOT com>
To: bacula-users <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:06:59 -0300
2012/10/19 Radosław Korzeniewski <radoslaw AT korzeniewski DOT net>:
> Hello,
>
> 2012/10/19 Sergio Belkin <sebelk AT gmail DOT com>
>>
>> 2012/10/19 Radosław Korzeniewski <radoslaw AT korzeniewski DOT net>:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > 2012/10/18 Sergio Belkin <sebelk AT gmail DOT com>
>> >>
>> >> [root@superback ~]#  mt -f /dev/nst0 compression 1
>> >> [root@superback ~]# tapeinfo -f /dev/sg0
>> >> Product Type: Disk Drive
>> >> Vendor ID: 'ServeRA '
>> >> Product ID: 'Supernoc Mirror '
>> >
>> >
>> > Are you sure that /dev/sg0 is your tape drive?
>> >
>>
>> Interesting:
>>
>>
>>
>> tapeinfo -f /dev/sg4
>> Product Type: Tape Drive
>> Vendor ID: 'IBM     '
>> Product ID: 'HH LTO Gen 3    '
>> Revision: '76B0'
>> Attached Changer: No
>> SerialNumber: '1020024392'
>> TapeAlert[20]:    Clean Now: The tape drive neads cleaning NOW.
>> TapeAlert[21]:Clean Periodic:The tape drive needs to be cleaned at
>> next opportunity.
>> TapeAlert[39]:Undefined.
>> MinBlock:1
>> MaxBlock:16777215
>> SCSI ID: 2
>> SCSI LUN: 0
>> Ready: yes
>> BufferedMode: yes
>> Medium Type: 0x38
>> Density Code: 0x44
>> BlockSize: 0
>> DataCompEnabled: yes
>> DataCompCapable: yes
>> DataDeCompEnabled: yes
>> CompType: 0x1
>> DeCompType: 0x1
>> BOP: yes
>> Block Position: 0
>>
>>
>> Messages TapeAlert are strange. I rerun and the alerts dissapeared!
>>
>
> Why do you think above TapeAlert messages are strange?
> You have to clean a tape drive with a dedicated cleaning tape cartridge.
>
>>
>> Is that a problem of the tape or of the tape drive
>
>
> Tape drive which should be cleaned.
>
> best regards
> --
> Radosław Korzeniewski
> radoslaw AT korzeniewski DOT net


OK, and any idea why did the alert disappeared when I run at second time?
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