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Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Is there a test for LTO-4 tapes or just pull them from service?
From: "Dan Langille" <dan () langille ! org>
Date: 2019-05-07 16:23:33
Message-ID: e262e833-6b8c-44bb-87f7-d86958f4a76c () www ! fastmail ! com
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On Mon, May 6, 2019, at 10:46 PM, John R Zoch wrote:
> I'm running Bacula 9.4.2 on an FreeNAS 11.2-U3 in an iocage jail. Attached is an \
> image from bat indicating a bunch of failed tapes. They passed the rewind - write \
> EOF test.
The rewind-write EOF test is more a test of Bacula and the tape drive, not of the \
tape itself.
That image from BAT shows the status of that tape in the Catalog. The Error could be \
for reasons other than a bad tape.
To know for sure, you need to look at the job email, or the bacula log on the system \
itself (provided there is one).
>
> Is there something I should try to make them usable again (a test/format of sorts) \
> or is the Bacula error indication sufficient that I should just pull them from \
> service?
> I've used "btape qfill" in the past but it only tests the first tape in the \
> library. I'm not certain qfill verifies the data it wrote to the tape to provide \
> some assurance that the tape is good.
Show us some of these errors and we'll know for sure if it's a tape error. It could \
be drive loading error. It wanted tape X but couldn't load it, for whatever reason.
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May 6, 2019, at 10:46 PM, John R Zoch wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" \
id="qt"><div dir="ltr"><div>I'm running Bacula 9.4.2 on an FreeNAS 11.2-U3 in an \
iocage jail. Attached is an image from bat indicating a bunch of failed \
tapes. They passed the rewind - write EOF test. <br></div><div> \
<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The rewind-write EOF test is more a \
test of Bacula and the tape drive, not of the tape \
itself.<br></div><div><br></div><div>That image from BAT shows the status of that \
tape in the Catalog. The Error could be for reasons other than a bad \
tape.<br></div><div><br></div><div>To know for sure, you need to look at the job \
email, or the bacula log on the system itself (provided there is \
one).<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt"><div \
dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Is there something I should try to make them usable \
again (a test/format of sorts) or is the Bacula error indication sufficient that I \
should just pull them from service?<br></div><div><br></div><div>I've used "btape \
qfill" in the past but it only tests the first tape in the library. I'm \
not certain qfill verifies the data it wrote to the tape to provide some assurance \
that the tape is good.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Show us some \
of these errors and we'll know for sure if it's a tape error. It could be drive \
loading error. It wanted tape X but couldn't load it, for whatever \
reason.<br></div></body></html>
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