Re: [Bacula-users] Can't label a new tape

[Phil S. <al...@ca...>]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 10:58:37AM -0600, Justin Rush wrote:
> I am running Bacula Version: 1.32f (31 Dec 2003).  I was having a 
> problem getting bacula to recognize the label on a tape so I deleted the 
> volume from the media pool and erased the tape using mt -f /dev/st0 
> erase.  Now I am having problems labeling the tape in Bacula... I get 
> the following error:
> 
> *label
> Automatically selected Storage: VXA
> FIVEr new Volume name:
> Automatically selected Pool: Default
> Connecting to Storage daemon VXA at clark.scout.wisc.edu:9103 ...
> Sending label command for Volume "FIVE" Slot 0 ...
> Write error at 0:0 on device /dev/nst0. ERR=Input/output error.
> askdir.c:159 NULL Volume name. This shouldn't happen!!!
> Backspace record at EOT failed. ERR=Input/output error
> 3000 OK label. Volume=FIVE Device=/dev/nst0
> Catalog record for Volume "FIVE", Slot 0  successfully created.
> Requesting mount Tape ...
> 3001 Device /dev/nst0 is mounted with Volume ""
> 
> Anyone know why I am having problems ?


No, but the first thing I'd try is to start up bsmtp, weof the tape,
then label it with bsmtp, then remount it with Bacula.  If you really
want to be safe, run a bsmtp test on the tape.  I had to toss a VXA tape
recently because it developed read errors in the header block of the
first tape file, but it didn't show up on write.

(After ... oh my ...  about five years of use, I should probably replace
my entire tape pool, but I can't afford to.)


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