LTO tape question

Frank Cherry

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Jan 13, 2021, 1:37:04 AM1/13/21

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Hi there,

when I have a tape for daily incremental beackups, is there a way to configure, that the tape
not rewinds to the BOT after finish the incremental backup?

In SD, the tape is set as device:

Device {
Name = LTO7-Tape-Drive
Drive Index = 0
Media Type = LTO-7
Archive Device = /dev/nst0
LabelMedia = yes;
AutomaticMount = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
AlwaysOpen = no;
RandomAccess = no;
Spool Directory = /backup_spool/spool
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
Maximum FileSize = 20GB
}

Thanks, Frank

DUCARROZ Birgit

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Jan 13, 2021, 7:09:38 AM1/13/21

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Hi,

Yes, try to set AlwaysOpen = no

Regards,
Birgit

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Frank Kirschner | Celebrate Records GmbH

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Jan 13, 2021, 7:32:23 AM1/13/21

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Thanks Birgit, will try it.

best regards, Frank

DUCARROZ Birgit

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Jan 13, 2021, 7:38:01 AM1/13/21

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Hi,

I don't know what I saw :-/ but I see you already have AlwaysOpen = no

and /dev/nst0 normally is also okay. At the moment I am stumped as to
what else it could be.
Hoping someone else could help you.

Regards,
Birgit

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DUCARROZ Birgit

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Jan 13, 2021, 7:38:36 AM1/13/21

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Hi,

I don't know what I saw :-/ but I see you already have AlwaysOpen = no

and /dev/nst0 normally is also okay. At the moment I am stumped as to
what else it could be.
Hoping someone else could help you.

Regards,
Birgit

Frank Cherry

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Jan 14, 2021, 3:26:04 AM1/14/21

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Additional observation:

I insert the required tape into the drive

-> the drive loads the tape

I start incremential backup job
-> the drive is moving the tape to end of data

Spooling datas starts
-> after some time, the drive rewinds the tape back to the cardridge

(is there a drive idle and can I configure it?)

Spooling is finished
-> the drive is moving the tape to end of data
-> despooling starts.