I have a recently configured Proxmox Backup Server currently with an IBM ULT3580-HH6 single-tape LTO6 drive writing to LTO5 media. All packages appear to be up to date with the "no-subscription" repo.
I've gotten it to back up to tape once, so I think it's working, but I get a strange error message every time I reload a tape.
Steps:
At first I thought I might have been hitting Reload too soon and the tape was still busy with the reload process, but this seems to be reproducible whether I wait several minutes before clicking refresh after load or whether I double click refresh immediately after the mechanics stop whirring. Always on the second Reload the tape information shows.
This is reproducible whether the loaded tape was already reformatted by Proxmox, a previously used PBS backup tape, or a tape previously used by a different backup package that needs reformatting
Anyone else seen this / is this expected behavior?
Error message screenshot:
I've gotten it to back up to tape once, so I think it's working, but I get a strange error message every time I reload a tape.
Steps:
- Physically eject previous tape via PBS or front panel button
(the option used does not appear to affect outcome) - Click "Reload" on the PBS Tape Drive screen
(if skipped does not appear to affect outcome) - Insert new tape
- If I click "Reload" here, the drive will report "Loading" (no error)
- (wait for mechanical sounds to stop)
- Click "Reload" on the PBS Tape Drive screen
- Error message visible on right:
Code:Bad Request (400) mode sense(10) failed - Unit Attention, Additional sense: Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed
- Error message visible on right:
- Click "Reload" again (immediately or after a delay)
- Error message disappears, tape information as read from drive appears
At first I thought I might have been hitting Reload too soon and the tape was still busy with the reload process, but this seems to be reproducible whether I wait several minutes before clicking refresh after load or whether I double click refresh immediately after the mechanics stop whirring. Always on the second Reload the tape information shows.
This is reproducible whether the loaded tape was already reformatted by Proxmox, a previously used PBS backup tape, or a tape previously used by a different backup package that needs reformatting
Anyone else seen this / is this expected behavior?
Error message screenshot:
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