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  • Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

  • Bacula Cannot Open the Device
  • Incorrect File Number
  • Incorrect Number of Blocks or Positioning Errors
  • Linux: Setting Tape Modes Properly
  • Tape Hardware Compression and Blocking Size
  • Using btape to Simulate Filling Tape
  • Recovering Files Written with Fixed Block Sizes
  • Autochanger Errors
  • Syslog Errors

See also

Go back to:

  • Get Your Tape Drive Working

  • btape

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