sa(4) driver changes available for test
Kenneth D. Merry
ken at FreeBSD.ORG
Mon Mar 2 02:30:01 UTC 2015
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 19:41:07 -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
>
> > On Mar 1, 2015, at 7:31 PM, Kenneth D. Merry <ken at FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 19:15:05 -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Feb 17, 2015, at 1:36 PM, Kenneth D. Merry <ken at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 18:22:43 -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Feb 13, 2015, at 7:32 PM, Kenneth D. Merry <ken at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have a fairly large set of changes to the sa(4) driver and mt(1) driver
> >>>>> that I'm planning to commit in the near future.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A description of the changes is here and below in this message.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you have tape hardware and the inclination, I'd appreciate testing and
> >>>>> feedback.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have a DLT 8000 and an SDLT 220.
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't have anything running current, but I have a spare machine which I could use for testing.
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you see any value is tests with that hardware? I'd be testing it via Bacula.
> >>>>
> >>>> disclosure: I'm the sysutils/bacula-* maintainer and a Bacula committer.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Actually, yes. Bacula is a bit tricky to configure, so your trying it out
> >>> would be helpful if you have the time.
> >>>
> >>> In looking at the manuals for both the SDLT 220 and the DLT 8000, they both
> >>> claim to support long position information for the SCSI READ POSITION
> >>> command.
> >>>
> >>> You can see what I'm talking about by doing:
> >>>
> >>> mt eod
> >>> mt status
> >>>
> >>> On my DDS-4 tape drive, this shows:
> >>>
> >>> # mt -f /dev/nsa3 status
> >>> Drive: sa3: <SEAGATE DAT 06240-XXX 8071> Serial Number: HJ00YWY
> >>> ---------------------------------
> >>> Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression
> >>> Current: 0x26:DDS-4 1024 bytes 97000 enabled (DCLZ)
> >>> ---------------------------------
> >>> Current Driver State: at rest.
> >>> ---------------------------------
> >>> Partition: 0 Calc File Number: -1 Calc Record Number: -1
> >>> Residual: 0 Reported File Number: -1 Reported Record Number: -1
> >>> Flags: None
> >>>
> >>> But on an LTO-5, which will give long position information, I get:
> >>>
> >>> [root at doc ~]# mt status
> >>> Drive: sa0: <IBM ULTRIUM-HH5 E4J1>
> >>> ---------------------------------
> >>> Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression
> >>> Current: 0x58:LTO-5 variable 384607 enabled (0x1)
> >>> ---------------------------------
> >>> Current Driver State: at rest.
> >>> ---------------------------------
> >>> Partition: 0 Calc File Number: 2 Calc Record Number: -1
> >>> Residual: 0 Reported File Number: 2 Reported Record Number: 32373
> >>> Flags: None
> >>>
> >>> That, in combination with the changes I made to the position information
> >>> code in the driver, mean that even the old MTIOCGET ioctl should return an
> >>> accurate file number at end of data. e.g., on the LTO-5:
> >>>
> >>> [root at doc ~]# mt ostatus
> >>> Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression
> >>> Current: 0x58:LTO-5 variable 384607 0x1
> >>> ---------available modes---------
> >>> 0: 0x58:LTO-5 variable 384607 0x1
> >>> 1: 0x58:LTO-5 variable 384607 0x1
> >>> 2: 0x58:LTO-5 variable 384607 0x1
> >>> 3: 0x58:LTO-5 variable 384607 0x1
> >>> ---------------------------------
> >>> Current Driver State: at rest.
> >>> ---------------------------------
> >>> File Number: 2 Record Number: -1 Residual Count -1
> >>>
> >>> So the thing to try, in addition to just making sure that Bacula continues
> >>> to work properly, is to try setting this for the tape drive in
> >>> bacula-sd.conf:
> >>>
> >>> Hardware End of Medium = yes
> >>>
> >>> It looks like the Bacula tape program (btape) has a test mode, and it would
> >>> be good to run through the tests on one of the tape drives and see whether
> >>> they work, and whether the results are different before and after the
> >>> changes. I'm not sure how to enable the test mode.
> >>
> >> I have this in /usr/local/etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf
> >>
> >> Device {
> >> Name = DLT
> >> Description = "QUANTUM DLT7000 1624"
> >> Media Type = DLT
> >> Archive Device = /dev/nsa1
> >>
> >> Autochanger = YES
> >> Drive Index = 0
> >>
> >> Offline On Unmount = no
> >> Hardware End of Medium = yes
> >> BSF at EOM = yes
> >> Backward Space Record = no
> >> Fast Forward Space File = no
> >> TWO EOF = yes
> >> }
> >>
> >> FYI, http://www.freebsddiary.org/digital-tl891.php (from 2006) has a btape test on this same model.
> >>
> >> Here's the test I ran tonight:
> >>
> >> [root at cuppy:/usr/home/dan] # btape -c /usr/local/etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf /dev/nsa1
> >> Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes.
> >> btape: butil.c:287-0 Using device: "/dev/nsa1" for writing.
> >> btape: btape.c:469-0 open device "DLT" (/dev/nsa1): OK
> >> *test
> >>
> >> === Write, rewind, and re-read test ===
> >>
> >> I'm going to write 10000 records and an EOF
> >> then write 10000 records and an EOF, then rewind,
> >> and re-read the data to verify that it is correct.
> >>
> >> This is an *essential* feature ...
> >>
> >> btape: btape.c:1152-0 Wrote 10000 blocks of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1168-0 Wrote 10000 blocks of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1210-0 Rewind OK.
> >> 10000 blocks re-read correctly.
> >> Got EOF on tape.
> >> 10000 blocks re-read correctly.
> >> === Test Succeeded. End Write, rewind, and re-read test ===
> >>
> >> btape: btape.c:1277-0 Block position test
> >> btape: btape.c:1289-0 Rewind OK.
> >> Reposition to file:block 0:4
> >> Block 5 re-read correctly.
> >> Reposition to file:block 0:200
> >> Block 201 re-read correctly.
> >> Reposition to file:block 0:9999
> >> Block 10000 re-read correctly.
> >> Reposition to file:block 1:0
> >> Block 10001 re-read correctly.
> >> Reposition to file:block 1:600
> >> Block 10601 re-read correctly.
> >> Reposition to file:block 1:9999
> >> Block 20000 re-read correctly.
> >> === Test Succeeded. End Write, rewind, and re-read test ===
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> === Append files test ===
> >>
> >> This test is essential to Bacula.
> >>
> >> I'm going to write one record in file 0,
> >> two records in file 1,
> >> and three records in file 2
> >>
> >> btape: btape.c:574-0 Rewound "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:469-0 open device "DLT" (/dev/nsa1): OK
> >> btape: btape.c:574-0 Rewound "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1420-0 Now moving to end of medium.
> >
> > This is the critical piece. The test moves the tape to the end of the
> > medium. With hardware position information, you can tell what filemark
> > you're on. Without it, you can't.
> >
> >> btape: btape.c:622-0 tape_dev.c:345 ioctl MTIOCGET error on "DLT" (/dev/nsa1). ERR=No error: 0.
> >> We should be in file 3. I am at file 0. This is NOT correct!!!!
> >>
> >> Append test failed. Attempting again.
> >> Setting "Hardware End of Medium = no
> >> and "Fast Forward Space File = no
> >> and retrying append test.
> >
> > This is not surprsing, given that the drive doesn't support long read
> > position data. (It's a SCSI-2 device.) So that means that Bacula will
> > need to do it manually.
>
> Yes, I have nothing newer than SCSI-2. Even my SDLT is SCSI-2 but that
> tape library is hooked up to a different computer and was doing backups today.
So, here is one thing that we can try to see whether these drives support
long position information, even though they only claim to be SCSI-2. If
they do, we can potentially add a quirk (or autodetection) to enable it.
The code currently doesn't bother asking drives that claim to be SCSI-2
for long position information. (Because that feature was added in the
SSC spec, which came after SCSI-2.)
Issue a READ POSITION with the short form specified:
camcontrol cmd sa1 -v -c "34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0" -i 20 - |hd
Issue a READ POSITION with the vendor-specific block numbers:
camcontrol cmd sa1 -v -c "34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0" -i 20 - |hd
Issue a READ POSITION with the long form data:
camcontrol cmd sa1 -v -c "34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0" -i 32 - |hd
If it supports the last one, then I can put a quirk (or autodetection) in
the driver and Bacula will get the hardware filemarks. You should try this
on your SDLT as well. It may well support it.
Google didn't quickly produce a SCSI manual for the DEC drive, but the
Quantum SDLT manual indicates that it supports long position data, despite
identifying itself as a SCSI-2 drive.
> > === Append files test ===
> >>
> >> This test is essential to Bacula.
> >>
> >> I'm going to write one record in file 0,
> >> two records in file 1,
> >> and three records in file 2
> >>
> >> btape: btape.c:574-0 Rewound "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:469-0 open device "DLT" (/dev/nsa1): OK
> >> btape: btape.c:574-0 Rewound "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1420-0 Now moving to end of medium.
> >> btape: btape.c:625-0 Moved to end of medium.
> >> We should be in file 3. I am at file 3. This is correct!
> >>
> >> Now the important part, I am going to attempt to append to the tape.
> >>
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:574-0 Rewound "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> Done appending, there should be no I/O errors
> >>
> >> Doing Bacula scan of blocks:
> >> 1 block of 64448 bytes in file 1
> >> End of File mark.
> >> 2 blocks of 64448 bytes in file 2
> >> End of File mark.
> >> 3 blocks of 64448 bytes in file 3
> >> End of File mark.
> >> 1 block of 64448 bytes in file 4
> >> End of File mark.
> >> Total files=4, blocks=7, bytes = 451,136
> >> End scanning the tape.
> >> We should be in file 4. I am at file 4. This is correct!
> >>
> >>
> >> It looks like the test worked this time, please add:
> >>
> >> Hardware End of Medium = No
> >>
> >> Fast Forward Space File = No
> >> to your Device resource in the Storage conf file.
> >>
> >> The above Bacula scan should have output identical to what follows.
> >> Please double check it ...
> >> === Sample correct output ===
> >> 1 block of 64448 bytes in file 1
> >> End of File mark.
> >> 2 blocks of 64448 bytes in file 2
> >> End of File mark.
> >> 3 blocks of 64448 bytes in file 3
> >> End of File mark.
> >> 1 block of 64448 bytes in file 4
> >> End of File mark.
> >> Total files=4, blocks=7, bytes = 451,136
> >> === End sample correct output ===
> >>
> >> If the above scan output is not identical to the
> >> sample output, you MUST correct the problem
> >> or Bacula will not be able to write multiple Jobs to
> >> the tape.
> >>
> >> Skipping read backwards test because BSR turned off.
> >>
> >>
> >> === Forward space files test ===
> >>
> >> This test is essential to Bacula.
> >>
> >> I'm going to write five files then test forward spacing
> >>
> >> btape: btape.c:574-0 Rewound "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1907-0 Wrote one record of 64412 bytes.
> >> btape: btape.c:1909-0 Wrote block to device.
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:604-0 Wrote 1 EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:574-0 Rewound "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1634-0 Now forward spacing 1 file.
> >> We should be in file 1. I am at file 1. This is correct!
> >> btape: btape.c:1646-0 Now forward spacing 2 files.
> >> We should be in file 3. I am at file 3. This is correct!
> >> btape: btape.c:574-0 Rewound "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1659-0 Now forward spacing 4 files.
> >> We should be in file 4. I am at file 4. This is correct!
> >>
> >> btape: btape.c:1677-0 Now forward spacing 1 more file.
> >> We should be in file 5. I am at file 5. This is correct!
> >>
> >> === End Forward space files test ===
> >>
> >>
> >> Ah, I see you have an autochanger configured.
> >> To test the autochanger you must have a blank tape
> >> that I can write on in Slot 1.
> >>
> >> Do you wish to continue with the Autochanger test? (y/n): y
> >>
> >>
> >> === Autochanger test ===
> >>
> >> 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded" command.
> >> Nothing loaded in the drive. OK.
> >> 3303 Issuing autochanger "load 1 0" command.
> >> 3303 Autochanger "load 1 0" status is OK.
> >> btape: btape.c:469-0 open device "DLT" (/dev/nsa1): OK
> >> btape: btape.c:1564-0 Rewound "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >> btape: btape.c:1571-0 Wrote EOF to "DLT" (/dev/nsa1)
> >>
> >> The test autochanger worked!!
> >
> > Great, thanks for running the test! Looks like things are working as well
> > as they were before.
> >
> >>>
> >>>> I'll let the other Bacula devs know about this. They deal with the hardware. I work on PostgreSQL.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks! If there are additional features they would like out of the tape
> >>> driver, I'm happy to talk about it. (Or help if they'd like to use the new
> >>> status reporting ioctl, MTIOCEXTGET or any of the other new ioctls.)
> >>
> >> Errors are interesting to me. Especially corrected errors. They are a good indicator of tape quality.
> >>
> >
> > Yes. At least on modern drives, there is a good bit available in the log
> > pages. You can try seeing what logs your drive supports by installing the
> > sg3_utils package and running 'sg_logs sa1 --all'.
> >
> > Given the large amount of data available on some drives, and the difficulty
> > distilling it down to a clear good/bad, I probably won't stick that in the
> > 'mt status' output.
> >
> > But you can certainly take a look at it and have an idea of whether your
> > particular tape/drive are experiencing issues.
>
> That's a lot of output: https://gist.github.com/dlangille/0e15a7fbf7acab56fd32
That is a lot.
> I will run some Bacula jobs soon. I'm still setting up config files.
Thanks for all the testing, I really appreciate it!
Ken
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