Granular sudo Permissions Required for Management of Linux-base Tape Server

Purpose This article provides an example of a granular 'sudo' configuration for the Linux account that Veeam Backup & Replication will use when managing a Linux-based Tape Server. Solution The Linux user account used by Veeam Backup & Replication to connect to the Linux-based Tape Server use the...

Tape Related Task Fails With "isn't current owner. You have to change current owner"

Challenge A Tape Job or tape-related task Inventory, Catalog, or Restore fails with errors: '' isn't current owner. You have to change current owner Job has been terminated Error: '' isn't current owner. You have to change current owner Failed to inventory tape Error: '' isn't current owner...

Tape Jobs fail with I/O errors or (SCSI) Bus resets

Challenge Failures occur during the File to tape or Backup to tape jobs. The jobname.log shows error messages similar to: error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error error: Tape fatal error.\nThe I/O bus was reset Cause Depending on the type of connection, controller ...

Tape library and drives are shown as separate devices

Challenge Tape library and drives are shown as separate devices in console or loading tape into TapeDrive0 moves the tape into TapeDrive1 etc. Shown here, the Tape Library has no Tape Drive listed Shown here, the Tape Drive is separate from the Tape Library. Cause The tape library is not reportin...

SuSE9 Security Update : tar (YOU Patch Number 12596)

A malicious remote tape server could cause a buffer overflow in tar. In order to exploit that an attacker would have to trick the victim to extract a file that causes tar to open a connection to the rmt server CVE-2010-0624. It's advisable to always use tar's --force-local local option to avoid...