<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Block Header</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Block Header"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="developers"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="developers.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="Record_Header.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="Serialization.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="Storage_Media_Output_Format.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="Record_Header.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html1135" HREF="Record_Header.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1129" HREF="Storage_Media_Output_Format.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1123" HREF="Serialization.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1131" HREF="Contents.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1133" HREF="GNU_Free_Documentation_Lice.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1136" HREF="Record_Header.html">Record Header</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1130" HREF="Storage_Media_Output_Format.html">Storage Media Output Format</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1124" HREF="Serialization.html">Serialization</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html1132" HREF="Contents.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html1134" HREF="GNU_Free_Documentation_Lice.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION001160000000000000000"></A> <A NAME="3917"></A> <A NAME="3918"></A> <BR> Block Header </H1> <P> The format of the Block Header (version 1.27 and later) is: <P> <PRE> uint32_t CheckSum; /* Block check sum */ uint32_t BlockSize; /* Block byte size including the header */ uint32_t BlockNumber; /* Block number */ char ID[4] = "BB02"; /* Identification and block level */ uint32_t VolSessionId; /* Session Id for Job */ uint32_t VolSessionTime; /* Session Time for Job */ </PRE> <P> The Block header is a fixed length and fixed format and is followed by Record Headers and Record Data. The CheckSum field is a 32 bit checksum of the block data and the block header but not including the CheckSum field. The Block Header is always immediately followed by a Record Header. If the tape is damaged, a Bacula utility will be able to recover as much information as possible from the tape by recovering blocks which are valid. The Block header is written using the Bacula serialization routines and thus is guaranteed to be in machine independent format. See below for version 2 of the block header. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> 2012-01-24 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
