Hello, I think I have come across a bug that exists in bacula-2.2.8, and is still in svn trunk, as I have tried the same scenario with both.
I have three machines. On the first (tdir), I have: a bacula-dir a bacula-sd (Disk 1) a bacula-fd (with a few mebabytes of data to be backed up) On the second (tsd), I have: a bacula-sd (rDisk for tdir) On the third (robertxp), I have a bacula-fd (with a few gigabytes of data to be backed up) I configure tdir to run two jobs: 1) backup robertxp to the storage daemon on tsd. 2) backup tdir to the storage daemon on tdir. I tell it to begin (1), which will take a long time, and observe the data arriving on tsd (rDisk for tdir), in a file called 'backup-0001'. While that is still running, I tell it to begin (2), and observe the job running and complete successfully on tdir (Disk 1). I look back in the log, and I find that it has marked 'backup-0001' as Purged, but the first job is actually still running! I can watch the size of the file increasing. >From this point onwards, what is in my catalog doesn't reflect reality and unexpected things happen. Here is the log produced via the above scenario: Nov 6 16:16:14 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 1: No prior Full backup Job record found. Nov 6 16:16:14 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 1: No prior or suitable Full backup found in catalog. Doing FULL backup. Nov 6 16:16:16 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 1: Start Backup JobId 1, Job=Windows:robertxp.2008-11-06_16.16.03 Nov 6 16:16:16 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 1: Created new Volume "backup-0001" in catalog. Nov 6 16:16:16 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 1: Using Device "rDisk^Afor^Atdir.0" Nov 6 16:17:34 tsd.grke.net-sd-9104 JobId 1: Labeled new Volume "backup-0001" on device "rDisk for tdir.0" (/write/mnt/rDisk for tdir). Nov 6 16:17:34 tsd.grke.net-sd-9104 JobId 1: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume "backup-0001" on device "rDisk for tdir.0" (/write/mnt/rDisk for tdir) Nov 6 16:17:34 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 1: Max Volume jobs exceeded. Marking Volume "backup-0001" as Used. Nov 6 16:17:35 robertxp-fd JobId 1: Generate VSS snapshots. Driver="VSS WinXP", Drive(s)="C" Nov 6 16:18:04 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: No prior Full backup Job record found. Nov 6 16:18:04 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: No prior or suitable Full backup found in catalog. Doing FULL backup. Nov 6 16:18:06 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: Start Backup JobId 2, Job=tdir.2008-11-06_16.18.04 Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: There are no more Jobs associated with Volume "backup-0001". Marking it purged. Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: New Pool is: Scratch Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: All records pruned from Volume "backup-0001"; marking it "Purged" Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: Recycled volume "backup-0001" Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: Using Volume "backup-0001" from 'Scratch' pool. Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: Created new Volume "backup-0002" in catalog. Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: Using Device "Disk^A1.0" Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-fd JobId 2: ClientBeforeJob: run command "/usr/bin/clientrunscriptbackup before" Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-sd-9103 JobId 2: Labeled new Volume "backup-0002" on device "Disk 1.0" (/write/mnt/Disk 1/var/lib/bacula/volumes). Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-sd-9103 JobId 2: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume "backup-0002" on device "Disk 1.0" (/write/mnt/Disk 1/var/lib/bacula/volumes) Nov 6 16:18:07 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: Max Volume jobs exceeded. Marking Volume "backup-0002" as Used. Nov 6 16:18:11 tdir.grke.net-sd-9103 JobId 2: Job write elapsed time = 00:00:04, Transfer rate = 254.5 K bytes/second Nov 6 16:18:11 tdir.grke.net-fd JobId 2: ClientAfterJob: run command "/usr/bin/clientrunscriptbackup after" Nov 6 16:18:11 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: Bacula tdir.grke.net-dir 2.2.8 (26Jan08): 06-Nov-2008 16:18:11 Nov 6 16:18:11 Build OS: i686-pc-linux-gnu unknown unknown Nov 6 16:18:11 JobId: 2 Nov 6 16:18:11 Job: tdir.2008-11-06_16.18.04 Nov 6 16:18:11 Backup Level: Full (upgraded from Incremental) Nov 6 16:18:11 Client: "tdir-fd" 2.2.8 (26Jan08) i686-pc-linux-gnu,unknown,unknown Nov 6 16:18:11 FileSet: "Non-Windows" 2008-11-06 16:18:04 Nov 6 16:18:11 Pool: "tdir:Full" (From Job FullPool override) Nov 6 16:18:11 Storage: "Disk 1" (From Job resource) Nov 6 16:18:11 Scheduled time: 06-Nov-2008 16:18:04 Nov 6 16:18:11 Start time: 06-Nov-2008 16:18:07 Nov 6 16:18:11 End time: 06-Nov-2008 16:18:11 Nov 6 16:18:11 Elapsed time: 4 secs Nov 6 16:18:11 Priority: 10 Nov 6 16:18:11 FD Files Written: 1,016 Nov 6 16:18:11 SD Files Written: 1,016 Nov 6 16:18:11 FD Bytes Written: 831,127 (831.1 KB) Nov 6 16:18:11 SD Bytes Written: 1,018,084 (1.018 MB) Nov 6 16:18:11 Rate: 207.8 KB/s Nov 6 16:18:11 Software Compression: 76.9 % Nov 6 16:18:11 VSS: no Nov 6 16:18:11 Storage Encryption: yes Nov 6 16:18:11 Volume name(s): backup-0002 Nov 6 16:18:11 Volume Session Id: 1 Nov 6 16:18:11 Volume Session Time: 1225988158 Nov 6 16:18:11 Last Volume Bytes: 1,043,701 (1.043 MB) Nov 6 16:18:11 Non-fatal FD errors: 0 Nov 6 16:18:11 SD Errors: 0 Nov 6 16:18:11 FD termination status: OK Nov 6 16:18:11 SD termination status: OK Nov 6 16:18:11 Termination: Backup OK Nov 6 16:18:11 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: Begin pruning Jobs. Nov 6 16:18:11 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: No Jobs found to prune. Nov 6 16:18:11 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: Begin pruning Files. Nov 6 16:18:11 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: No Files found to prune. Nov 6 16:18:11 tdir.grke.net-dir JobId 2: End auto prune. All my of my Pools look like this: Pool { Name = "tdir:Full" Pool Type = Backup Recycle = yes # automatically recycle Volumes AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes Volume Retention = 1 week Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 Label Format = backup- Maximum Volumes = 0 # unlimited RecyclePool = Scratch } My Devices, in the storage daemon configs, look like this: Device { Name = "Disk 1.0" Media Type = File Archive Device = "/write/mnt/Disk 1/var/lib/bacula/volumes" LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media Random Access = Yes; AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it RemovableMedia = no; AlwaysOpen = no; } If there is any other relevant information that I've not given, I can provide it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel