Michael 'buk' Scherer wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 - 10:21am, Rico wrote:
>
>
>>hi
>>
>>i have read the manual again and again and again......
>>but can't find the solution.
>>
>>i have 10 tapes for 10 full-backups(montag1-freitag1, montag2-freitag2).
>>5 jobs are to write on one tape.
>
> We have something very similar.
> 16 tapes, which get used every 2 weeks.
> They are named "D01170", "D02180", "D0319", ... guess you get it.
>
>
>># Default pool definition
>>Pool {
>> Name = Default
>> Pool Type = Backup
>> Recycle = yes
>> AutoPrune = yes
>> Volume Retention = 325 hours #13,5days
>> Accept Any Volume = yes
>> Recycle Current Volume = yes
>> Maximum Volumes = 10
>> Maximum Volume Jobs = 5
>>}
>
> We use a "Maximum Use Duration" setting of 23 hours, not a Max Vol Jobs.
> but that doesnt seem to be your problem.
>
>
>>i will take donnerstag2 as example.
>>donnerstag2 had the status "Used" yesterday before the daily backup.
>>
>>1st job(mounts the tape). this jobs is ok:
>>
>>Job {
>> Name = "_before"
>> JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
>> Type = Admin
>> RunBeforeJob = "/etc/bacula/before_backup"
>> Priority = 1
>>}
>>
>>2nd job. look logfile below:
>>
>>Job {
>> Name = "thepig"
>> JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
>> Client = thepig-fd
>> FileSet = "thepig"
>> Write Bootstrap = "/var/bacula/thepig.bsr"
>> Priority = 2
>>}
>>
>>Schedule {
>> Name = "DaylyCycle"
>> Run = mon-fri at 20:00
>>}
>>
>>
>>here is the logfile.
>>the volume was pruned and status was set to "Recycle".
>>but to the tape was not written.
>>
>>
>>21-Jul 22:09 pe2800oracle-dir: Start Backup JobId 424,
>>Job=thepig.2005-07-21_20.00.01
>>21-Jul 22:36 pe2800oracle-dir: Pruned 5 Jobs on Volume "donnerstag2"
>
>>from catalog.
>
>>21-Jul 22:36 pe2800oracle-sd: Job thepig.2005-07-21_20.00.01 waiting.
>>Cannot find any appendable volumes.
>>Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
>> Storage: LTO Ultrium 2
>> Media type: LTO-G2
>> Pool: Default
>>21-Jul 23:36 pe2800oracle-dir: Recycled volume "donnerstag2"
>>21-Jul 23:36 pe2800oracle-sd: Please mount Volume "donnerstag2" on
>>Storage Device "LTO Ultrium 2" for Job thepig.2005-07-21_20.00.01
>>Use "mount" command to release Job.
>>22-Jul 01:36 pe2800oracle-sd: Please mount Volume "donnerstag2" on
>>Storage Device "LTO Ultrium 2" for Job thepig.2005-07-21_20.00.01
>>Use "mount" command to release Job.
>>22-Jul 05:36 pe2800oracle-sd: Please mount Volume "donnerstag2" on
>>Storage Device "LTO Ultrium 2" for Job thepig.2005-07-21_20.00.01
>>Use "mount" command to release Job.
>>
>>
>>this is the output after the jobs was canceled.
>>
>>*list media
>>Pool: Default
>>+---------+-------------+-----------+--------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
>>| MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | VolBytes | VolFiles |
>>VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten
>> |
>>+---------+-------------+-----------+--------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
>>| 1 | montag1 | Used | 371207648203 | 374 | 1170000
>> | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-G2 | 2005-07-12 03:40:57 |
>>| 2 | dienstag1 | Used | 375189988078 | 378 | 1170000
>> | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-G2 | 2005-07-13 03:56:17 |
>>| 3 | mittwoch1 | Used | 374915259786 | 377 | 1170000
>> | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-G2 | 2005-07-14 04:43:18 |
>>| 4 | donnerstag1 | Used | 372614864552 | 375 | 1170000
>> | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-G2 | 2005-07-15 04:16:53 |
>>| 5 | freitag1 | Used | 373439663991 | 376 | 1170000
>> | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-G2 | 2005-07-16 04:11:37 |
>>| 7 | dienstag2 | Used | 372883955813 | 376 | 1170000
>> | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-G2 | 2005-07-20 04:55:07 |
>>| 9 | mittwoch2 | Read-Only | 1 | 0 | 1170000
>> | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-G2 | 2005-07-07 04:06:36 |
>>| 10 | donnerstag2 | Recycle | 1 | 0 | 1170000
>> | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-G2 | 2005-07-08 03:56:32 |
>>| 11 | freitag2 | Used | 374264238512 | 377 | 1170000
>> | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-G2 | 2005-07-09 03:57:32 |
>>| 12 | montag2 | Used | 373419137501 | 376 | 1170000
>> | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-G2 | 2005-07-19 04:30:11 |
>>+---------+-------------+-----------+--------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
>>
>>
>>
>>where is th error?
>
>
> The only problem I can see is your LTO-changer device.
> The tape itself is ready to be used, its just not "there" to be used.
>
> Did you configure your SD to use an "autochanger"?
>
> Our example from the -sd.conf
> Device {
> Name = TapeStorage
> Media Type = LTO
> Archive Device = /dev/tape
> AutoChanger = yes
> Changer Device = /dev/changer
> Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
> LabelMedia = yes
> RandomAccess = no
> AutomaticMount = yes
> RemovableMedia = yes
> AlwaysOpen = no
> Maximum Open Wait = 10 seconds
> Spool Directory = /u02/tmp/spool
> Maximum Spool Size = 40G
> }
>
> Dont forget to run "update slots" in bconsole after you changed the tapes in
> the changer. We have two things for that.
> 1.) a cronjob 30 minutes before the first backup-job that runs "mtx inventory"
> 2.) all our tapes have barcodes; whenever our mtx-changer script finds a
> filled
> slot without a read barcode in the "mtx status" output it executes an "mtx
> inventory"
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Greetings, Michael
>
>
>
hi
i have not a autochanger. must change the tape every day.
Device {
Name = "LTO Ultrium 2" #
Media Type = "LTO-G2"
Archive Device = /dev/nst0
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
AlwaysOpen = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
RandomAccess = no;
Minimum Block Size = 1
Maximum Block Size = 16777215
}
thx
rico
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