Hi,
What is the proper way to prepare a tape for writing with bacula? I
have always had to use the mt format command (which takes hours with my
DLT drives). There was a post here yesterday where someone had said an
weof was all you needed. I apologize for not having the reference at
hand but , I just attempted to rewind a tape, mt weof'd it and labeled
it. All three steps completed ok.
Bacula then attempted lasts nights jobs which failed because of no
appendable volumes, without success.
Please see the erros:
16-Aug 01:05 helpdesk-dir: Start Backup JobId 822,
Job=helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 16-Aug 01:05 helpdesk-sd: Volume
"DLT_37" previously written, moving to end of data.
16-Aug 01:13 helpdesk-sd: helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 Error: Unable to
position to end of data on device "/dev/nsa0". ERR=dev.c:888 read error
on /dev/nsa0. ERR=Input/output error.
16-Aug 01:13 helpdesk-sd: Marking Volume "DLT_37" in Error in Catalog.
16-Aug 01:15 helpdesk-sd: Job helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 waiting.
Cannot find any appendable volumes.
Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
Storage: DLT4000
Media type: DLT
Pool: Default
16-Aug 02:15 helpdesk-sd: Job helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 waiting.
Cannot find any appendable volumes.
Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
Storage: DLT4000
Media type: DLT
Pool: Default
16-Aug 04:15 helpdesk-sd: Job helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 waiting.
Cannot find any appendable volumes.
Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
Storage: DLT4000
Media type: DLT
Pool: Default
16-Aug 08:15 helpdesk-sd: Job helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 waiting.
Cannot find any appendable volumes.
Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
Storage: DLT4000
Media type: DLT
Pool: Default
16-Aug 08:24 helpdesk-sd: Someone woke me up, but I cannot find any
appendable volumes for Job=helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00.
16-Aug 08:24 helpdesk-sd: Job helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 waiting.
Cannot find any appendable volumes.
Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
Storage: DLT4000
Media type: DLT
Pool: Default
16-Aug 08:25 helpdesk-sd: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume "DLT_74" on
device "/dev/nsa0"
16-Aug 08:45 helpdesk-dir: helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 Fatal error:
Network error with FD during Backup: ERR=Broken pipe 16-Aug 08:45
helpdesk-sd: helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 Fatal error: append.c:240
Network error on data channel. ERR=Broken pipe 16-Aug 08:45
helpdesk-dir: helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 Fatal error: No Job status
returned from FD.
16-Aug 08:45 helpdesk-dir: helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00 Error: Bacula
1.36.3 (22Apr05): 16-Aug-2005 08:45:36
JobId: 822
Job: helpdesk.2005-08-16_01.05.00
Backup Level: Incremental, since=2005-08-08 02:45:16
Client: helpdesk-fd
FileSet: "HELPDESK" 2005-02-23 13:08:27
Pool: "Default"
Storage: "DLT_TAPE"
Start time: 16-Aug-2005 01:05:02
End time: 16-Aug-2005 08:45:36
FD Files Written: 0
SD Files Written: 0
FD Bytes Written: 0
SD Bytes Written: 0
Rate: 0.0 KB/s
Software Compression: None
Volume name(s): DLT_74
Volume Session Id: 1
Volume Session Time: 1124141597
Last Volume Bytes: 999,871,428
Non-fatal FD errors: 0
SD Errors: 0
FD termination status: Error
SD termination status: Error
Termination: *** Backup Error ***
So I try a manual backup of a bsd box and get this error
16-Aug 09:02 helpdesk-sd: Job cacti.2005-08-16_08.59.15 waiting. Cannot
find any appendable volumes.
Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
Storage: DLT4000
Media type: DLT
Pool: Default
List volumes:
| 11 | DLT_45 | Error | 12,147,206,240 | 32 |
31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | DLT | 2005-08-05
15:10:23 |
| 12 | DLT_37 | Error | 9,198,240,164 | 21 |
31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | DLT | 2005-08-16
01:13:51 |
| 13 | DLT_74 | Error | 999,871,428 | 1 |
31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | DLT | 2005-08-16
09:01:46 |
+---------+------------+-----------+----------------+----------+--------
------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
You have messages.
*mess
16-Aug 09:02 helpdesk-sd: Job cacti.2005-08-16_08.59.15 waiting. Cannot
find any appendable volumes.
Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
Storage: DLT4000
Media type: DLT
Pool: Default
One thing I would like to point out is these tapes are not brand new but
have been used with veritas backupexec and contain previously written
data. They work fine in an windows environment. Again, if I erase the
whole tape with mt they work fine.
*version
helpdesk-dir Version: 1.36.3 (22 April 2005)
5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #
Thank you.
-mb
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