>-----Original Message----- >From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 12:18 PM >To: Matt Bettinger >Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] DEVICE BLOCKED/appendable volume help > >On Monday 07 November 2005 18:22, Matt Bettinger wrote: >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 11:09 AM >> >To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> >Cc: Matt Bettinger >> >Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] DEVICE BLOCKED/appendable volume help >> > >> >On Monday 07 November 2005 17:02, Matt Bettinger wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I am running bacula henbane-dir Version: 1.36.3 (22 April 2005) on >> >> FreeBSD 5.4 and running into a problem. The jobs get hung up due to >> >> either DEVICE BLOCKED message and/or cannot find appendable volume >> >> message. >> >> >> >> I insert a new tape and format it using the mt command ( I know mt >> >> weof >> >> >> should work too but I do long format in this case to be sure). After >> >> the mt format is done I labeled the tape in bconsole and I can see it >> >> in >> >> >> list volumes. >> > >> >Rather than an mt format, I would recommend a: >> > >> > mt rewind >> > mt weof >> > mt rewind >> >> OK. Thank you for your time by the way. >> >> I did the mt commands and the mount storage commands. >> >> henbane# mt rewind >> henbane# mt weof >> henbane# mt rewind >> henbane# console >> Connecting to Director henbane:9101 >> 1000 OK: henbane-dir Version: 1.36.3 (22 April 2005) >> Enter a period to cancel a command. >> *label >> Using default Catalog name=BackupDB DB=bacula >> Automatically selected Storage: DLT_TAPE >> Enter new Volume name: Tape_73 >> Automatically selected Pool: Default >> Connecting to Storage daemon DLT_TAPE at henbane:9103 ... >> Sending label command for Volume "Tape_73" Slot 0 ... >> 3000 OK label. Volume=Tape_73 Device=/dev/nsa0 >> Catalog record for Volume "Tape_73", Slot 0 successfully created. >> Requesting to mount DLT4000 ... >> 3001 Device /dev/nsa0 is mounted with Volume "Tape_73" >> * >> You have messages. >> *mess >> 07-Nov 11:17 henbane-sd: Someone woke me up, but I cannot find any >> appendable >> volumes for Job=henbane.2005-10-30_01.05.00. >> 07-Nov 11:17 henbane-sd: Job henbane.2005-10-30_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 >> *mount storage=DLT4000 >> Storage resource "DLT4000": not found <<<<< what is this all >> about?? >> Automatically selected Storage: DLT_TAPE >> 3001 OK mount. Device=/dev/nsa0 > >My error. It should be: > > mount storage=DLT_TAPE > >then what is important that you didn't do is: > > status storage=DLT_TAPE > >PS: it is often much easier if you use the same name in the Director and SD >for your device: I.e. DLT4000 instead of DLT_TAPE, then the messages >printed >by the SD (Storage: DLT4000) correspond to what you type into bconsole. >
Hi. I took your advice and standardized the storage device name to DLT4000. I restarted bacula (reload would have been sufficient) and was able to run a job. I had to cancel the previous jobs which were looking for appendable volumes so I don't know if I am ahead yet or not. I am still uncertain why this happened and how to prevent it in the future. Any thoughts? Re, -mb >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> -mb >> >> >that ensures you have a blank tape and that it is positioned at the >> >beginning >> >of the tape. >> > >> >> | 17 | Tape_73 | Append | 1 | 0 | >> >> >> >> 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | DLT | 0000-00-00 >> >> 00:00:00 | >> >> >> >> When I manually mount the tape in bconsole it mounts fine and then >> >> the >> >> >> job attempts to continue but it always says >> >> >> >> 07-Nov 06:50 henbane-sd: Job henbane.2005-10-30_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 >> > >> >The thing to do at this point, if you have mounted what you consider to >> >> be >> >> >a >> >valid tape is to do in bconsole: >> > >> > mount storage=DLT4000 >> > status storage=DLT4000 >> > >> >and see what tape the SD thinks is mounted, and the exact reason is >> >> that it >> >> >is >> >waiting ... >> > >> >> It works for the most part but every now and then I get these DEVICE >> >> BLOCKED or cannot find appendable volume errors and I don't know how >> >> to >> >> >> fix them. I thought adding a freshly formatted and labeled tape >> >> would >> >> >> be the appropriate action? >> >> >> >> I purchased a bunch of new DLT tapes in the hopes that this will fix >> >> the >> >> >> problems since some of the tape I have been using since 1999! >> >> >> >> >> >> Here is one of my bacula-dir.conf's from a setup that gets hung up >> >> like >> ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
