On 14 Feb 2006 at 14:22, L.C. Karssen wrote: > Hi all, > > For some time I've been having a problem with mounting tapes.=20 > Every once in a while bacula sends me an e-mail that it cannot continue > because it's waiting for a mount request. This can be because the wrong > tape is in the streamer, or because the tape is full, etc.=20 > When I insert the right tape, and run mount from bconsole, it tells me > the name of the tape I just inserted and then I expect it to continue > making a backup. Sometimes this happens, but most of the time nothing > happens (even after waiting for several hours) and I have to cancel the > job in order for other jobs to start.=20 > > I'm still using bacula 1.36.3 at the moment, but had the same problem > with previous versions. My tape streamer is an HP SureStore Dat40 SCSI > streamer. My server is the only machine that needs backup, so nothing to > do with multiple clients here. =20 > I've also tried to use u(n)mount or release before mounting the right > tape, to no avail.=20 > > This is a typical e-mail message: > >14-Feb 01:30 jerom-sd: Please mount Volume "WeeklyTape-0004" on Storage > >Device "SureStore" for Job Data.2006-02-13_10.30.00 > > After inserting the tape and issuing mount (in bconsole), followed by > the selection of the right Storage resource I see: > >3001 Device /dev/st0 is mounted with Volume "WeeklyTape-0004" > > So it should be right, I'd say. However, the "status dir" commands tells > me: > Running Jobs: > JobId Level Name Status > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > 1005 Full BackupCatalog.2006-02-13_18.30.00 is waiting execution > 1004 VolumeT CheckBackup.2006-02-13_18.00.01 is waiting execution > 1003 Differe Data.2006-02-13_18.00.00 is waiting execution > 1002 Full BackupCatalog.2006-02-13_11.00.00 is waiting execution > 1001 VolumeT CheckBackup.2006-02-13_10.30.01 is waiting execution > 1000 Differe Data.2006-02-13_10.30.00 is waiting for a mount request > =3D=3D=3D=3D > > So the job is still waiting... > > I searched this list, but couldn't find any solution to my problem. > > Any ideas? If you need any (parts of) config files, let me know.
Have you tried unmounting and mounting again? Does your tape drive have to "settle" before it's ready? Perhaps waiting for that process will help. -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
