Hello, Though I'm not sure it will fix your current problem, you will need to get onto version 1.38.11 of Bacula, otherwise you will not get very far. Even then, the DVD code is not really production quality. Just the same, using 1.38.11 all users who were having problems were able to backup and restore to/from DVD. However, there are still some problems (see the recent archives). Also, it has been reported, but I have not verified that you must let Bacula automatically label the DVDs using LabelFormat or Python scripting.
If your data is important, I'd recommend finding another solution (e.g. e-bay DLT drive and a SCSI card, ...). On Wednesday 19 July 2006 21:43, Tim Lavoie wrote: > Hello, > > Hopefully this reaches the list, as I think I've had one eaten as > well. Probably with Mutt too, come to think of it. I'll send this from > Xemacs. > > I'm using Bacula 1.38.9-10 on Debian (testing, x86), with a > Debian-supplied 2.6.16-2 kernel. > > I've had no problem using Bacula with a file store, and would like to > use DVDs for main backup of my home office systems. Trying to label > DVD volumes however, I get a "no valid media" error. Media is present, > and does seem to check out OK with patched DVD utilites. Since Debian > also has the normal versions of these utilities present, I modified > dvd-handler to use my local, patched copies. > > Here is an example session. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Tim > > > *label > The defined Storage resources are: > 1: File > 2: DVD > Select Storage resource (1-2): 2 > Enter new Volume name: Full-0003 > Defined Pools: > 1: Default > 2: Full-Pool > 3: Diff-Pool > 4: Inc-Pool > Select the Pool (1-4): 2 > Connecting to Storage daemon DVD at theasylum:9103 ... > Sending label command for Volume "Full-0003" Slot 0 ... > 3910 Unable to open device "DVD" (/dev/hdc): ERR=There is no valid > media in the device "DVD" (/dev/hdc). > > Label command failed for Volume Full-0003. > Do not forget to mount the drive!!! > *mount > The defined Storage resources are: > 1: File > 2: DVD > Select Storage resource (1-2): 2 > 3001 OK mount. Device="DVD" (/dev/hdc) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
