On Wednesday 15 November 2006 17:15, Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> Here's a followup to myself. Apparently, I have two tapes called
> "catalyst_BW1" and have no idea how I could have gotten into this
> situation. One of them is a brandy new tape:
>
> Volume Label:
> Id : Bacula 1.0 immortal
> VerNo : 11
> VolName : catalyst_BW1
> PrevVolName :
> VolFile : 0
> LabelType : PRE_LABEL
> LabelSize : 168
> PoolName : catalyst_FULL
> MediaType : DDS-4
> PoolType : Backup
> HostName : helios
> Date label written: 31-Oct-2006 08:51
>
> ...one of them has been around for awhile, supposedly was not touched,
> is empty (this is probably OK), but for some reason does not have the
> right volume name anymore:
>
> Volume Label:
> Id : Bacula 1.0 immortal
> VerNo : 11
> VolName : catalyst_BW1
> PrevVolName :
> VolFile : 0
> LabelType : VOL_LABEL
> LabelSize : 168
> PoolName : catalyst_FULL
> MediaType : DDS-4
> PoolType : Backup
> HostName : helios
> Date label written: 31-Oct-2006 08:51
>
> I can't tell which media ID's these two tapes think they have. Is there
> any way with any of the commands that work directly on the tapes (ie.
> NOT the catalog) to check? It doesn't look like bls is interested in
> telling me.
The MediaId is stored only in the Catalog -- never on the tape. The Volume
could be moved from one Pool to another, so the MediaId couold change over
time.
>
> =R
>
> Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> > OK, here's how I got into this mess:
> >
> > Operations staff has a calendar for which tape goes in when -- they
> > wrote it out because they really don't have the knowhow to check for
> > themselves. Well, they messed up because I don't have a full backup
> > scheduled for the fifth Tuesday:
> >
> > Schedule {
> > Name = "UMD-F13T-Inc"
> > Run = Level=Full Storage=helios_DAT72 1st,3rd tue at 21:00
> > Run = Level=Incremental Storage=helios_DDS 1st,3rd mon,wed-fri at 23:00
> > Run = Level=Incremental Storage=helios_DDS 2nd,4th-5th mon-fri at 23:00
> > }
> >
> > Schedule {
> > Name = "UMD-F24T-Inc"
> > Run = Level=Full Storage=helios_DAT72 2nd,4th tue at 21:00
> > Run = Level=Incremental Storage=helios_DDS 2nd,4th mon,wed-fri at 23:00
> > Run = Level=Incremental Storage=helios_DDS 1st,3rd,5th mon-fri at 23:00
> > }
> >
> > ...however, their calendar had a fifth Tuesday and messed up the
> > rotation. Today, as a result, the wrong tape went into the drive. Here
> > is my storage config:
> >
> > Device {
> > Name = helios_DAT72 #
> > Media Type = DDS-4
> > Archive Device = /dev/rmt/1lbn
> > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> > AlwaysOpen = no;
> > Volume Poll Interval = 30 minutes;
> > Close on Poll = yes;
> > RemovableMedia = yes;
> > RandomAccess = no;
> > Spool Directory = /usr/local/bacula/var/spool;
> > }
> >
> > I meant to set AlwaysOpen to yes here, but apparently did not -- so now
> > I'm even more confused. Anyway, what happened... it tried to run a
> > backup, but it looked at the tape and saw that it was used and in the
> > wrong pool, and rightly refused. We noticed the error and now have the
> > proper tape in the drive. However:
> >
> > #umount
> > Using default Catalog name=MyCatalog DB=bacula
> > The defined Storage resources are:
> > 1: File
> > 2: helios_DDS
> > 3: helios_DAT72
> > Select Storage resource (1-3): Unexpected question has been received.
> > 3
> > 3901 Device "helios_DAT72" (/dev/rmt/1lbn) is already unmounted.
> > #mount
> > The defined Storage resources are:
> > 1: File
> > 2: helios_DDS
> > 3: helios_DAT72
> > Select Storage resource (1-3): Unexpected question has been received.
> > 3
> > 3001 Mounted Volume: catalyst_BW1
> > 3001 Device "helios_DAT72" (/dev/rmt/1lbn) is already mounted with
> > Volume "catalyst_BW1"
> > #
> >
> > ...as you can see, my tape is both "already unmounted" and "already
> > mounted", and claims that the tape that is in the drive is the tape that
> > I've taken out of the drive and replaced with the right tape. It has
> > requested the tape I'd expect it to, but will not be convinced that it's
> > in the drive:
> >
> > 15-Nov 10:37 helios-sd: CFMX-dev.2006-11-14_21.00.00 Warning: Director
> > wanted Volume "combined_BW1" for device "helios_DAT72" (/dev/rmt/1lbn).
> > Current Volume "catalyst_BW1" not acceptable because:
> > 1998 Volume "catalyst_BW1" status is Used, not in Pool.
> > 15-Nov 10:37 helios-sd: Please mount Volume "combined_BW1" on Storage
> > Device "helios_DAT72" (/dev/rmt/1lbn) for Job CFMX-dev.2006-11-14_21.00.00
> >
> > I've restarted bacula already and this hasn't helped at all. This is
> > version 1.38.11. I've never actually had a problem before like this that
> > I couldn't figure out -- seems to be that the worst case scenario has
> > you restart and that's that. I'm totally stumped here. Can anyone point
> > me in the right direction?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > =R
> >
>
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