Update slots shows slot 3
* Catalog record for Volume "B0000001" updated to reference slot 3
List volume shows slot 3
28 | B0000001 | Append | 1 | 55,873,556,480 | 57 |
7,257,600 | 1 | 3 | 1 | X10 | 2007-04-02 11:40:41 |
status storage=xxx
ok, I will try this one when it happens again.
I will take out the directives you say are bad. I was trying to get
find a way to get the end of tape working. thanks for the tip.
Kern Sibbald wrote:
> I'll let the list help you on this as they are better than I am, especially
> for Win32 questions. Two points though, you may have the wrong slot numbers
> defined in the catalog. "update slots" can help, if that is the case.
> Debugging: list volume=xxx will tell you if the slot is properly
> defined, "status storage=xxx" will give you a lot of info on what the SD
> thinks is the problem. BLOCKED means you need to do a console mount, ...
>
> A couple of other points:
>
> Always Open = no is generally a very bad idea.
>
> Having any explicit block size directives is generally a bad idea unless you
> *really* know what you are doing, and if you change them after writing a
> tape, you will probably not be able to read any tapes previously written.
>
> Normally having Changer Device and Changer Command in multiple places is not
> recommended as they could get out of sync causing confusion.
>
> Hardware End of File = no is *very* unusual. I don't even know if it is
> implemented -- a potential source of problems, especially if it is
> implemented some day, it could cause all sorts of headaches.
>
> On Monday 02 April 2007 17:17, Brian Debelius wrote:
>
>> Brian Debelius wrote:
>>
>>> Kern Sibbald wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Monday 02 April 2007 14:34, Brian Debelius wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Windows 2003, dir, sd, fd; Bacula 2.0.3; VXA-172
>>>>>
>>>> Nice, I wish everyone would put a line like that -- it gets you a "free"
>>>> answer :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What would cause bacula to run a job, load the correct tape(in this case
>>>>> B0000001) , and then say intervention needed please mount volume
>>>>> (B0000001)? Then I manually have to umount the tape, then mount the
>>>>> same tape again, and the job runs?
>>>>>
>>>> Generally if Bacula asks you to mount a tape it is because either you
>>>>
> don't
>
>>>> have an autochanger or the wrong tape is in the drive. Once you mount
>>>>
> the
>
>>>> tape it requests (in general) you will need to issue a "mount" command in
>>>>
> the
>
>>>> console so that Bacula will read the tape label and continue ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (in general) means that it depends on your conf file.
>>>>
>>> Thanks! :)
>>>
>>> I in fact do have an autochanger, and it loaded the correct tape
>>> autmomatically. You can see that it unloaded slot 7 and then loaded
>>> slot 3. I verified this with mtx-changer list and saw that the correct
>>> tape was loaded. When I unmount the tape, it gets unloaded back to the
>>> changer, and then I mount it again, and it proceeds to do its job.
>>> Would I enable debugging on the director or the sd to troubleshoot this?
>>>
>>> Heres the log before and after I remounted the tape
>>>
>>> 02-Apr 00:01 comp0-dir: Start Backup JobId 200,
>>> Job=comp1.2007-04-02_00.01.00
>>> 02-Apr 00:01 comp0-dir: Using Volume "B0000001" from 'Scratch' pool.
>>> 02-Apr 00:01 comp0-dir: Start Backup JobId 201,
>>> Job=comp2.2007-04-02_00.01.05
>>> 02-Apr 00:01 comp1-fd: ClientRunBeforeJob: run command "ntbackup backup
>>> systemstate /F c:\comp1_systemstate.bkf"
>>> 02-Apr 00:01 comp2-fd: ClientRunBeforeJob: run command "ntbackup backup
>>> systemstate /F c:\comp2_systemstate.bkf"
>>> 02-Apr 00:11 comp0-sd: 3307 Issuing autochanger "unload slot 7, drive 0"
>>> command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:14 comp0-sd: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 3, drive 0"
>>> command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3305 Autochanger "load slot 3, drive 0", status
>>> is OK.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot
>>>
> 3.
>
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot
>>>
> 3.
>
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot
>>>
> 3.
>
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot
>>>
> 3.
>
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot
>>>
> 3.
>
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot
>>>
> 3.
>
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot
>>>
> 3.
>
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot
>>>
> 3.
>
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot
>>>
> 3.
>
>>> 02-Apr 00:15 comp0-sd: Please mount Volume "B0000001" on Storage Device
>>> "VXA-172" (Tape0) for Job comp1.2007-04-02_00.01.00
>>> 02-Apr 01:15 comp0-sd: Please mount Volume "B0000001" on Storage Device
>>> "VXA-172" (Tape0) for Job comp1.2007-04-02_00.01.00
>>> 02-Apr 03:15 comp0-sd: Please mount Volume "B0000001" on Storage Device
>>> "VXA-172" (Tape0) for Job comp1.2007-04-02_00.01.00
>>> 02-Apr 07:15 comp0-sd: Please mount Volume "B0000001" on Storage Device
>>> "VXA-172" (Tape0) for Job comp1.2007-04-02_00.01.00
>>> #unmount
>>> Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
>>> Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
>>> The defined Storage resources are:
>>> 1: Disk0
>>> 2: Disk1
>>> 3: Tape
>>> Select Storage resource (1-3): Unexpected question has been received.
>>> 3
>>> 3307 Issuing autochanger "unload slot 3, drive 0" command.
>>> 3001 Device "VXA-172" (Tape0) unmounted.
>>> #mount
>>> The defined Storage resources are:
>>> 1: Disk0
>>> 2: Disk1
>>> 3: Tape
>>> Select Storage resource (1-3): Unexpected question has been received.
>>> 3
>>> Enter autochanger slot: Unexpected question has been received.
>>> 3
>>> 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result: nothing loaded.
>>> 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 3, drive 0" command.
>>> 3305 Autochanger "load slot 3, drive 0", status is OK.
>>> 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
>>> 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot 3.
>>> 3001 Device "VXA-172" (Tape0) is mounted with Volume "B0000001"
>>> 02-Apr 08:23 elkton-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0"
>>>
> command.
>
>>> 02-Apr 08:23 elkton-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is
>>> Slot 3.
>>> 02-Apr 08:23 elkton-sd: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0"
>>>
> command.
>
>>> 02-Apr 08:23 elkton-sd: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is
>>> Slot 3.
>>> 02-Apr 08:23 elkton-sd: Wrote label to prelabeled Volume "B0000001" on
>>> device "VXA-172" (Tape0)
>>> 02-Apr 08:23 elkton-sd: Spooling data ...
>>> 02-Apr 08:23 elkton-sd: Spooling data ...
>>>
>> Here is my sd.
>>
>> ################################
>> # Definition of tape storage device
>> ################################
>> Autochanger {
>> Name = "Packetloader0"
>> Device = "VXA-172"
>> Changer Device = Changer0
>> Changer Command = "\"C:\\Program Files\\Bacula\\bin\\\"mtx-changer %c
>> %o %S %a %d"
>> }
>>
>> Device {
>> Name = "VXA-172"
>> Drive Index =0
>> Device Type = Tape
>> Archive Device = Tape0
>> Changer Device = Changer0
>> LabelMedia = yes
>> AutomaticMount = yes
>> AlwaysOpen = no
>> RemovableMedia = yes
>> RandomAccess = no
>> Hardware End of File = no
>> Media Type = X10
>> Autochanger = yes
>> Autoselect = yes
>> Minimum Block Size = 1024
>> Maximum Block Size = 245760
>> Changer Command = "\"C:\\Program Files\\Bacula\\bin\\\"mtx-changer %c
>> %o %S %a %d"
>> Spool directory = "d:\\bacula\\spool"
>> }
>>
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