Brian Debelius wrote:
> 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"
>>> }
So what debugging would I enable to get more information? The SD or the
Director?
brian-
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