Good afternoon !
How to replace mediatype on previously created volumes in a pool?
The "update All Volumes from Pool" command on mediatype has no effect on
old volumes
Thank you!
Pool: Inc-32D-Pool
+---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+
| mediaid | volumename | volstatus | enabled | volbytes |
volfiles | volretention | recycle | slot | inchanger | mediatype |
lastwritten | storage |
+---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+
| 5 | test-front1-Incremental-0 | Used | 1 | 195,603,360 |
0 | 2,764,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File |
2024-03-26 19:02:51 | Local-Inc-Storage |
| 6 | test-front1-Incremental-1 | Used | 1 | 191,850,710 |
0 | 2,764,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File |
2024-03-27 19:03:05 | Local-Inc-Storage |
| 7 | test-front1-Incremental-2 | Used | 1 | 193,452,106 |
0 | 2,764,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File |
2024-03-28 19:02:50 | Local-Inc-Storage |
| 9 | test-front1-Incremental-3 | Used | 1 | 192,004,056 |
0 | 2,764,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File |
2024-03-29 19:02:54 | Local-Inc-Storage |
| 10 | test-dmp-Incremental-4 | Used | 1 | 173,813,007
| 0 | 2,764,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File |
2024-03-30 19:02:03 | Local-Inc-Storage |
| 11 | test-front1-Incremental-5 | Used | 1 | 1,583 |
0 | 2,764,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File |
2024-03-30 19:02:38 | Local-Inc-Storage |
| 12 | test-dmp-Incremental-6 | Used | 1 | 173,931,275
| 0 | 2,764,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File |
2024-03-31 19:02:03 | Local-Inc-Storage |
| 13 | test-front1-Incremental-7 | Used | 1 | 191,838,574 |
0 | 2,764,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File |
2024-03-31 19:02:52 | Local-Inc-Storage |
| 14 | test-dmp-Incremental-8 | Used | 1 | 174,214,813
| 0 | 2,764,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File |
2024-04-01 19:02:05 | Local-Inc-Storage |
| 15 | test-dmp-Incremental-9 | Used | 1 | 174,150,016
| 0 | 2,764,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 |* Storage-Inc* |
2024-04-02 12:01:54 | Local-Inc-Storage |
+---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+
вторник, 16 мая 2023 г. в 15:21:06 UTC+3, Niklas Peters:
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I inherited a bareos system that AFAIK hasn’t been set up properly.
>
> Backups and the restoration of small backups (SQL dumps) seems to have
> worked so far.
>
> But I ran into similar errors to the following one a lot when trying
> Baremetal recoveries:
>
>
>
> bareos-sd JobId 90377: Warning: stored/acquire.cc:286 Read open device
> "FileStorageFull" (/backup/full) Volume "Differential-0544" failed:
> ERR=stored/dev.cc:716
> Could not open: /backup/full/Differential-0544, ERR=File or directory not
> found
>
>
>
> The Differential files should be in /backup/differential and not full.
>
> The source of the problem seems to be that we use the same Media type for
> all our Storages/Devices as described here (
> https://groups.google.com/g/bareos-users/c/LPbuPXCFSl0/m/4K6BgJ0XAwAJ):
>
>
>
> root@bareos:/etc/bareos# cat bareos-dir.d/storage/File.conf
>
> Storage {
>
> Name = FileFull
>
> Address = bareos # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
> (do not use "localhost" here).
>
> Password = "*****"
>
> Device = FileStorageFull
>
> Media Type = File
>
> }
>
>
>
> Storage {
>
> Name = FileDiff
>
> Address = bareos # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
> (do not use "localhost" here).
>
> Password = "*****"
>
> Device = FileStorageDiff
>
> Media Type = File
>
> }
>
>
>
> Storage {
>
> Name = FileIncr
>
> Address = bareos # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
> (do not use "localhost" here).
>
> Password = "*****"
>
> Device = FileStorageIncr
>
> Media Type = File
>
> }
>
> …
>
>
>
> root@bareos:/etc/bareos# cat bareos-sd.d/device/FileStorage.conf
>
> Device {
>
> Name = FileStorageFull
>
> Media Type = File
>
> Archive Device = /backup/full
>
> LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bareos label unlabeled media
>
> Random Access = yes;
>
> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
>
> RemovableMedia = no;
>
> AlwaysOpen = yes;
>
> Description = "File device. A connecting Director must have the same
> Name and MediaType."
>
> }
>
>
>
> Device {
>
> Name = FileStorageDiff
>
> Media Type = File
>
> Archive Device = /backup/diff
>
> LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bareos label unlabeled media
>
> Random Access = yes;
>
> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
>
> RemovableMedia = no;
>
> AlwaysOpen = yes;
>
> Description = "File device. A connecting Director must have the same
> Name and MediaType."
>
> }
>
>
>
> Device {
>
> Name = FileStorageIncr
>
> Media Type = File
>
> Archive Device = /backup/incr
>
> LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bareos label unlabeled media
>
> Random Access = yes;
>
> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
>
> RemovableMedia = no;
>
> AlwaysOpen = yes;
>
> Description = "File device. A connecting Director must have the same
> Name and MediaType."
>
> }
>
>
>
> …
>
>
>
> I’ve gathered that the Media Types should be changed to unique identifiers
> for each of Device/Storage entries but I am worried that changing it in a
> running environment will make all the old backups/volumes unusable.
>
>
>
> So I’d really appreciate if someone could give me some advice on how to
> best change the Media Types in a running system.
>
> Would probably be best to just configure new storage/devices and use those
> from now on. But maybe there is a way to salvage the old ones.
>
>
>
> Please let me know if you got any tips or questions regarding this issue.
>
>
>
> Best Regards
>
>
>
> Niklas
>
>
>
>
>
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