[Bacula-users] Network error with FD during Backup: ERR=Connection reset by peer
Hello there, I have a problem while backing up two windows servers in two different installations. The scenarios are almost equal: - Bacula-dir (v5.0.1) on Ubuntu 10.04.3 virtualized with VMware vSphere 5 Hypervisor - Bacula-sd (v5.0.1) on same server with file storage on a NAS, mounted via iSCSI. - Windows Server with problem in installation 1: Windows 2003 32bit SP1 virtulized on different VMware vSphere 5 Hypervisor, Bacula-fd 5.2.3 - Windows Server with problem in installation 2: Windows 2008R2 SP1 64bit virtulized on same hypervisor, Bacula-fd 5.2.6 - Many other Servers (virtualized and physical), Windos or Linux, without any problems. In both installations occur the errors shown below two to three times a week (not in all backups). I have three jobs per server and it is not always the same job, but always the same server. What I have done: - Use a newer FD version - Just one concurrent job per server (Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1 on all FDs) - Set Heartbeat Interval = 60 on FD, SD and Dir I hope, someone has a clue for me or a hint, where to troubleshoot further. Best regards Michael Neuendorf The logs of the two server: 2012-09-19 22:58:45 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Start Backup JobId 13962, Job=nina_systemstate.2012-09-19_21.50.01_31 2012-09-19 22:58:46 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Using Device FileStorageLocal 2012-09-19 23:02:41 nina-fd JobId 13962: DIR and FD clocks differ by 233 seconds, FD automatically compensating. 2012-09-19 23:02:41 nina-fd JobId 13962: DIR and FD clocks differ by 233 seconds, FD automatically compensating. 2012-09-19 23:02:45 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientRunBeforeJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd 2012-09-19 23:02:45 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientRunBeforeJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd 2012-09-19 23:03:40 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Sending Accurate information. 2012-09-19 23:05:12 bacula-dir-sd JobId 13962: Job write elapsed time = 00:01:21, Transfer rate = 2.517 M Bytes/second 2012-09-19 23:09:06 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientAfterJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd cleanup 2012-09-19 23:09:06 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientAfterJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd cleanup 2012-09-19 23:05:17 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Fatal error: Network error with FD during Backup: ERR=Connection reset by peer 2012-09-19 23:05:18 bacula-dir-sd JobId 13962: JobId=13962 Job=nina_systemstate.2012-09-19_21.50.01_31 marked to be canceled. 2012-09-19 23:05:19 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Error: Bacula bacula-dir 5.0.1 (24Feb10): 19-Sep-2012 23:05:19 Build OS: i486-pc-linux-gnu ubuntu 10.04 JobId: 13962 Job:nina_systemstate.2012-09-19_21.50.01_31 Backup Level: Incremental, since=2012-09-18 23:07:02 Client: nina-fd 5.2.3 (16Dec11) Microsoft Windows Home ServerStandard Edition Service Pack 1 (build 3790),Cross-compile,Win32 FileSet:nina_systemstate-set 2012-04-30 21:50:01 Pool: DailyLocal (From Job IncPool override) Catalog:MyCatalog (From Client resource) Storage:Local (From Pool resource) Scheduled time: 19-Sep-2012 21:50:01 Start time: 19-Sep-2012 23:03:37 End time: 19-Sep-2012 23:05:19 Elapsed time: 1 min 42 secs Priority: 10 FD Files Written: 4 SD Files Written: 0 FD Bytes Written: 203,957,393 (203.9 MB) SD Bytes Written: 0 (0 B) Rate: 1999.6 KB/s Software Compression: 59.0 % VSS:no Encryption: no Accurate: yes Volume name(s): DailyLocal-0117 Volume Session Id: 674 Volume Session Time:1346772020 Last Volume Bytes: 32,675,913,343 (32.67 GB) Non-fatal FD errors:0 SD Errors: 0 FD termination status: Error SD termination status: Running Termination:*** Backup Error *** and 2012-09-24 23:50:02 bacula-dir JobId 4017: Start Sicherung JobId 4017, Job=BuHaSrv1_datev.2012-09-24_23.50.00_33 2012-09-24 23:50:02 bacula-dir JobId 4017: There are no more Jobs associated with Volume DailyLocal-0005. Marking it purged. 2012-09-24 23:50:02 bacula-dir JobId 4017: All records pruned from Volume DailyLocal-0005; marking it Purged 2012-09-24 23:50:02 bacula-dir JobId 4017: Recycled volume DailyLocal-0005 2012-09-24 23:50:02 bacula-dir JobId 4017: Using Device FileStorageLocal 2012-09-24 23:50:03 buhasrv1-fd JobId 4017: shell command: run ClientRunBeforeJob c:/backup/stopsql.cmd 2012-09-24 23:50:03 buhasrv1-fd JobId 4017: ClientRunBeforeJob: 2012-09-24 23:50:03 buhasrv1-fd JobId 4017: ClientRunBeforeJob: C:\Windows\system32net stop MSSQL$DATEV_SV_SE01 2012-09-24 23:50:08 buhasrv1-fd JobId 4017: ClientRunBeforeJob: SQL Server (DATEV_SV_SE01) wird beendet.. 2012-09-24 23:50:08
Re: [Bacula-users] Network error with FD during Backup: ERR=Connection reset by peer
On 9/26/2012 7:45 AM, Michael Neuendorf wrote: Hello there, I have a problem while backing up two windows servers in two different installations. The scenarios are almost equal: - Bacula-dir (v5.0.1) on Ubuntu 10.04.3 virtualized with VMware vSphere 5 Hypervisor - Bacula-sd (v5.0.1) on same server with file storage on a NAS, mounted via iSCSI. - Windows Server with problem in installation 1: Windows 2003 32bit SP1 virtulized on different VMware vSphere 5 Hypervisor, Bacula-fd 5.2.3 - Windows Server with problem in installation 2: Windows 2008R2 SP1 64bit virtulized on same hypervisor, Bacula-fd 5.2.6 - Many other Servers (virtualized and physical), Windos or Linux, without any problems. In both installations occur the errors shown below two to three times a week (not in all backups). I have three jobs per server and it is not always the same job, but always the same server. What I have done: - Use a newer FD version - Just one concurrent job per server (Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1 on all FDs) - Set Heartbeat Interval = 60 on FD, SD and Dir I hope, someone has a clue for me or a hint, where to troubleshoot further. The transfer rate is very low in the first server log. Perhaps there truly is a problem with a NIC in this hypervisor, or cable, switch, etc. Best regards Michael Neuendorf The logs of the two server: 2012-09-19 22:58:45 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Start Backup JobId 13962, Job=nina_systemstate.2012-09-19_21.50.01_31 2012-09-19 22:58:46 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Using Device FileStorageLocal 2012-09-19 23:02:41 nina-fd JobId 13962: DIR and FD clocks differ by 233 seconds, FD automatically compensating. 2012-09-19 23:02:41 nina-fd JobId 13962: DIR and FD clocks differ by 233 seconds, FD automatically compensating. 2012-09-19 23:02:45 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientRunBeforeJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd 2012-09-19 23:02:45 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientRunBeforeJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd 2012-09-19 23:03:40 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Sending Accurate information. 2012-09-19 23:05:12 bacula-dir-sd JobId 13962: Job write elapsed time = 00:01:21, Transfer rate = 2.517 M Bytes/second 2012-09-19 23:09:06 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientAfterJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd cleanup 2012-09-19 23:09:06 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientAfterJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd cleanup 2012-09-19 23:05:17 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Fatal error: Network error with FD during Backup: ERR=Connection reset by peer 2012-09-19 23:05:18 bacula-dir-sd JobId 13962: JobId=13962 Job=nina_systemstate.2012-09-19_21.50.01_31 marked to be canceled. 2012-09-19 23:05:19 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Error: Bacula bacula-dir 5.0.1 (24Feb10): 19-Sep-2012 23:05:19 Build OS: i486-pc-linux-gnu ubuntu 10.04 JobId: 13962 Job:nina_systemstate.2012-09-19_21.50.01_31 Backup Level: Incremental, since=2012-09-18 23:07:02 Client: nina-fd 5.2.3 (16Dec11) Microsoft Windows Home ServerStandard Edition Service Pack 1 (build 3790),Cross-compile,Win32 FileSet:nina_systemstate-set 2012-04-30 21:50:01 Pool: DailyLocal (From Job IncPool override) Catalog:MyCatalog (From Client resource) Storage:Local (From Pool resource) Scheduled time: 19-Sep-2012 21:50:01 Start time: 19-Sep-2012 23:03:37 End time: 19-Sep-2012 23:05:19 Elapsed time: 1 min 42 secs Priority: 10 FD Files Written: 4 SD Files Written: 0 FD Bytes Written: 203,957,393 (203.9 MB) SD Bytes Written: 0 (0 B) Rate: 1999.6 KB/s Software Compression: 59.0 % VSS:no Encryption: no Accurate: yes Volume name(s): DailyLocal-0117 Volume Session Id: 674 Volume Session Time:1346772020 Last Volume Bytes: 32,675,913,343 (32.67 GB) Non-fatal FD errors:0 SD Errors: 0 FD termination status: Error SD termination status: Running Termination:*** Backup Error *** and 2012-09-24 23:50:02 bacula-dir JobId 4017: Start Sicherung JobId 4017, Job=BuHaSrv1_datev.2012-09-24_23.50.00_33 2012-09-24 23:50:02 bacula-dir JobId 4017: There are no more Jobs associated with Volume DailyLocal-0005. Marking it purged. 2012-09-24 23:50:02 bacula-dir JobId 4017: All records pruned from Volume DailyLocal-0005; marking it Purged 2012-09-24 23:50:02 bacula-dir JobId 4017: Recycled volume DailyLocal-0005 2012-09-24 23:50:02 bacula-dir JobId 4017: Using Device FileStorageLocal 2012-09-24 23:50:03 buhasrv1-fd JobId 4017: shell command: run ClientRunBeforeJob
Re: [Bacula-users] Network error with FD during Backup: ERR=Connection reset by peer
2012-09-19 22:58:45 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Start Backup JobId 13962, Job=nina_systemstate.2012-09-19_21.50.01_31 2012-09-19 22:58:46 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Using Device FileStorageLocal 2012-09-19 23:02:41 nina-fd JobId 13962: DIR and FD clocks differ by 233 seconds, FD automatically compensating. 2012-09-19 23:02:41 nina-fd JobId 13962: DIR and FD clocks differ by 233 seconds, FD automatically compensating. 2012-09-19 23:02:45 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientRunBeforeJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd 2012-09-19 23:02:45 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientRunBeforeJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd 2012-09-19 23:03:40 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Sending Accurate information. 2012-09-19 23:05:12 bacula-dir-sd JobId 13962: Job write elapsed time = 00:01:21, Transfer rate = 2.517 M Bytes/second 2012-09-19 23:09:06 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientAfterJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd cleanup 2012-09-19 23:09:06 nina-fd JobId 13962: shell command: run ClientAfterJob C:/backup/bacula/systemstate.cmd cleanup 2012-09-19 23:05:17 bacula-dir JobId 13962: Fatal error: Network error with FD during Backup: ERR=Connection reset by peer We have seen that same error (Connection reset by peer) ocassionally for many months. Some are normal - Mac/Windows desktops/laptops that either get rebooted or removed from the network during a backup, etc. But sometimes we see this error with UNIX servers that are up 24x7. We suspect that it is network related since we've had similar errors with print servers and non-Bacula backup servers. But we have yet to pin it down. We restart failed jobs in Bacula so typically the job always completes OK even after initially getting this error on the first try. I'd be curious to know if others get these errors occasionally and what version of Bacula that you're running. --tom -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] List Volumes with a Full Backup in it
Hello All, I need to build a list of my file storage volumes that contain a full backup. Which I will then take that list and use to make an offsite longterm archive. I could not find a way to do it efficiently with the bls program, so I turned to using a sql script to do it. Here is what I have written: -- select distinct(jobmedia.mediaid) from job, jobmedia where level = 'F' and name != 'BackupCatalog' and name != 'RestoreFiles' and job.jobid = jobmedia.jobid order by jobmedia.mediaid ; -- My volumes are actually named Vol and the mediaid is an integer but it seems to sequence with what I am seeing in my email reports. Does anyone know if the sql above is correct for what I am trying to get? I would also only like to get the volumes where the job finished successfully. Looking at the jobstatus column in the job table, almost all are T, but I did see two records that have an E in the jobstatus column. Does anyone know the description of the codes for jobstatus? TIA Jim -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Bacula backup from alternative datastore
We have two NAS boxes that sync all data over DRBD. When NAS1 goes down I want NAS2 to automatically become the system to backup to tape. If NAS1 is up, then backup NAS1, else NAS2 becomes backup source for NAS1. Is this possible? Any reason not to? DRBD is in master-slave config so data ishould/i never be served from two places at once. +-- |This was sent by shockwav...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- How fast is your code? 3 out of 4 devs don\\\'t know how their code performs in production. Find out how slow your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219672;13503038;z? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backup from alternative datastore
Hello schockwavecs, you have a name very dificult
Well, it this possible!, you have to install the agent bacula-fd in both NAS1
as NAS2, but the client in bacula-dir must have configured the cluster IP.
This is:
Client bacula-fd in NAS1
FileDaemon { # this is me
Name = nas01-fd
FDport = 9102 # where we listen for the director
WorkingDirectory = C:\\Program Files\\Bacula\\working
Pid Directory = C:\\Program Files\\Bacula\\working
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}
# List Directors who are permitted to contact this File daemon
#
Director {
Name = DIRECTOR-dir
Password = x
Client bacula-fd in NAS2
blockquote
FileDaemon { # this is me
Name = nas02-fd
FDport = 9102 # where we listen for the director
WorkingDirectory = C:\\Program Files\\Bacula\\working
Pid Directory = C:\\Program Files\\Bacula\\working
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}
# List Directors who are permitted to contact this File daemon
#
Director {
Name = DIRECTOR-dir
Password = x
/blockquote
Client nas-fd in bacula-dir
blockquote
Client {
Name = nas-fd
Address = nas.domain.local (or the cluster IP)
FDPort = 9102
Catalog = MyCatalog
Password = x # password for FileDaemon
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}
/blockquote
Regards
Ana
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Enviados: Miércoles, 26 de Septiembre 2012 17:13:18
Asunto: [Bacula-users] Bacula backup from alternative datastore
We have two NAS boxes that sync all data over DRBD. When NAS1 goes down I want
NAS2 to automatically become the system to backup to tape.
If NAS1 is up, then backup NAS1, else NAS2 becomes backup source for NAS1.
Is this possible? Any reason not to? DRBD is in master-slave config so data
ishould/i never be served from two places at once.
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Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula backup from alternative datastore
On 9/26/2012 11:13 AM, shockwavecs wrote: We have two NAS boxes that sync all data over DRBD. When NAS1 goes down I want NAS2 to automatically become the system to backup to tape. If NAS1 is up, then backup NAS1, else NAS2 becomes backup source for NAS1. Is this possible? Any reason not to? DRBD is in master-slave config so data ishould/i never be served from two places at once. This is beyond the scope of Bacula. Basically, use Corosync/Pacemaker (see http://www.clusterlabs.org/) to setup NAS as a high availability cluster service with NAS1 and NAS2 as the cluster nodes. The DRBD storage, bacula-fd, and a virtual IP address will be under cluster control, meaning all will run on only one server at a time and the IP is only assigned to one server at a time. Alternatively, setup a single virtual machine on the DRBD storage that also runs bacula-fd, then use Corosync/Pacemaker to run the VM on only one node at a time. Either way, it just looks like a single NAS box with a single IP address to Bacula and doesn't require anything fancy from Bacula. -- How fast is your code? 3 out of 4 devs don\\\'t know how their code performs in production. Find out how slow your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219672;13503038;z? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] LTO3 tape capacity (variable?)
On 09/25/2012 02:29 PM, Cejka Rudolf wrote: Stephen Thompson wrote (2012/09/25): The tape in question have only been used once or twice. Do you mean just one or two drive loads and unloads? Yes, I mean the tapes have only been in a drive once or twice, possibly for a dozen sequential jobs while in the drive, but only in and out of the drive once or twice. I have seen this 200-300Gb capacity on new tapes as well as used. I see it in both my SL500 library as well as my C4 library, which is a combined 4 LTO3 drives (2 in each library). The library is a StorageTek whose SLConsole reports no media (or drive) errors, though I will look into those linux-based tools. There are several types of errors, recoverable and non-recoverable, and I'm afraid that you see just non-recoverable, but it is too late to see them. Our Sun/Oracle service engineer claims that our drives do not require cleaning tapes. Does that sound legit? If you are interested, you can study http://www.tarconis.com/documentos/LTO_Cleaning_wp.pdf ;o) So in HP case, it is possible to agree. However, you still have to have atleast one cleaning cartridge prepared ;o) Our throughput is pretty reasonable for our hardware -- we do use disk staging and get something like 60Mb/s to tape. HP LTO-3 drive can slow down physical speed to 27 MB/s, IBM LTO-3 to 40 MB/s. Native speed is 80 MB/s, bot all these speeds are after compression. If you have 60 MB/s before compression and there are some places with somewhat better compression than 2:1, then you are not able to feed HP LTO-3. For IBM drive, it is suffucient to have places with just 2:1 to need repositions. Lastly, the tapes that get 200 vs 800 are from the same batch of tapes, same number of uses, and used by the same pair of SL500 drives. That's primarily why I wondered if it could be data dependent (or a bacula bug). And what about the reason to switch to the next tape? Do you have something like this in your reports? 22-Sep 02:22 backup-sd JobId 74990: End of Volume 1 at 95:46412 on device drive0 (/dev/nsa0). Write of 65536 bytes got 0. 22-Sep 02:22 backup-sd JobId 74990: Re-read of last block succeeded. 22-Sep 02:22 backup-sd JobId 74990: End of medium on Volume 1 Bytes=381,238,317,056 Blocks=5,817,238 at 22-Sep-2012 02:22. Here's an example of a tape that had one job and only wrote ~278Gb to the tape: 10-Sep 10:08 sd-SL500 JobId 256773: Recycled volume FB0095 on device SL500-Drive-1 (/dev/SL500-Drive-1), all previous data lost. 10-Sep 10:08 sd-SL500 JobId 256773: New volume FB0095 mounted on device SL500-Drive-1 (/dev/SL500-Drive-1) at 10-Sep-2012 10:08. 10-Sep 13:02 sd-SL500 JobId 256773: End of Volume FB0095 at 149:5906 on device SL500-Drive-1 (/dev/SL500-Drive-1). Write of 262144 bytes got -1. 10-Sep 13:02 sd-SL500 JobId 256773: Re-read of last block succeeded. 10-Sep 13:02 sd-SL500 JobId 256773: End of medium on Volume FB0095 Bytes=299,532,813,312 Blocks=1,142,627 at 10-Sep-2012 13:02. Do not you use something from the following things in bacula configuration? UseVolumeOnce Maximum Volume Jobs Maximum Volume Bytes Volume Use Duration ? No, none of those are configured. Stephen -- Stephen Thompson Berkeley Seismological Laboratory step...@seismo.berkeley.edu215 McCone Hall # 4760 404.538.7077 (phone) University of California, Berkeley 510.643.5811 (fax) Berkeley, CA 94720-4760 -- How fast is your code? 3 out of 4 devs don\\\'t know how their code performs in production. Find out how slow your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219672;13503038;z? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] LTO3 tape capacity (variable?)
On 09/26/2012 02:35 PM, Stephen Thompson wrote: On 09/25/2012 02:29 PM, Cejka Rudolf wrote: Stephen Thompson wrote (2012/09/25): The tape in question have only been used once or twice. Do you mean just one or two drive loads and unloads? Yes, I mean the tapes have only been in a drive once or twice, possibly for a dozen sequential jobs while in the drive, but only in and out of the drive once or twice. I have seen this 200-300Gb capacity on new tapes as well as used. I think I pointed this out before, but I also have used and new tapes with 400-800Gb on them. It seems really hit or miss, though the tapes with 400Gb or less are probably a 1/3 of my tapes. The other 2/3 have above 400Gb. I see it in both my SL500 library as well as my C4 library, which is a combined 4 LTO3 drives (2 in each library). The library is a StorageTek whose SLConsole reports no media (or drive) errors, though I will look into those linux-based tools. There are several types of errors, recoverable and non-recoverable, and I'm afraid that you see just non-recoverable, but it is too late to see them. Our Sun/Oracle service engineer claims that our drives do not require cleaning tapes. Does that sound legit? If you are interested, you can study http://www.tarconis.com/documentos/LTO_Cleaning_wp.pdf ;o) So in HP case, it is possible to agree. However, you still have to have atleast one cleaning cartridge prepared ;o) Our throughput is pretty reasonable for our hardware -- we do use disk staging and get something like 60Mb/s to tape. HP LTO-3 drive can slow down physical speed to 27 MB/s, IBM LTO-3 to 40 MB/s. Native speed is 80 MB/s, bot all these speeds are after compression. If you have 60 MB/s before compression and there are some places with somewhat better compression than 2:1, then you are not able to feed HP LTO-3. For IBM drive, it is suffucient to have places with just 2:1 to need repositions. Lastly, the tapes that get 200 vs 800 are from the same batch of tapes, same number of uses, and used by the same pair of SL500 drives. That's primarily why I wondered if it could be data dependent (or a bacula bug). And what about the reason to switch to the next tape? Do you have something like this in your reports? 22-Sep 02:22 backup-sd JobId 74990: End of Volume 1 at 95:46412 on device drive0 (/dev/nsa0). Write of 65536 bytes got 0. 22-Sep 02:22 backup-sd JobId 74990: Re-read of last block succeeded. 22-Sep 02:22 backup-sd JobId 74990: End of medium on Volume 1 Bytes=381,238,317,056 Blocks=5,817,238 at 22-Sep-2012 02:22. Here's an example of a tape that had one job and only wrote ~278Gb to the tape: 10-Sep 10:08 sd-SL500 JobId 256773: Recycled volume FB0095 on device SL500-Drive-1 (/dev/SL500-Drive-1), all previous data lost. 10-Sep 10:08 sd-SL500 JobId 256773: New volume FB0095 mounted on device SL500-Drive-1 (/dev/SL500-Drive-1) at 10-Sep-2012 10:08. 10-Sep 13:02 sd-SL500 JobId 256773: End of Volume FB0095 at 149:5906 on device SL500-Drive-1 (/dev/SL500-Drive-1). Write of 262144 bytes got -1. 10-Sep 13:02 sd-SL500 JobId 256773: Re-read of last block succeeded. 10-Sep 13:02 sd-SL500 JobId 256773: End of medium on Volume FB0095 Bytes=299,532,813,312 Blocks=1,142,627 at 10-Sep-2012 13:02. Do not you use something from the following things in bacula configuration? UseVolumeOnce Maximum Volume Jobs Maximum Volume Bytes Volume Use Duration ? No, none of those are configured. Stephen -- Stephen Thompson Berkeley Seismological Laboratory step...@seismo.berkeley.edu215 McCone Hall # 4760 404.538.7077 (phone) University of California, Berkeley 510.643.5811 (fax) Berkeley, CA 94720-4760 -- How fast is your code? 3 out of 4 devs don\\\'t know how their code performs in production. Find out how slow your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219672;13503038;z? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
