Re: [Bacula-users] End of Back-up Problems
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Dirk Kleinhesselink wrote: On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Kern Sibbald wrote: For what it's worth, I found that if I unloaded and re-loaded the SCSI controller, tape (st) and generic (sg) drivers on my system (linux, mandriva 2006) that would fix occasional problems with my tape and autoloader. My SCSI controller only has the tape/autoloader on it -- no disks. Have you tried the rescan_scsi_disks script? AB - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] End of Back-up Problems
This is annoying! But, I can't work out why it would have changed. I've not altered the configuration for ages… I though originally it was because the backup size had got very close (if not exceeded) the size of the tape, but after moving some files around it's not well below the tape size (Tape=200GB, file=180GB). Is this an LTO2 drive (with 200GB native) as you can not count on an LTO1 drive giving you 200GB of space? LTO1 drives are really a 100GB drive that with compression sometimes fits 200GB on a tape. For me I rarely get 2:1 as I have uncompressible data on my disks (image files that are already compressed). John - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] End of Back-up Problems
Thanks for your help! The tapes are 200GB (400GB with compression), so I know that's not an issue. I've solved the problem though. The drive needed a clean Cleaned the drive and all is good. This does seem to be a bit of a daft solution, but it works. Any one got any ideas as to why? Regards, Rupert -Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 August 2006 16:29 To: Rupert Finnigan Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] End of Back-up Problems This is annoying! But, I can't work out why it would have changed. I've not altered the configuration for ages. I though originally it was because the backup size had got very close (if not exceeded) the size of the tape, but after moving some files around it's not well below the tape size (Tape=200GB, file=180GB). Is this an LTO2 drive (with 200GB native) as you can not count on an LTO1 drive giving you 200GB of space? LTO1 drives are really a 100GB drive that with compression sometimes fits 200GB on a tape. For me I rarely get 2:1 as I have uncompressible data on my disks (image files that are already compressed). John ***Confidentiality and Privilege Notice*** The material contained in this message is privileged and confidential to the addressee. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message or responsible for delivery of the message to such person, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone, and you should destroy it and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Information in this message that does not relate to the official business of Weatherbeeta must be treated as neither given nor endorsed by Weatherbeeta. Weatherbeeta, its employees, contractors or associates shall not be liable for direct, indirect or consequential loss arising from transmission of this message or any attachments Registered office address Greenway House, Sugarswell Business Park, Shenington, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 6HW. Company number 3006765 - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] End of Back-up Problems
Are you able to bconsole unmount the device after the backup is finished? What is the output of tapeinfo -f /dev/sg0 ? What is your OS? What version of Bacula are you running? Have you tried to # Rewind tape mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind # Eject tape mt -f /dev/nst0 eject yet (pay attention that these commands are for a single drive, YMMV)? Do you have any SCSI or tape drive error reported when you tail -50 /var/log/messages ? Regards, Georger --- Rupert Finnigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: Hello, I wander if anyone could help - I've got a problem with Bacula. We've been using Bacula for about three months or so now, with varying degrees of success. Recently, I've simplified our configuration and have been having no problems at all with our backups, until now. Bacula runs successfully, recognizes that a valid tape from the correct pool is available in the Autoloader, loads the tape, runs the scripts, does the backup, but then won't release the Drive. It appears that the drive locks up, and when I stop the bacula-sd daemon I can't control the drive (Linux tells me that it's not found in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. So, I basically have to re-boot the server to get SCSI to realize it's there again. This is annoying! But, I can't work out why it would have changed. I've not altered the configuration for ages. I though originally it was because the backup size had got very close (if not exceeded) the size of the tape, but after moving some files around it's not well below the tape size (Tape=200GB, file=180GB). We're Redhat ES8 with a Quantum Superloader 3. Can anyone point me towards a solution/answer to this? I'd be grateful if you could! Regards, Rupert Finnigan ___ Novidade no Yahoo! Mail: receba alertas de novas mensagens no seu celular. Registre seu aparelho agora! http://br.mobile.yahoo.com/mailalertas/ - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] End of Back-up Problems
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 16:39, Rupert Finnigan wrote: Hello, I wander if anyone could help - I've got a problem with Bacula. We've been using Bacula for about three months or so now, with varying degrees of success. Recently, I've simplified our configuration and have been having no problems at all with our backups, until now. Bacula runs successfully, recognizes that a valid tape from the correct pool is available in the Autoloader, loads the tape, runs the scripts, does the backup, but then won't release the Drive. It appears that the drive locks up, and when I stop the bacula-sd daemon I can't control the drive (Linux tells me that it's not found in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. So, I basically have to re-boot the server to get SCSI to realize it's there again. This is annoying! But, I can't work out why it would have changed. I've not altered the configuration for ages. I though originally it was because the backup size had got very close (if not exceeded) the size of the tape, but after moving some files around it's not well below the tape size (Tape=200GB, file=180GB). We're Redhat ES8 with a Quantum Superloader 3. Can anyone point me towards a solution/answer to this? I'd be grateful if you could! Well, tape drives don't (or shouldn't) ever show up in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. I'm not familiar with ES8, but since it is RedHat, the drives are probably controlled by udev. In the default configuration the SD never releases the drive because it is not a particularly good idea. If you shutdown the SD or modify your SD conf file appropriately (not recommended) Bacula will release the drive. Then it is simply a matter of having your udev setup correctly, which should be done by default. Regards, Rupert Finnigan ***Confidentiality and Privilege Notice*** The material contained in this message is privileged and confidential to the addressee. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message or responsible for delivery of the message to such person, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone, and you should destroy it and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Information in this message that does not relate to the official business of Weatherbeeta must be treated as neither given nor endorsed by Weatherbeeta. Weatherbeeta, its employees, contractors or associates shall not be liable for direct, indirect or consequential loss arising from transmission of this message or any attachments Registered office address Greenway House, Sugarswell Business Park, Shenington, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 6HW. Company number 3006765 - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] End of Back-up Problems
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Kern Sibbald wrote: For what it's worth, I found that if I unloaded and re-loaded the SCSI controller, tape (st) and generic (sg) drivers on my system (linux, mandriva 2006) that would fix occasional problems with my tape and autoloader. My SCSI controller only has the tape/autoloader on it -- no disks. Dirk On Wednesday 16 August 2006 16:39, Rupert Finnigan wrote: Hello, I wander if anyone could help - I've got a problem with Bacula. We've been using Bacula for about three months or so now, with varying degrees of success. Recently, I've simplified our configuration and have been having no problems at all with our backups, until now. Bacula runs successfully, recognizes that a valid tape from the correct pool is available in the Autoloader, loads the tape, runs the scripts, does the backup, but then won't release the Drive. It appears that the drive locks up, and when I stop the bacula-sd daemon I can't control the drive (Linux tells me that it's not found in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. So, I basically have to re-boot the server to get SCSI to realize it's there again. This is annoying! But, I can't work out why it would have changed. I've not altered the configuration for ages. I though originally it was because the backup size had got very close (if not exceeded) the size of the tape, but after moving some files around it's not well below the tape size (Tape=200GB, file=180GB). We're Redhat ES8 with a Quantum Superloader 3. Can anyone point me towards a solution/answer to this? I'd be grateful if you could! Well, tape drives don't (or shouldn't) ever show up in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. I'm not familiar with ES8, but since it is RedHat, the drives are probably controlled by udev. In the default configuration the SD never releases the drive because it is not a particularly good idea. If you shutdown the SD or modify your SD conf file appropriately (not recommended) Bacula will release the drive. Then it is simply a matter of having your udev setup correctly, which should be done by default. Regards, Rupert Finnigan ***Confidentiality and Privilege Notice*** The material contained in this message is privileged and confidential to the addressee. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message or responsible for delivery of the message to such person, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone, and you should destroy it and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Information in this message that does not relate to the official business of Weatherbeeta must be treated as neither given nor endorsed by Weatherbeeta. Weatherbeeta, its employees, contractors or associates shall not be liable for direct, indirect or consequential loss arising from transmission of this message or any attachments Registered office address Greenway House, Sugarswell Business Park, Shenington, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 6HW. Company number 3006765 - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
