Tried mounting, it didn't work. (and by the way Backup Executive in no way
compares to NetBackup)
-----Original Message-----
From: John Drescher [mailto:drescherjm AT gmail DOT com]
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:26 PM
To: Steve Handy
Cc: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula BLOCK issue where already created volumes
not being read
> I have an issue with Bacula. Here is the case. I Bacula setup on both
> an Ubuntu Server machine and Solaris. The director is on Ubuntu and storage
> server on Solaris. We have a LTO-180 Solaris tape library implemented. I
> recently ran a label barcodes command which created volumes with the same
> name as the barcodes: FCOM. This resulted in a default pool of volumes
> FCOM01,.....FCOM20. I performed an update scan slots twice. I then moved
> FCOM01-FCOM03 into a new pool i created: WindowsBackupServer Pool from the
> default. Here are the tables:
>
> Default Pool:
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles |
> VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten
> |
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> | 12 | FCOM04 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 104 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 13 | FCOM05 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 105 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 14 | FCOM06 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 106 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 15 | FCOM07 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 107 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 16 | FCOM08 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 108 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 17 | FCOM09 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 109 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 18 | FCOM10 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 110 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 19 | FCOM12 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 112 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 20 | FCOM13 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 113 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 21 | FCOM14 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 114 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 22 | FCOM15 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 115 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 23 | FCOM16 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 116 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 24 | FCOM17 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 117 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 25 | FCOM18 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 118 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 26 | FCOM19 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 119 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 27 | FCOM20 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 120 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> Pool: Scratch
> No results to list.
> Pool: WindowsFileServerBackup
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles |
> VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten
> |
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> | 10 | FCOM02 | Append | 1 | 129,024 | 1 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 102 | 1 | LTO-2 | 2009-02-11 14:13:08 |
> | 11 | FCOM03 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 103 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> | 28 | FCOM01 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 |
> 31,536,000 | 1 | 101 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
>
> So thinking that my new pool has already volumes created and ready to go, i
> executed a run statement at the bconsole. No tape were in the tape device,
> thus no mounts. After executing run, i stated yes to start the job. I then
> received a strange message when i did status all:
>
> Device status:
> Autochanger "Autochanger" with devices:
> "Drive-1" (/dev/rmt/4cbn)
> "Drive-2" (/dev/rmt/3cbn)
> Device "Drive-1" (/dev/rmt/4cbn) is not open.
> Device is BLOCKED waiting to mount a volume FCOM12
> Pool: WindowsFileServerBackup
> Media type: LTO-2
> Drive 0 status unknown.
>
> I then loaded and unloaded the tape device from my Solaris machine and then
> ran an update slots scan on Ubuntu from the bconsole.
>
> Now the error is
> Device status:
> Autochanger "Autochanger" with devices:
> "Drive-1" (/dev/rmt/4cbn)
> "Drive-2" (/dev/rmt/3cbn)
> Device "Drive-1" (/dev/rmt/4cbn) is not open.
> Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for:
> Pool: WindowsFileServerBackup
> Media type: LTO-2
> Drive 0 status unknown.
>
> Can someone please help? I already have volumes in the in the new pool which
> i transfered with the update volumes command. Bacula should see those
> volumes and not be asking to label a new volume.
Once the drive is blocked it will not see the tapes until you mount
the drive again. Just issue a mount and it should fix itself.
> Bacula is a nice program,
> but i am starting to think due to its open source nature, it may be better
> to simply spend money on NetBackup.
>
I came from backup executive (early version of netbackup) to bacula
because bacula is a much better product and has much better support.
John
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