Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape problems after updating to version 3.0.0

2009-04-21 10:39:20
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Tape problems after updating to version 3.0.0
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Russell Sutherland <russ AT quist DOT ca>, bacula-users <Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:34:27 -0400
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Russell Sutherland <russ AT quist DOT ca> 
wrote:
> I updated my system to version 3.0.0 yesterday.
>
> *version
> backup-dir Version: 3.0.0 (06 April 2009)  i386-portbld-freebsd7.1
> freebsd 7.1-RELEASE-p4
>
> $ pkg_info | grep bacula
> bacula-bat-2.4.4_1  The network backup solution (GUI)
> bacula-client-3.0.0_1 The network backup solution (client)
> bacula-docs-2.4.4   The Bacula document set
> bacula-server-3.0.0 The network backup solution (server)
>
> Of course part of that was updating the mysql database tables. All of
> that seemed to go well.
>
> However when my first backup started earlier today, somehow the file
> counter was off by one from the perspective of the Catalog and the
> Volume:
>
> *messages
> 21-Apr 02:05 backup-dir JobId 14512: Start Backup JobId 14512,
> Job=backup-system.2009-04-21_02.05.00_05
> 21-Apr 02:05 backup-dir JobId 14512: Using Device "Dell-PV-110T"
> 21-Apr 02:05 backup-sd JobId 14512: Volume "BG7388" previously
> written, moving to end of data.
> 21-Apr 02:06 backup-sd JobId 14512: Error: Bacula cannot write on tape
> Volume "BG7388" because:
> The number of files mismatch! Volume=323 Catalog=322
> 21-Apr 02:06 backup-sd JobId 14512: Marking Volume "BG7388" in Error in 
> Catalog.
> 21-Apr 02:07 backup-sd JobId 14512: Job
> backup-system.2009-04-21_02.05.00_05 waiting. Cannot find any
> appendable volumes.
> Please use the "label"  command to create a new Volume for:
>    Storage:      "Dell-PV-110T" (/dev/nsa0)
>    Pool:         Default
>    Media type:   LTO-2
>
> I am more interested in fixing the situation rather than having to
> recycle the tape into the pool, and start a new one, given the current
> tape is less than one half full.
>
> Any ideas?
>

Update

volume parameters

volume status

set to Append

John

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