On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 20:21 +0100, Arno Lehmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 04.12.2009 19:43, Craig White wrote:
> > I am confused by errors.
> >
> > I could manually load a tape, label it, and backup on it...
> >
> > *mount
> > Automatically selected Storage: SRV1-sd
> > 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
> > 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot 8.
> > block.c:1010 Read error on fd=7 at file:blk 0:0 on device
> > "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error.
> > 3902 Cannot mount Volume on Storage Device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0)
> > because: Requested Volume "" on "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) is not a Bacula
> > labeled Volume, because: ERR=block.c:1010 Read error on fd=7 at file:blk
> > 0:0 on device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error.
> > 3905 Device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) open but no Bacula volume is
> > mounted.
> >
> > If this is not a blank tape, try unmounting and remounting the
> > Volume.
> >
> > *label
> >
> >
> > Automatically selected Storage:
> > SRV1-sd
> >
> > Enter new Volume name:
> > test
> >
> > Defined Pools:
> > 1: Default
> > 2: MonthlyPool
> > Select the Pool (1-2): 1
> > Connecting to Storage daemon SRV1-sd at srv1.thinkcfd.com:9103 ...
> > Sending label command for Volume "test" Slot 0 ...
> > Invalid slot=0 defined in catalog for Volume "" on
> ...
> > Do you want to label these Volumes? (yes|no): yes
> > Connecting to Storage daemon SRV1-sd at srv1.thinkcfd.com:9103 ...
> > Sending label command for Volume "000001L4" Slot 1 ...
> > 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
> > 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result: nothing loaded.
> > 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 1, drive 0" command.
> > 3992 Bad autochanger "load slot 1, drive 0": ERR=Child died from signal
> > 15: Termination.
> > Results=Program killed by Bacula (timeout)
> > Label command failed for Volume 000001L4.
> >
> > and so on for each tape...
> >
> > Why can't I just label the tapes with barcodes ? (and I'm gathering by
> > the error message reported to the console that bacula doesn't recognize
> > that the tape has been loaded from the autochanger mechanism)
>
> Item 1: Slots are (usually) umbered starting with 1, so for a manual
> lael command, you'd do something like
> 'label slot=1 drive=0 sd=SRV1-sd pool=Default' in bconsole.
>
> Item 2: Your autochanger doesn't seem to work with Bacula (yet).
> That's usually a configuration issue... have you checked with btape's
> autochanger test, run mtx-changer with appropriate input from the
> shell, and checked what mtx does?
>
> Either your SD configuration or the mtx-changer (configuration) might
> need fixing - most autochangers do work well with Bacula and the
> "normal" framework to control them (i.e., mtx, mtx-changer, and the
> regular operating system device names).
>
> What I see often are changing device names, which can be fixed y
> applying some udev rules and using symlinks created by udev according
> to your rules.
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much simpler solution - pebkac
I hadn't installed 'mt' (on CentOS it's mt-st) package and though for
the most part, bacula doesn't need it, it apparently needs the package
to do some basic operations like rewind the tape - duh
Thanks
Craig
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