Hi John
Thanks for your reaction. I added the conf files below.
Looking forward to any hints / thoughts on this.
Thomas
On 28 Jan 2010, at 14:42, John Drescher wrote:
>> In our current setup, Bacula does not seem to automatically load the correct
>> tape in the drive for its backups. We did specify the correct autochanger
>> options in the storage daemon conf file and made sure the device uses the
>> autochanger.
>>
>> When we execute the 'list media' command in bconsole, we get the following
>> output:
>>
>> Automatically selected Catalog: ClientDB
>> Using Catalog "ClientDB"
>> Pool: Default
>> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
>> | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles |
>> VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten
>> |
>> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
>> | 1 | 426BBL | Append | 1 | 26,842,862,592 | 65 |
>> 31,536,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | LTO-4 | 2010-01-28 06:00:11 |
>> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
>>
>> from which i derive that Bacula recognizes one pool ('Default') with one
>> associated volume, that is currently in the autochanger.
>>
>> But the 'query catalog' command (we use the mysql db) seems not to know
>> about the volume in the autochanger:
>>
>> *query catalog
>> Automatically selected Catalog: ClientDB
>> Using Catalog "ClientDB"
>> Available queries:
>> 1: List up to 20 places where a File is saved regardless of the
>> directory
>> 2: List where the most recent copies of a file are saved
>> 3: List last 20 Full Backups for a Client
>> 4: List all backups for a Client after a specified time
>> 5: List all backups for a Client
>> 6: List Volume Attributes for a selected Volume
>> 7: List Volumes used by selected JobId
>> 8: List Volumes to Restore All Files
>> 9: List Pool Attributes for a selected Pool
>> 10: List total files/bytes by Job
>> 11: List total files/bytes by Volume
>> 12: List Files for a selected JobId
>> 13: List Jobs stored on a selected MediaId
>> 14: List Jobs stored for a given Volume name
>> 15: List Volumes Bacula thinks are in changer
>> 16: List Volumes likely to need replacement from age or errors
>> Choose a query (1-16): 15
>> No results to list.
>>
>> In addition, the logs show the following message blocks:
>> 28-Jan 04:00 blade03-sd JobId 19: Invalid slot=0 defined in catalog for
>> Volume "426BBL" on "TS2900" (/dev/nst0). Manual load may be required.
>> 28-Jan 04:00 blade03-sd JobId 19: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0"
>> command.
>> 28-Jan 04:00 blade03-sd JobId 19: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0",
>> result: nothing loaded.
>> 28-Jan 04:00 blade03-sd JobId 19: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0"
>> command.
>> 28-Jan 04:00 blade03-sd JobId 19: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0",
>> result: nothing loaded.
>> 28-Jan 04:00 blade03-sd JobId 19: Warning: mount.c:219 Open device "TS2900"
>> (/dev/nst0) Volume "426BBL" failed: ERR=dev.c:474 Unable to open device
>> "TS2900" (/dev/nst0): ERR=No medium found
>>
>> In other words, the catalog does not seem to know about the volumes in the
>> autochanger slots? Could we run a bscan or take other actions to restore
>> consistency between the catalog and the tape library? We already tried the
>> 'update slots' command but that had no effect.
>>
>> Note that we are just getting started with Bacula soo re-initializing the
>> whole catalog is an option if it would make our setup consistent again.
>>
> That would require you to erase each tape used with mt.
>
> Can you post your bacula-sd.conf and bacula-dir.conf and your bacula version.
bacula-sd.conf:
--------------------
Storage { # definition of myself
Name = blade03-sd
SDPort = 9103 # Director's port
WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula"
Pid Directory = "/var/run"
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
}
Director {
Name = blade03-dir
Password = "Vzl7x+Z+WEFvLNXRip1XWMKZRT8gGLhbT/N1Z+moemxv"
}
Autochanger{
Name = Autochanger
Device = TS2900
Changer Command = "/usr/lib64/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Changer Device = /dev/changer
}
Device {
Name = TS2900
Drive Index = 0
Media Type = LTO-4
# Archive Device = /dev/IBMtape0n
Archive Device = /dev/nst0
AutomaticMount = yes # when device opened, read it
Autoselect = yes
AlwaysOpen = yes
RemovableMedia = yes
RandomAccess = no
AutoChanger = yes
#Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c | grep TapeAlert | cat'"
Maximum Network Buffer Size = 65536
Spool Directory = /var/spool/bacula
Label Type = IBM
Check Labels = yes
}
Messages {
Name = Standard
director = blade03-dir = all
}
bacula-dir.conf:
--------------------
# Bacula
Director {
Name = blade03-dir
DIRport = 9101
QueryFile = "/usr/lib64/bacula/query.sql"
WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula"
PidDirectory = "/var/run"
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
Password = "re73hjSIcRcixolfzXJsaeaJafv1hHC2juYgss4Zrx/q"
Messages = Daemon
}
JobDefs {
Name = DefaultJob
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
FileSet = FullClientBackup
Schedule = WeeklyCycle
Storage = TapeDrive
Messages = Standard
Pool = Default
Priority = 10
}
JobDefs {
Name = client-jobdefs
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
FileSet = FullClientBackup
Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
Storage = TapeDrive #File
Messages = Standard
Pool = Default
Priority = 10
}
#Job {
# Name = "BackupClient1"
# JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
# Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/Client1.bsr"
#}
Job {
Name = VirtualImagesJob
JobDefs = DefaultJob
Client = blade03-fd
FileSet = VirtualImagesFileSet
}
> John
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