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Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula stalls after 2.5 TB

2010-12-01 19:01:55
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula stalls after 2.5 TB
From: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
To: John Acar <JAcar AT gsoc.treas DOT gov>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:58:41 -0500
On 12/1/2010 2:28 PM, John Acar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am running Bacula 3.0.2 (Mysql) on Centos 4.8.  I have a Spectra T380 
> changer with 50 tape slots.  I need to archive about 7 TB of data.  The first 
> time I attempted to back it up, the job stalled on 2.559TB and errored out.  
> I figured it might be the drive i used since I have had trouble with that 
> drive so I used drive-2.  The job stopped at precisely the same spot but I 
> did not get any errors.  Bacula still thinks the job is running.
>
> Device "Drive-2" (/dev/nst0) is mounted with:
>      Volume:      037172L4
>      Pool:        Default
>      Media type:  LTO-4
>      Slot 43 is loaded in drive 1.
>      Total Bytes=21,018,267,648 Blocks=325,803 Bytes/block=64,512
>      Positioned at File=21 Block=304
> ====
>
> Used Volume status:
> 037172L4 on device "Drive-2" (/dev/nst0)
>      Reader=0 writers=1 devres=0 volinuse=1
> ====
>
> ====
>
> Connecting to Client gsoc-fd at localhost:9102
>
> gsoc-fd Version: 3.0.2 (18 July 2009)  i686-redhat-linux-gnu redhat
> Daemon started 29-Nov-10 15:13, 2 Jobs run since started.
>   Heap: heap=598,016 smbytes=220,928 max_bytes=223,165 bufs=117 max_bufs=120
>   Sizeof: boffset_t=8 size_t=4 debug=0 trace=0
>
> Running Jobs:
> JobId 440 Job TNET.2010-11-30_09.39.39_08 is running.
>      Backup Job started: 30-Nov-10 09:39
>      Files=1,229 Bytes=2,559,801,067,520 Bytes/sec=24,701,351 Errors=0
>      Files Examined=1,229
>      Processing file: /firewall/mysql/archive/sdw_netflow/netflow_20100430.tar
>      SDReadSeqNo=5 fd=5
> Director connected at: 01-Dec-10 14:26
>
> The backup is done from a SAN mount on the backup server and bacula sends it 
> to tape.  The mount is up and I can manually access the data.  I tried 
> searching the archive for a similar problem but I am not quite sure what to 
> look for.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?

Ignore the 2.5TB.  I would concentrate on the time this job has been 
running.  Let it continue to run.  Perhaps the Catalog is now busy.

Also follow the suggestions from Wolfgang.

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

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