On 6/25/11 1:13 PM, mikewilt wrote:
>> > I have set up two similar installations at home and at church.  They both 
>> > have the same problem.  Both are running under Linux:
>> >
>> > Linux version 2.6.26-2-686 (Debian 2.6.26-26lenny1) (dannf AT debian DOT 
>> > org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 SMP 
>> > Thu Nov 25 01:53:57 UTC 2010
>> >
>> > Both are running Bacula Version: 5.0.3 (04 August 2010)
>> >
>> > I configured to use disk storage based on the chapter "Automated Disk 
>> > Backup" in the user manual.
>> >
>> > It seems to work ok for a while, but the volume status for disk volumes 
>> > turns fairly quickly to "Error".  At this point they don't get used or 
>> > recycled and it runs out of usable volumes.  I have been able to restore 
>> > from such volumes so their contents seems to be ok.  I can force it to 
>> > purge them but that is very tedious.
>> >
>> > Any ideas out there?
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
> Mike,
>
> The only thing I can conjecture due to the lack of disclosure of the
> seemingly closely-held details is that you are the common denominator in
> both church and home setups. Hence, you have done something wrong. Are
> the volumes overfilling the disks? Could be. Or it could be one of many
> other causes. What does the error say? A list of the "messages" output
> will be helpful. So, I hope you don't get overly frustrated with
> Bacula.We can only help once you share the details.
>
> Mehma
>

I'd just like to add that it is also possible that your disk volumes aren't 
the problem, but your db server is either filling up the filesystem it 
lives on, or filling up filesystem where it holds temporary db stuff.

Go into the config for your db server and look at where it is putting 
everything (temp tables, temp space, logs, log files, etc).  Make sure you 
have plenty of extra space every place your db or bacula writes.

If you're doing spooling with bacula, make sure that isn't filling up a 
filesystem.  Also check where bacula is doing attribute spooling.

Check the server logs found in /var/log (especially the messages file) for 
write errors.  If your server hasn't logged the problem then you'll have to 
monitor it more closely during backups to determine what's going on when 
there's a failure.



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