On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Bob Hetzel <beh AT case DOT edu> wrote:
>
> I'm not exactly sure where this is coming from, but I'm having a
> situation where every few days some tapes get marked with volume status
> Error.
>
> An example from a job e-mail when it happens is...
> 07-Jul 19:34 gyrus-sd JobId 23395: Volume "LTO238L2" previously written,
> moving to end of data.
> 07-Jul 19:34 gyrus-sd JobId 23395: Error: Bacula cannot write on tape
> Volume "LTO238L2" because:
> The number of files mismatch! Volume=49 Catalog=48

This is the problem. I have seen that this happens when some event
causes a file daemon to crash (or network to close) just before the
job is finished.

> 07-Jul 19:34 gyrus-sd JobId 23395: Marking Volume "LTO238L2" in Error in
> Catalog.
>
> There's nothing wrong with the tapes.  I believe I can set the files
> count to the right number and change the status to Append and things
> work properly after that point.  This issue just started after I
> upgraded to 2.4.0 I think.
>

Yes that should fix the problem.

>
> Is anybody else seeing this?
>
I have seen this 2 or 3 times in the 4+ years I have used bacula but
not with any version in 2008...

John

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