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Keith Sudbury wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> 
> I tried the sql thing to start with... and got the following :
> 
> 
> *sql
> Entering SQL query mode.
> Terminate each query with a semicolon.
> Terminate query mode with a blank line.
> Enter SQL query: SELECT MediaId,VolumeName,VolStatus FROM Media WHERE 
> VolumeName='wednesday';
> +---------+------------+-----------+
> | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus |
> +---------+------------+-----------+
> |            3 | wednesday  | Full      |
> +---------+------------+-----------+
> Enter SQL query:
> 
> It would appear its full... I wonder why Bacula is not recycling it??
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> Brian Debelius wrote:
>> I got one like that Monday, I manually purged the volume, and then 
>> moved it to the scratch pool, and then issued a mount.  Do this only 
>> if you are sure this tape is supposed to be recycled.   ** Please 
>> don't purge a tape you needed. :) **
>>
>> you can purge using
>> *purge volume=YourVolumeName
>>
>> You can check its status like this
>> *sql
>> SELECT MediaId,VolumeName,VolStatus FROM Media WHERE VolumeName='your 
>> tape label';
>>
>>
>> Keith Sudbury wrote:
>>> Hi guys,
>>> I am sure I have the right tape in the drive, yet its giving me the 
>>> following error?? Could this be down to a tape that's full? I have 
>>> recycle enabled though?? This is puzzling me... and I badly need to 
>>> get a backup done!
>>> This is the error:
>>> 30-Jul 23:00 bacula-sd: Job bacula-fd.2008-07-30_23.00.00 waiting. 
>>> Cannot find any appendable volumes.
>>> Please use the "label"  command to create a new Volume for:
>>>     Storage:      "LTO-3" (/dev/nst0)
>>>     Media type:   LTO-3
>>>     Pool:         wed-pool

This is a pretty basic part of using Bacula. Have you read the manual?
If so, let someone know where it is you are lost so we can start there.

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