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From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Can't do tape backups - "Cannot find any
appendable volumes"
To: Arch Willingham <arch AT tuparks DOT com>


On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Arch Willingham <arch AT tuparks DOT com> 
wrote:
> Y'all will laugh but I have tried and tried but I am lost on how to backup to 
> tape. When I run "/root/bacula/bin/btape -c bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0", the 
> test runs correctly. I have tried to set up a tape job but it stops with this 
> message:
>
> 16-Oct 06:05 localhost-sd JobId 227: Job 
> GROUP_Tape_only_files.2008-10-13_23.05.07
> waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes.
> Please use the "label"  command to create a new Volume for:
>    Storage:      "Sony_SDX-400V" (/dev/nst0)
>    Pool:         Tape Backups Pool - weekly
>    Media type:   8mmAIT-1
>
>
> My goal is to have four tapes.....each gets a full backup every Friday night. 
> The next Friday, that tape gets pulled and Bacula just backs up to the new 
> tape that night.
>
> I think the pertinent sections  from bacula-dir.conf are shown below:
>
> Job {
>  Name = "GROUP Tape only files"
>  Type = Backup
>  Level = Full
>  Client = localhost-fd
>  FileSet = "GROUP Tape files"
>  Schedule = WeeklyCycle
>  Storage = "Tape Backups"
>  Pool = "Tape Backups Pool - weekly"
>  Messages = Standard
> }
> Storage {
>  Name = "Tape Backups"
>  Password = xxxx
>  Address = 1x.xx.xx.xx
>  SDPort = 9103
>  Device = Sony_SDX-400V
>  Media Type = 8mmAIT-1
> }
> Pool {
>  Name = "Tape Backups Pool - weekly"
>  Pool Type = Backup
>  Volume Retention = 30 days
>  Recycle = yes
>  AutoPrune = yes
>  #  Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
>  Use Volume Once = yes
> }
>
>
> Can anyone help get me started?
>
>
Your volume retention is probably too long.

Give us the result of

list media pool="Tape Backups Pool - weekly"

John



-- 
John M. Drescher

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