Hi,

15.12.2008 23:34, Arch Willingham wrote:
> The file backups work fine but I am havign problems backing up to a tape 
> drive. Every time I try to run a test, it hangs on 
> 
> Starting backup job Group Tape job ..
> 
> Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
> Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
> A job name must be specified.
> The defined Job resources are:
>     
>     10: Group Tape job
> Select Job resource (1-10): 10
> Run Backup job
> JobName:  Group Tape job
> Level:    Full
> Client:   group-fd
> FileSet:  Group server files - test data only
> Pool:     Tape Backups Pool - weekly (From Job resource)
> Storage:  Tape Backups (From Job resource)
> When:     2008-12-15 17:14:23
> Priority: 10
> OK to run? (yes/mod/no):
> 
> .. the backup job is now running. When complete, the results will be shown 
> below ..
> 
> 15-Dec 17:14 bacula-dir JobId 96: Start Backup JobId 96, 
> Job=Group_Tape_job.2008-12-15_17.14.30
> 15-Dec 17:15 bacula-dir JobId 96: Using Device "Sony_SDX-400V"
> 15-Dec 17:16 bacula-sd JobId 96: Please mount Volume "TapeVol-0001" or label 
> a new one for:
>     Job:          Group_Tape_job.2008-12-15_17.14.30
>     Storage:      "Sony_SDX-400V" (/dev/nst0)
>     Pool:         Tape Backups Pool - weekly
>     Media type:   8mmAIT-1
> 
> 
>  and there it sits. If I go to the status screen, I get a "is waiting for a 
> mount request" (I'm using webmin) on teh tape.

Have you ever tried mounting the requested tape, or labeling a new one?

...
> If I close then run "/etc/rc.d/init.d/bacula-sd stop" and then run: 
> 
> 
> btape -c bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0
> 
> I get this:
> 
> Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes.
> btape: butil.c:285 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for writing.
> btape: btape.c:372 open device "Sony_SDX-400V" (/dev/nst0): OK
> *test

readlabel would be a better choice here - test overwrites the tape, 
i.e. it removes the tape label, too...

Arno


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Arno Lehmann
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www.its-lehmann.de

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