[Bacula-users] Tapes not recycling: VolStatus = Error, all job are stall

Hello,

I am running bacula release 2.2.7 on Debian (Etch distribution 4.1.2-24) using a sony tape drive and I am having some problems recycling my volumes. I have read through the manual a number of times and searched the email archive, but it looks like I might be the first to experience this particular problem.

In the director configuration file I have specified the pool definition as the following:

# Default pool definition

Pool {

Name = Default

Pool Type = Backup

Recycle = yes

AutoPrune = yes

Volume Retention = 365 days

}

Bacula has failed to execute any new jobs, because the volume it wants to use is marked "Error". It seems that Bacula will not automatically recycle the volume because its retention period has not expired. Therefore, I tried to manually recycle the volume marked in error (following the instructions in the manual), but received the following message:

"0 Files on Volume "June08-02" purged from catalog." And then when I list volumes the offending volume is still marked "error". Is there way to recycle a volume that has been marked "error"?

Below is a shortened version of the volumes in my pool:

The media 1-41 are all full of data. Starting with media ID 42 and running to ID 48, I want to continue running jobs on. These volumes were added to the pool more recently than those that have data and therefore the "Recycle Oldest Volume =Yes" option in the director configuration will not enforce the correct recycling of media.

Any ideas?

I appreciate any help and/or insight.

-ERIK

Pool: Default

+---------+----------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+

+---------+----------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+

| 1 | July05-01 | Full | 1 | 30048334848 | 32 | 31536000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DDS-4 | 2008-12-19 16:00:27 |

|2 | July05-03 | Full | 1 | 30035561472 | 31 | 31536000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DDS-4 | 2008-12-19 23:39:15 |

...

| 42 | June08-02 | Error | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31536000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DDS-4 | 0 |

| 43 | June08-03 | Full | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31536000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DDS-4 | 0 |

| 44 | June08-04 | Full | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31536000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DDS-4 | 0 |

| 45 | June08-05 | Full | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31536000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DDS-4 | 0 |

| 46 | June08-06 | Full | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31536000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DDS-4 | 0 |

| 47 | June08-07 | Full | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31536000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DDS-4 | 0 |

| 48 | June08-08 | Full | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31536000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | DDS-4 | 0 |

+---------+----------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+

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[Bacula-users] Tapes not recycling: VolStatus = Error, all job are stalled