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Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula is not recognising tape as appendable.

2009-09-02 12:55:39
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula is not recognising tape as appendable.
From: Cedric Tefft <logicloop AT gmail DOT com>
To: terryc <terryc AT woa.com DOT au>
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:50:25 -0700
terryc wrote:
> A job calls for an appendable tape
> A volume listing says the tape is appendable.
> The tape is mounted in the drive.
> It acknowledges that the tape is mounted and correctly reports the 
> label, BUT director keeps squarking for hours for an appendable tape.
>
> Where this happens is on full backup day when the final FULL job gets 
> delayed until a DIFF job gets started because it has higher priority.
>
> If I cancel the DIFF job, then Bacula gets hopelessly muddled and 
> screwed up and fails to recognise the mounted FULL tape as appendable.
>
> Nothing short of a complete reboot of the machine (involdes dir, sd & 
> fd) will fix this foul up.
>
> What is wrong in the programming that it persists in rejecting the tape?
>
>   
It might be useful to post your job log as well as the relevant Pool 
definition from your director's config.

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