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Re: [Bacula-users] Possible to replace bad tape during backup (i/o error) operation?

2010-04-25 16:33:33
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Possible to replace bad tape during backup (i/o error) operation?
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Steve Costaras <stevecs AT chaven DOT com>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:29:48 -0400
2010/4/25 Steve Costaras <stevecs AT chaven DOT com>:
>
> Ok, I'm on 5.0.1, and am doing a differential backup w/ LTO4 drives which
> takes a good 1-2 days.  Backups proceed fine until I hit a tape with an I/O
> error on it (bad media).
>
> so like this:
>
> --
>  61      | DD0011     | Full      | 1       | 476322401280 | 100      |
> 3024000      | 1       | 10   | 1         | LTO4      | 2010-04-23 00:08:08
> |
> | 62      | DD0012     | Full      | 1       | 553054897152 | 111      |
> 3024000      | 1       | 11   | 1         | LTO4      | 2010-04-25 03:28:13
> |
> | 63      | DD0013     | Full      | 1       | 624200254464 | 125      |
> 3024000      | 1       | 12   | 1         | LTO4      | 2010-04-25 07:45:36
> |
> | 64      | DD0014     | Full      | 1       | 608673989632 | 122      |
> 3024000      | 1       | 13   | 1         | LTO4      | 2010-04-25 10:15:09
> |
> | 65      | DD0015     | Full      | 1       | 95683584     | 0        |
> 3024000      | 1       | 14   | 1         | LTO4      | 2010-04-25 10:26:43
> |
> | 66      | DD0016     | Append    | 1       | 64998343680  | 13       |
> 3024000      | 1       | 0    | 0         | LTO4      | 2010-04-25 11:21:18
> |
> | 67      | DD0017     | Recycle   | 1       | 57359729664  | 11       |
> 3024000      | 1       | 0    | 0         | LTO4      | 2010-04-24 18:55:33
> |
> | 69      | DD0018     | Recycle   | 1       | 1024         | 0        |
> 3024000      | 1       | 0    | 0         | LTO4      | 0
> |
>
> ---
>
>
> Tape #65 DD0015 is the one that got the error and as can be seen zero files
> (5GB is the file size) were written as the error happened real early on the
> tape.    Since a complete file was not written, could I replace the tape
> with a new one, do a relabel and mark the volume as recycle and continue on?
>

I do not think you can purge a running job.

John
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