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Re: [Bacula-users] Roadwarriors break volumes

2011-03-18 12:24:23
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Roadwarriors break volumes
From: Phil Stracchino <alaric AT metrocast DOT net>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:22:07 -0400
On 03/18/11 11:43, Jacek Bilski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem with so called roadwarriors. I'm using pool of several 
> files to which I backup roadwarriors. Unfortunately once in a while user 
> shuts down his notebook and leaves office before backup was able to 
> finish itself. It leaves me with volume in error state:
> 
> 17-Mar 19:04 skipper-sd JobId 750: Volume "skipperVolume22" previously 
> written, moving to end of data.
> 17-Mar 19:04 skipper-sd JobId 750: Error: Bacula cannot write on disk 
> Volume "skipperVolume22" because: The sizes do not match! 
> Volume=8847240181 Catalog=7999488001
> 17-Mar 19:04 skipper-sd JobId 750: Marking Volume "skipperVolume22" in 
> Error in Catalog.
> 
> Is there any way to prevent this? Or at least to mark this volume as 
> recycle? How do you deal with such situations?

The best strategy for mobile users, really, is to rsync to a local disk
pool and then back up the local disk pool.

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