Dear Team,

I have a installed and running setup of Bacula 5.2.12 with IBM LTO4 tape library. During my scheduled jobs I am getting bellow error very frequently.

 

17-Sep 14:15 backup-sd JobId 84: No slot defined in catalog (slot=0) for Volume "WEB0018" on "Tape-0" (/dev /IBMtape0).

17-Sep 14:15 backup-sd JobId 84: Cartridge change or "update slots" may be required.

17-Sep 14:15 backup-sd JobId 84: Warning: mount.c:217 Open device "Tape-0" (/dev /IBMtape0) Volume "WEB0018" failed: ERR=dev.c:513 Unable to open device "Tape-0" (/dev /IBMtape0): ERR=No medium found

 

17-Sep 14:15 backup-sd JobId 84: Please mount Volume "WEB0018" or label a new one for:

    Job:          FullBackupConfig.2013-09-17_14.05.00_57

    Storage:      "Tape-0" (/dev /IBMtape0)

    Pool:         WEB

    Media type:   LTO-4

 

After this error job is in running state always and showing this message again and again.  Below is the output of list media command after this error.

 

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

| MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes       | VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten         |

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

|      10 | A00044L4   | Error     |       1 | 26,583,782,400 |        8 |    7,776,000 |       1 |    5 |         1 | LTO-4     | 2013-09-15 18:10:54 |

 

Previously I have removed this error by deleting volume and labeling a new slot in the pool.

*delete volume= A00044L4 

*label barcodes slot=XXX pool=XXX

Please tell me exact cause and a proper remedy for this issue. And one more think in list media command job has marked volume as a Error vol. Will I be able to restore my backup from this volume or not If yes then how.

 

With Regards,