Hello,
We are backing up around 130 boxes using bacula. We have a directory box with
4 backup servers and are backup up using Files on a 1 large raid array for each
of these backup servers.
Each night I gent dozens of failed Jobs. The errors are all similar to:
13-Aug 08:43 backup3-sd: unix3.2005-08-13_04.16.26 Fatal error: Device
/backup/bacula is busy writing on another Volume.
13-Aug 08:59 unix3-fd: unix3.2005-08-13_04.16.26 Fatal error: job.c:1665 Bad
response to Append Data command. Wanted 3000 OK data
, got 3903 Error append data
We have mix jobs for each storage device set to 3 in the director conf
Max jobs on the storage daemons set to 20 (FreeBSD ports default).
Max total jobs on the director set to 12
I have included some snippets from various conf files that I thought were
relevant. If any other info is needed I will be happy top supply it.
If one of these jobs fail it seams that waiting a few minutes and then
restarting it will get things going again.
It also seams that restarting the storage daemon at the beginning of the night,
before backups start helps to minimize this.
Sometimes these failed jobs appear to be running when checking the status of
the storage daemons. Even hours after they have failed. Although there appears
to be no actual transfer going on.
This is a mix of FreeBSD 4.11 and 5.4 servers the director is 5.4 all other
servers are a mix. It doesn’t seam to prefer failing on one version over
another.
Also, Is there an automated tool for deleting volumes from the storage server
after they have been autopruned? I have a lot of old volumes taking up space I
would likve to get rid of them. But there are hundreds. And I am lazy.
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Relevant SD conf
Storage {
Name = backup2-sd
SDPort = 9103
WorkingDirectory = "/var/db/bacula"
Pid Directory = "/var/run"
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
}
Device {
Name = FileStorage
Media Type = File
Archive Device = /backup/bacula
LabelMedia = yes;
Random Access = Yes;
AutomaticMount = yes;
RemovableMedia = no;
AlwaysOpen = yes;
}
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Highlights from director conf
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 8 days
LabelFormat = "Vol"
Maximum Volume Bytes = 4000000000
Accept Any Volume = yes
}
Storage {
Name = backup1-sd
Address = backup1
SDPort = 9103
Password = XXXXXXXX
Device = FileStorage
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 3
Media Type = File
}
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James Ashton
Vortech Inc
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