Hello,
What version of Bacula are you using?
On Saturday 13 August 2005 15:59, James Ashton wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> ===
> 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;
> }
>
> =====
>
> =====
> 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
> }
>
> =====
>
>
>
>
>
>
> James Ashton
> Vortech Inc
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