I updated my bacula to the latest version in the repository last night built and installed that version. I tried a simple dvd backup but the label command still fails to complete even with rw media. The new problem is the operation never completes (well it was running for about 10 minutes at last check).
Here is the label command taken from the gnome-console: label The defined Storage resources are: 1: File 2: DVD Select Storage resource (1-2): 2 Enter new Volume name: DVD0001 Automatically selected Pool: Default Connecting to Storage daemon DVD at jmd0:9103 ... Sending label command for Volume "DVD0001" Slot 0 ... End of Volume "DVD0001" at 0:0 on device "DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd) (part_size=0, free_space=0, free_space_errno=0). Remaining free space 0 on "DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd) CatReq Job=*System* UpdateMedia VolName=DVD0001 VolJobs=1 VolFiles=0 VolBlocks=0 VolBytes=0 VolMounts=0 VolErrors=0 VolWrites=0 MaxVolBytes=0 EndTime=1129728446 VolStatus=Full Slot=0 relabel=0 InChanger=0 VolReadTime=0 VolWriteTime=0 VolParts=0 And the error log (from the terminal): jmd0-sd: label.c:71 Enter read_volume_label device="DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd) vol=DVD0001 dev_Vol=*NULL* jmd0-sd: dev.c:655 rewind_dev fd=8 "DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd) jmd0-sd: dvd.c:544 Enter lseek_dev fd=8 part=0 nparts=0 jmd0-sd: dvd.c:554 lseek_dev SEEK_SET to 0 (part_start=0) jmd0-sd: label.c:138 Big if statement in read_volume_label jmd0-sd: label.c:143 Requested Volume "DVD0001" on "DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd) is not a Bacula labeled Volume, because: ERR=block.c:949 Read zero bytes at 0:0 on device "DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd). jmd0-sd: dev.c:655 rewind_dev fd=8 "DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd) jmd0-sd: dvd.c:544 Enter lseek_dev fd=8 part=0 nparts=0 jmd0-sd: dvd.c:554 lseek_dev SEEK_SET to 0 (part_start=0) jmd0-sd: label.c:245 return 2 jmd0-sd: label.c:299 write_volume_label() jmd0-sd: label.c:305 Label type=0 jmd0-sd: dev.c:655 rewind_dev fd=8 "DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd) jmd0-sd: dvd.c:544 Enter lseek_dev fd=8 part=0 nparts=0 jmd0-sd: dvd.c:554 lseek_dev SEEK_SET to 0 (part_start=0) jmd0-sd: label.c:538 Start create_volume_label() Volume Label: Id : Bacula 1.0 immortal VerNo : 11 VolName : DVD0001 PrevVolName : VolFile : 0 LabelType : PRE_LABEL LabelSize : 0 PoolName : Default MediaType : DVD PoolType : Backup HostName : jmd0 Date label written: 19-Oct-2005 09:27 jmd0-sd: label.c:527 Created Vol label rec: FI=PRE_LABEL len=154 jmd0-sd: label.c:341 Wrote label of 154 bytes to "DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd) jmd0-sd: label.c:344 Call write_block_to_dev() jmd0-sd: block.c:829 ==== Just enough free space on the device to write the current part... jmd0-sd: dev.c:1521 weof_dev jmd0-sd: dvd.c:342 dvd_write_part: device is "DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd), part is 0, is_mounted=0 jmd0-sd: dvd.c:69 Exit make_dvd_filename: arch=/tmp/backup/DVD0001 jmd0-sd: dvd.c:357 dvd_write_part: cmd=/etc/bacula/dvd-handler 1 /dev/dvd /tmp/backup/DVD0001 timeout=300 jmd0-sd: dvd.c:69 Exit make_dvd_filename: arch=/tmp/backup/DVD0001 jmd0-sd: dvd.c:375 unlink(/tmp/backup/DVD0001) jmd0-sd: dvd.c:78 Enter mount_dev jmd0-sd: dvd.c:152 Device "DVD-WRITER" (/dev/dvd) cannot be mounted. ERR=mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/dvd, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so jmd0-sd: dvd.c:196 open_mounted_dev: got 0 files in the mount point (not counting ., .. and .keep) jmd0-sd: askdir.c:294 Update cat VolFiles=0 jmd0-sd: askdir.c:313 >dird: CatReq Job=*System* UpdateMedia VolName=DVD0001 VolJobs=1 VolFiles=0 VolBlocks=0 VolBytes=0 VolMounts=0 VolErrors=0 VolWrites=0 MaxVolBytes=0 EndTime=1129728446 VolStatus=Full Slot=0 relabel=0 InChanger=0 VolReadTime=0 VolWriteTime=0 VolParts=0 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users