It seems the driver "hung". After rebooting the server it un"BLOCKED" the drive and all is well.
>>> "Chris Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/14/05 5:02 >>> I suppose it could be but the last backup job didn't run for no apparent reason and the restore job is only two files. I let it run for an hour and it never copied anything over. I mount and unmount and it doesn't give me any errors. Only when I go into status in director for storage. >>> Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/14/05 3:27 >>> On Monday 14 November 2005 15:47, Chris Boyd wrote: > The tape is in the drive. Yea, well, I was really dumb. I didn't look at the message. It appears that you may have started a backup job rather than a restore job because it says it is waiting for appendable media. Of course, the message could be wrong. I'll leave this to the list to answer ... > > *version > hq-dir Version: 1.36.3 (22 April 2005) > > Thanks > > >>> Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/14/05 2:16 >>> > > On Monday 14 November 2005 14:22, Chris Boyd wrote: > > I'm getting this message when trying to run a restore from director. > > Put the tape in the drive before you run the job. You may have more luck. > In the future, please always include the version of Bacula that you are > running. It makes a *big* difference in many cases. > > > "Device status: > > Device "/dev/nst0" is mounted with Volume "2_friday" > > Device is BLOCKED waiting for appendable media. > > Total Bytes Read=64,512 Blocks Read=1 Bytes/block=64,512 > > Positioned at File=0 Block=0 > > Archive "FileStorage" is not open or does not exist." > > > > list media: > > > > 14 | 2_friday | Used | 81,287,903,897 | 83 | > > 31,536,000 > > > > | 1 | 0 | 1 | SDLT | 2005-11-05 01:37:36 | > > > > vim /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf > > > > # Default pool definition > > Pool { > > Name = Default > > Pool Type = Backup > > Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically recycle > > Volumes AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes > > Volume Retention = 365 days # one year > > Accept Any Volume = yes # write on any volume in the pool > > Volume Use Duration = 23h # Tape can only be used for 23 > > hours from first write. Label Format = "Vol-" > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. > > Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your > > very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: > > http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv28&alloc_id845&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users