On Saturday 09 September 2006 20:20, Michel Meyers wrote: > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > On Saturday 09 September 2006 18:42, Michel Meyers wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm having trouble with relabeling a DVD+RW. Here's what I get: > >> > >> 1000 OK: shodan-dir Version: 1.39.22 (08 Septermber 2006) > >> Enter a period to cancel a command. > >> *label > [...] > >> Sending label command for Volume "DVD-005" Slot 0 ... > >> 3920 Cannot label Volume because it is already labeled: "DVD-005" > >> Label command failed for Volume DVD-005. > >> Do not forget to mount the drive!!! > >> > >> Any ideas what could be wrong? > > > > Well, Richard did report a problem with manually labeling a DVD in the latest > > code, so you should expect some problems. > > Now that you mention it, I think I saw that. I'll have to search the > archives. > > I may be wrong but it seems like you have not really succeeded in > > wiping out the old filesystem, because Bacula still thinks it is there, or > > possibly Bacula still has the DVD mounted and so is retaining some > > information it should not. > > > > I suggest you try several things: > > 1. Try labeling the DVD with a different name. If it reports the same error, > > then it is clearly the bug that Richard saw. If this is the case, use the > > LabelFormat directive in bacula-dir.conf until we resolve the problem. > > 2. unmount the DVD in the console. > > I tried that (unmount, format/prepare, label), didn't work. > > > 3. Try mounting it outside Bacula and see if it really has a filesystem on it. > > If the DVD is completely fresh, you should not be able to mount it. > > The DVD's not fresh (it was previously labelled as DVD-005, but I ran > into trouble when it came to recycling used DVDs so I decided to start > over with 1.39.22 and see how its faring now), but I DID manage to wipe > its fs (I tried mounting it outside of bacula and it indeed failed). > > > 4. Make sure that the Volume does not exist in Bacula's catalog. > > Before starting I dropped all of bacula's tables and recreated them, so > the catalog's fresh and clean. > > > 5. Look at the DVD chapter in the manual -- it gives a few tips on how to > > reinitialize DVDs. However, given all the different types, I wouldn't be > > surprised if you had problems. > > I'll have to check. > > It's really strange, all the other DVD+RWs (14 of the 15 I'm testing > with) worked fine, only DVD-005 refuses to let itself get relabelled. > (Could it be damaged somehow?)
Yes, I think it is possible. If you follow the link to the dvd+rw-tools page, you will see that at some point he talks about DVD+RWs having problems being erased, and if I remember right, he even says that they may go bad after as few as 20 erases ... who knows. What is clear is that Bacula still has problems, but thanks to the heroic testing and patch submitting efforts of Richard, we are getting close ... > > > In the next day or so, I'll try to look into the problem of manually labeling > > the DVD with Bacula. From what Richard wrote in his last email, we are > > *very* close to having DVD writing working correctly now. > > Sounds good. DVDs are about the only affordable solution that could > replace my old Onstream IDE Tape drive. (I love the LTO-2 autoloader > that I have working with my other Bacula install, but its a little over > my private budget. ;) ) > > I'll keep you updated if I find anything. > > Greetings, > Michel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
