-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm a little stumped about this one. The only thing I've changed recently (and we're talking a couple of weeks ago) is the way I deal with incremental backup media. I had previously been closing the tape device after each backup, but really, when a tape is used all week, this is unnecessary and bad for the drive. So I am currently running like this:
Device { Name = helios_DDS # Media Type = DDS-4 Archive Device = /dev/rmt/0cbn AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it AlwaysOpen = yes; Volume Poll Interval = 30 minutes; Close on Poll = yes; RemovableMedia = yes; RandomAccess = no; Spool Directory = /usr/local/bacula/var/spool; } I'm not sure that any of these are a problem (though I suppose it's possible that I should not have Close on Poll in here or Volume Poll Interval). I believe the change I made was "AlwaysOpen", which had been "No." As far as tape changes, I do the following: 1 8 * * 1 echo "umount storage=helios_DDS" | /usr/local/bacula/sbin/bconsole -c /usr/local/bacula/etc/bconsole.conf ....to make sure that the tape is removable when my staff need to remove it, sometime before Monday night. However, this is where I've ended up the last two Monday nights: Running Jobs: Console connected at 28-Nov-06 01:13 JobId Level Name Status ====================================================================== 1717 Increme NJMSCatalyst.2006-11-27_23.00.00 is waiting on Storage helios_DDS 1718 Increme CFMX-dev.2006-11-27_23.00.01 is waiting on Storage helios_DDS 1719 Increme sopris-WEBMAIL.2006-11-27_23.00.02 is waiting on Storage helios_DDS 1720 Increme BigBrother-Display.2006-11-27_23.00.08 is waiting on Storage helios_DDS 1721 Increme SVNrepos.2006-11-27_23.00.09 is waiting on Storage helios_DDS 1722 Increme VistaBKsave.2006-11-27_23.00.10 is waiting execution 1723 Increme BigBrother-NET.2006-11-27_23.00.11 is waiting execution 1724 Full Catalog.2006-11-27_23.55.00 is waiting execution ==== ....I don't know what "waiting" means in this context, or what I'm supposed to do to free up this situation (short of stopping Bacula or cancelling the jobs). Is there any way to bust up the log-jam here, or am I hosed? How can I avoid this mess in the future. - -- ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer III |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFbFbxmb+gadEcsb4RAsXpAJ44xyKfhrPCh5e/K+478HTz2M2jYgCcCBSH 20toU1wObW1yZJ8YicXf4fE= =mMTl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users