I have just committed a fixe to the cvs that should fix automatic tape labeling for file volumes. It may or may not fix this problem as I think they are related.
On Tuesday 12 December 2006 11:38, Richard Mortimer wrote: > Hi, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Mario Ohnewald > > Sent: 12 December 2006 09:49 > > To: mario > > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] ERR=There is no valid media in > > the device "DVD-Writer" > > > > :-( > > > > Has anyone an idea? > > Give us a chance! Your last message was only 16 hours ago. Anyway > I had started looking at this last night so here are some thoughts. > > > > > Thanks, Mario > > > > > > > > Richard Mortimer wrote: > > >> On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 12:40 +0100, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > >> > > >>>> If a DVD is full, it mails me that i need to insert e > > new one, but it > > >>>> does not carry on writing to it. Is there a way to let > > bacula try to > > >>>> write to a new medium every 6h or so? Or maybe bacula can check > > >>>> silently > > >>>> if a new media is in the drive? > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> There is a Poll feature, but I don't recommend it. I > > think (I don't > > >>> burn DVDs > > >>> here so I am not 100% sure) that the proper solution is > > for you to do a > > >>> "mount" command in bconsole after inserting the blank > > DVD. This is the > > >>> same > > >>> procedure that you would follow after mounting a new tape. > > >>> > > >> > > >> As one who does burn DVDs I can confirm the following: > > >> > > >> a) for a blank DVD mount will only work if you have > > automatic labelling > > >> turned on. > > >> > > >> b) if automatic labelling is turned off then you have to > > manually issue > > >> label and the end of the label does a mount. This causes > > bacula to pick > > >> up the new volume and restart its writing. > > >> > > >> c) if you have a pre-labelled volume then mount will do the trick. > > >> > > >> Note if you are feeling really adventurous then you might > > be able to > > >> hook into the appropriate hotplugging framework and get > > that to do a > > >> bconsole mount for you. Note that I've never tried this so > > I don't know > > >> if it will really work. > > > I have now turned Autolabeling on. And i run into another > > error i can´t > > > figure it out: > > > > > > 11-Dec 18:43 linux-dir: No prior Full backup Job record found. > > > 11-Dec 18:43 linux-dir: No prior or suitable Full backup found in > > > catalog. Doing FULL backup. > > > 11-Dec 18:43 linux-dir: Start Backup JobId 3, > > > Job=Client1.2006-12-11_18.43.47 > > > *messages > > > 11-Dec 18:43 linux-dir: Created new Volume "File-0001" in catalog. > > > *messages > > > 11-Dec 18:43 linux-sd: Marking Volume "info" in Error in Catalog. > > For some reason your sd has decided that it is playing with volume name > "info". The line above is where it is telling the director that the volume > is in error and then SD reports a fatal error which ends up aborting the > whole job. > > The interesting thing is why SD decided that it was using "info". I don't > know enough about the internals of volume selection etc. to work that out. > Some ideas though... > > Did you ever create a volume named "info"? > Have you wiped your bacula database since then and started again? > The other standard question is are you running the same versions of > director, > sd and fd or are they different ones? > > > > 11-Dec 18:43 linux-dir: Client1.2006-12-11_18.43.47 Error: > > Unable to get > > > Media record for Volume info: ERR=sql_get.c:950 Media > > record for Volume > > > "info" not found. > > > > > > 11-Dec 18:43 linux-sd: Client1.2006-12-11_18.43.47 Fatal > > error: Error > > > getting Volume info: 1991 Catalog Request for vol=info failed: > > > sql_get.c:950 Media record for Volume "info" not found. > > > 11-Dec 18:43 linux-sd: Client1.2006-12-11_18.43.47 Fatal > > error: Job 3 > > > canceled. > > > 11-Dec 18:43 linux-fd: Client1.2006-12-11_18.43.47 Fatal error: > > > job.c:1751 Bad response to Append Data command. Wanted 3000 OK data > > > , got 3903 Error append data > > > > > > > > > > > > Any idea whats going wrong here? Where does it take ther > > "info" from? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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