On Wednesday 21 March 2007 20:29, Eric Bambach wrote: > On Wednesday 21 March 2007 03:45, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 March 2007 05:36, Eric Bambach wrote: > > > Hello List, > > > > > > I saw that another user was grappling with the problem below. > > > > > > 20-Mar 20:49 moe-sd: Junior.2007-03-20_20.49.31 Fatal > > > > error: ../../stored/label.c:448 Truncate error on device "FileStorage" (E: > > \Bacula-Storage): ERR=../../stored/dev.c:1943 Unable to truncate > > device "FileStorage" (E:\Bacula-Storage). ERR=Invalid argument > > > > > Your suggestion was to disable any antivirus software. However, that did > > > > not apply in my case. I looked through the source and saw you were using > > ftruncate and the mingw compatibility library. > > > > > I am still testing bacula so I was able to recreate the problem easily > > > with > > > > 5 100mb volumes using disk storage. > > > > > To fix my problem I replaced your mingwm10.dll with the latest version > > > from > > > > the mingw installation from their site and the problem has not returned. I > > think there was a compatibility problem with chsize/ftruncate with windows > > 2000 server and mingw. > > > > > What version of mingw do you use/link against? > > > > > > Perhaps you need to update your Mingw installation for the native win32 > > > > ports? > > > > > Hope that helps! Let me know if there is any test cases I can help with. > > > > Hello Robert, > > > > This is an interesting discovery. Is it possible that I have build the > > Win32 FD with an old version of mingw? > > I used the precompiled win32 version.
Yes, that is what I assumed, and it was me who built it. > > > > > Kern > > Hopefully this was the problem. I later found a process was holding one (and > only 1) of the tape files open (but not the one with the error as a few had > errors). Bacula had several files marked for recycle but couldn't recycle any > of them. Can you truncate a file if another process is reading from it? > Presumably not since that is what an AV program might do and why you > recommended to exclude bacula. On Linux, I am almost positive that Bacula can truncate a file while it is being read, but I am not sure. I don't know how it works on Win32. > I haven't run into the problem since and I can't recreate it so it seems it > was a library incompatibility. > > If you aren't running a production install I would download MinGW from their > homepage http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/MinGW-3.1.0-1.exe?download and see > if that fixes your problem. It sounds like at some point, they fixed a bug. > > I wouldnt dare replace the library on a production server though since that > could cause tons of other unforseen problems. It's worked for me so far > though. Well, after looking at what packages we are using, I would say that it is not a question that they fixed a bug, but something else. We are currently using mingw-runtime-3.9, which is the latest version. > > I will try a few more tests later tonight going back to the old library and > switching in between them and let you know what happens. > -- > Thanks, > > Eric Bambach > Systems Manager > Northern Star > Suite 130 > Campus Life Bldg. > Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. 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
