I can only get you pointed in the direction you need to take -- hopefully one with more tape savvy will chime in here.
From my limited experience with tapes, there are a couple utilities that need to be run to make sure bacula can talk to the drive. One utility will write to the tape checking along the way for various commands. btape I believe (I've only played with this and it's been a few months now.) There are also the mtx-changer scripts and some modifications that will alert you to tape changes (see notes in the source code for more details.) Again, this is to point you in the right direction - not intending to be vague - it's just been a while. There are a number of people on the list who can give very precise information. Hoping this will prime the pump for you. Erich On Apr 29, 2007, at 4:28 AM, John Steel wrote: > I am still trying to do my first bacula backup to tape, its a 80G > folder > from 2006 disk based backups. > > I think I have the correct job set up, I understand its a manual full > job (no schedule) and have run into 2 problems (as seen in the log > below). > > 1. Why can't I use my tape? I don't care whats on it, I just want to > overwrite it and expect the next to be prompted for when needed. I > will > call it anything! > 2. Why does the "bytes" column show 58.2M when I know the backup is > much > bigger? > > Also, is there a facility for bacula to send an email when the tape > needs changing please? > > Thanks! > > *status dir > tiger-dir Version: 2.0.3 (06 March 2007) i686-pc-linux-gnu redhat > (Zod) > Daemon started 29-Apr-07 09:36, 1 Job run since started. > Heap: bytes=51,242 max_bytes=51,636 bufs=283 max_bufs=286 > > Scheduled Jobs: > Level Type Pri Scheduled Name > Volume > ====================================================================== > ============= > Full Backup 11 29-Apr-07 23:10 BackupCatalog > *unknown* > ==== > > Running Jobs: > JobId Level Name Status > ====================================================================== > 1 Full tiger-2006.2007-04-29_09.40.45 is waiting for an > appendable Volume > 2 Full tiger-2006.2007-04-29_10.15.23 has been canceled > ==== > > Terminated Jobs: > JobId Level Files Bytes Status Finished Name > ==================================================================== > 34 Full 2,349 58.26 M OK 29-Apr-07 08:42 > tiger-2006 > 35 Full 0 0 Error 29-Apr-07 09:35 > tiger-2006 > > ==== > *label > The defined Storage resources are: > 1: File > 2: SEAGATE-SCORPION > Select Storage resource (1-2): 2 > Enter new Volume name: 2006-1 > Automatically selected Pool: Default > Connecting to Storage daemon SEAGATE-SCORPION at tiger:9103 ... > Sending label command for Volume "2006-1" Slot 0 ... > 3920 Cannot label Volume because it is already labeled: "2006" > Label command failed for Volume 2006-1. > Do not forget to mount the drive!!! > * > > Looking at this log, is it still waiting for the correct volume and if > it found it would it then carry on with the backup? > > -- > -------------------------- > http://www.phonewebcam.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
