Simon Tomlinson wrote: > Hi > It looks like the volume already has a label so you can't label it > again. Are you recycling it? If this is the case then you have to > purge and use relabel. > The full instructions for recycling volumes are in the manual. > No, I'm a complete newbie. In fact apart from the test (which worked great) Bacula has never written anything to any of my tapes. I'll look again for this purge and relabel. I sure hope it clicks soon, it seems really powerful but so frustrating when it turns out you have to do other stuff like this before even the basics get going. Perhaps bacula isn't geared towards one off runs like I'm trying? > Simon > > John Steel wrote: >> Erich Prinz wrote: >> >>> I do know that in bcosole, you must mount the drive and then issue >>> >>> label >>> >>> to label the media mounted in the volume. Very similar with disc >>> backups if you aren't automatically labeling the volumes. Your choice >>> what to name it. Bacula will then use the newly created volume for the >>> backup job. >>> >>> Hope it gets you a little closer! >>> >>> Erich >>> >> Grr!! >> Ok, thanks for your help too but I sort of know this. I just need to >> execute the label!!! >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# bconsole >> Connecting to Director tiger:9101 >> 1000 OK: tiger-dir Version: 2.0.3 (06 March 2007) >> Enter a period to cancel a command. >> *messages >> 29-Apr 12:44 tiger-sd: Job tiger-2006.2007-04-29_09.40.45 waiting. >> Cannot find any appendable volumes. >> Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for: >> Storage: "SEAGATE-SCORPION" (/dev/st0) >> Media type: DDS-3 >> Pool: Default >> 29-Apr 16:44 tiger-sd: Job tiger-2006.2007-04-29_09.40.45 waiting. >> Cannot find any appendable volumes. >> Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for: >> Storage: "SEAGATE-SCORPION" (/dev/st0) >> Media type: DDS-3 >> Pool: Default >> 30-Apr 00:44 tiger-sd: Job tiger-2006.2007-04-29_09.40.45 waiting. >> Cannot find any appendable volumes. >> Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for: >> Storage: "SEAGATE-SCORPION" (/dev/st0) >> Media type: DDS-3 >> Pool: Default >> 30-Apr 16:44 tiger-sd: Job tiger-2006.2007-04-29_09.40.45 waiting. >> Cannot find any appendable volumes. >> Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for: >> Storage: "SEAGATE-SCORPION" (/dev/st0) >> Media type: DDS-3 >> Pool: Default >> *label >> Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog >> Using Catalog "MyCatalog" >> The defined Storage resources are: >> 1: File >> 2: SEAGATE-SCORPION >> Select Storage resource (1-2): 2 >> Enter new Volume name: 2006 >> Automatically selected Pool: Default >> Connecting to Storage daemon SEAGATE-SCORPION at tiger:9103 ... >> Sending label command for Volume "2006" Slot 0 ... >> 3920 Cannot label Volume because it is already labeled: "2006" >> Label command failed for Volume 2006. >> Do not forget to mount the drive!!! >> *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!!! >> * >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 >
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