Hi, On 5/2/2007 9:45 PM, John Steel wrote: > Brian Debelius wrote: >> John Steel wrote: >>> Continuing with the longest backup in history... :-[
We'll try to make it longer ;-) >>> Please...what is it asking for? >>> I'm only trying to get the first tape going. Another poster said use >>> purge & relabel, once again theres something you need to know before >>> you can even do that. I don't thing 'purge' is the right solution... >>> It looks like it won't do anything until I give it the correct volume >>> name, but having never given it a volume name in the first place >>> thats a bit tricky as its a new tape (well I did the btest on it - >>> could that affect it?) Yup. There's now a tape label which is not know to the catalog. ... >>> 02-May 12:33 tiger-dir: Start Backup JobId 7, >>> Job=tiger-2006.2007-05-02_12.33.53 >>> 02-May 12:33 tiger-sd: Job tiger-2006.2007-05-02_12.33.53 waiting. >>> Cannot find any appendable volumes. Quite a clear problem description, IMO :-) >>> Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for: >>> Storage: "SEAGATE-SCORPION" (/dev/st0) >>> Media type: DDS-3 >>> Pool: Default >>> *purge volume >>> >>> This command is can be DANGEROUS!!! Before you use the purge command, be really sure you understand what it does... in many cases, it might do more than you want it to do. ... >> use purge and label. >> or purge, then mt -f yourtapedrive rewind, mt -f yourtapedrive weof, >> mt -f yourtapedrive rewind, label The latter solution should work (though I would recommend writing two EOFs), and it is what I would recommend when you want to start using a tape btape tested. Purging is only useful if you want to reuse a tape existing in the catalog, which, in your situation, is probably not the case. >> > login as: root > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > Last login: Wed May 2 11:42:51 2007 from otamate1.demon.co.uk > [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. > *purge Try 'label' here, after you erased the tape data as described above. > > This command is can be DANGEROUS!!! Oh, do I see a creative use of language? The above message should either be "is dangerous" or "can be", in my opiniona as a non-native speaker. ... > It purges (deletes) all Files from a Job, > JobId, Client or Volume; or it purges (deletes) > all Jobs from a Client or Volume without regard > for retention periods. Normally you should use the > PRUNE command, which respects retention periods. > You have the following choices: > 1: files > 2: jobs > 3: volume > Choose item to purge (1-3): 3 > Automatically selected Pool: Default > No results to list. So there are no volumes in the catalog. Good, you won't use data then :-) > Enter MediaId or Volume name: WHAT THE F**K DO YOU WANT ME TO TYPE???? > sql_get.c:954 Media record for Volume "WHAT THE F**K DO YOU WANT ME TO > TYPE????" not found. Tststs... already impatient? ;-) Arno -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
