Tried mounting, it didn't work. (and by the way Backup Executive in no way compares to NetBackup)
-----Original Message----- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:26 PM To: Steve Handy Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula BLOCK issue where already created volumes not being read > I have an issue with Bacula. Here is the case. I Bacula setup on both > an Ubuntu Server machine and Solaris. The director is on Ubuntu and storage > server on Solaris. We have a LTO-180 Solaris tape library implemented. I > recently ran a label barcodes command which created volumes with the same > name as the barcodes: FCOM. This resulted in a default pool of volumes > FCOM01,.....FCOM20. I performed an update scan slots twice. I then moved > FCOM01-FCOM03 into a new pool i created: WindowsBackupServer Pool from the > default. Here are the tables: > > Default Pool: > +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ > | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | > VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten > | > +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ > | 12 | FCOM04 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 104 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 13 | FCOM05 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 105 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 14 | FCOM06 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 106 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 15 | FCOM07 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 107 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 16 | FCOM08 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 108 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 17 | FCOM09 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 109 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 18 | FCOM10 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 110 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 19 | FCOM12 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 112 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 20 | FCOM13 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 113 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 21 | FCOM14 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 114 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 22 | FCOM15 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 115 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 23 | FCOM16 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 116 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 24 | FCOM17 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 117 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 25 | FCOM18 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 118 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 26 | FCOM19 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 119 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 27 | FCOM20 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 120 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ > Pool: Scratch > No results to list. > Pool: WindowsFileServerBackup > +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ > | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes | VolFiles | > VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten > | > +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ > | 10 | FCOM02 | Append | 1 | 129,024 | 1 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 102 | 1 | LTO-2 | 2009-02-11 14:13:08 | > | 11 | FCOM03 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 103 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > | 28 | FCOM01 | Append | 1 | 64,512 | 0 | > 31,536,000 | 1 | 101 | 1 | LTO-2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | > +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+ > > So thinking that my new pool has already volumes created and ready to go, i > executed a run statement at the bconsole. No tape were in the tape device, > thus no mounts. After executing run, i stated yes to start the job. I then > received a strange message when i did status all: > > Device status: > Autochanger "Autochanger" with devices: > "Drive-1" (/dev/rmt/4cbn) > "Drive-2" (/dev/rmt/3cbn) > Device "Drive-1" (/dev/rmt/4cbn) is not open. > Device is BLOCKED waiting to mount a volume FCOM12 > Pool: WindowsFileServerBackup > Media type: LTO-2 > Drive 0 status unknown. > > I then loaded and unloaded the tape device from my Solaris machine and then > ran an update slots scan on Ubuntu from the bconsole. > > Now the error is > Device status: > Autochanger "Autochanger" with devices: > "Drive-1" (/dev/rmt/4cbn) > "Drive-2" (/dev/rmt/3cbn) > Device "Drive-1" (/dev/rmt/4cbn) is not open. > Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for: > Pool: WindowsFileServerBackup > Media type: LTO-2 > Drive 0 status unknown. > > Can someone please help? I already have volumes in the in the new pool which > i transfered with the update volumes command. Bacula should see those > volumes and not be asking to label a new volume. Once the drive is blocked it will not see the tapes until you mount the drive again. Just issue a mount and it should fix itself. > Bacula is a nice program, > but i am starting to think due to its open source nature, it may be better > to simply spend money on NetBackup. > I came from backup executive (early version of netbackup) to bacula because bacula is a much better product and has much better support. 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