I don't know what else might be useful. The version that I am attempting to use for the restore is: 3.0.1 The backup was written with version: bacula-2.5.28-b1
-Jason On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 15:52 +0100, Graham Keeling wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 09:47:13AM -0400, Jason A. Kates wrote: > > This is a tape volume with 29 jobs on it with a retention period of 12 > > months. > > > > llist volume=AX7321L4 > > MediaId: 176 > > VolumeName: AX7321L4 > > Slot: 45 > > PoolId: 2 > > MediaType: LTO-3 > > FirstWritten: 2009-04-04 06:06:49 > > LastWritten: 2009-04-25 00:18:29 > > LabelDate: 2009-04-04 06:06:49 > > VolJobs: 28 > > VolFiles: 1,458 > > VolBlocks: 1,386,698 > > VolMounts: 7 > > VolBytes: 1,454,042,716,160 > > VolErrors: 0 > > VolWrites: 2,609,155 > > VolCapacityBytes: 0 > > VolStatus: Full > > Enabled: 1 > > Recycle: 1 > > VolRetention: 31,104,000 > > VolUseDuration: 0 > > MaxVolJobs: 0 > > MaxVolFiles: 0 > > MaxVolBytes: 0 > > InChanger: 1 > > EndFile: 337 > > EndBlock: 879 > > VolParts: 0 > > LabelType: 0 > > StorageId: 5 > > DeviceId: 0 > > LocationId: 0 > > RecycleCount: 1 > > InitialWrite: 0000-00-00 00:00:00 > > ScratchPoolId: 0 > > RecyclePoolId: 0 > > Comment: NULL > > > > > > On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 09:21 +0100, Graham Keeling wrote: > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:13:02AM -0400, Jason A. Kates wrote: > > > ... > > > > 28-May 20:32 backup-server-sd JobId 67400: Error: block.c:275 Volume > > > > data error at 339:441! Wanted ID: "BB02", got "". Buffer discarded. > > > ... > > > > > > I used to get this error on restore if I had the 'autopurge corruption > > > bug'. > > > > > > More information starts here (or you can google for it if the links are > > > now broken): > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg34768.html > > > > > > Basically: > > > a) a bacula job starts writing to a volume, > > > b) a second job starts and because the first job doesn't set up things in > > > the > > > database correctly until the job has finished, or 1gb has been backed > > > up... > > > c) ...the second job purges the volume and starts writing to it. > > > d) both jobs report success. > > > > > > So, you end up with corrupted data. > > > > > > If I remember correctly, it only happens if you have it set up so that a > > > volume > > > has a maximum of one job, and the jobs that you are running overlap. > > > If you are using bacula-3.0.0 or newer, this problem should be fixed. > > Then you have probably not hit the bug that I am thinking of. > You might want to provide more information about your setup if you want other > people to help you. > Like the version of bacula that you are using. > > Though, it looks to me as if the data on your tape is corrupted somehow. > It does say "data error at xxx:xxx". Whether that is because of a bug, or > because your tape is damaged, I don't know. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason A. Kates (ja...@kates.org) Fax: 208-975-1514 Phone: 212-400-1670 x2 ============================================================================ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users