On 1/27/2011 4:19 AM, ml ml wrote: >>> >>> What does VolStatus = Error mean? I might have restarted my Storage >>> Deamon whilst a Backup run was in progress. That might haved caused >>> the error. >>> However, since i am using Autolabeling, i am running out of Volumes. >>> Are the Volumes now useless? If yes, how can i (over)write them again? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Mario >>> >> >> One of the benefits to upgrading to version 5.0.3 is that now when bacula >> sees that the tape has one more volfile than the catalog it will simply >> increment the catalog entry for that tape and continue using the tape. >> Previous versions marked the tape as error and then bacula never appends or >> recycles it. >> >> Upgrade and this pain will go away for you. :) > > > Hmm..but i am already using Bacula 5.0.3 :) > > Cheers, > Mario
What I was referring to was when it would find that the count of volume files on the tape doesn't match the number stored in the catalog. However, now that you mention it, I have also seen it where I get some sort of a kernel error or scsi error (mostly due to the drive needing cleaning I think) and then bacula marks the tape as status "Error" with a message of something like can't find end of data. In those cases, change the status to Full or Used and let it recycle the tape (or volume if you're using bacula on disk) after the data on it expires and you'll be able to re-use it. Now that I think about it... if you're using volumes on disk what would really be handy would be a bacula volume repair utility, similar to how zip files can be fixed if the have a small amount of data corruption. Of course you'd still be likely suffering some data loss but it would be nice to be able to fix the volume table of contents, delete the stuff that's not very useful, and then mark the volume with status Append in some automated fashion. Note that I'm not asking for this--I only use tapes-- but I could see it as something somebody else might find useful at some point. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
