Hey Simon,
So, it sounds like these tapes are from a previous bacula installation? If
there is no data on the tapes that you need, you can effectively erase them by
writing an eof mark at the start of the tape(I believe you mentioned doing this
earlier, possibly the four problem tapes were missed during that procedure?)
If there is no information on these tapes that you require, I would write the
eof to the beginning of each tape again. Once that is completed, you should be
able to get your current bacula installation to label the tapes again with
“label barcodes slot=1,2,3,4” (use the slot numbers for the tapes you just
marked as empty) after which they should be available and working for you.
It might be a good idea to stop bacula(or unmount the tape drive) and remove
the working tapes from your library prior to writing to the problem tapes, just
in case the tools you are using to write directly to the tapes numbers the
slots differently.
From: Simon Tyler [mailto:si...@tpmcomm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 9:07 AM
To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Bacula-users] Fwd: newbie - problem labeling / adding tapes to pool
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From: Simon Tyler <simon*at*tpmcomm.com<http://tpmcomm.com>>
Date: Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] newbie - problem labeling / adding tapes to pool
To:
bacula-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:bacula-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net>,
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Hey Patti,
Here is what I get:
*mount storage="HP Autoloader" drive=0 slot=1
3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 1, drive 0" command.
3305 Autochanger "load slot 1, drive 0", status is OK.
3001 Mounted Volume: TPMBU011
3001 Device ""HP-0" (/dev/nst0)" is mounted with Volume "TPMBU011"
*update volume="TPBMU011" volstatus="Recycle"
sql_get.c:1094 Media record for Volume "TPBMU011" not found.
and I thought there was a typo, so I tried:
*update volume="TPMBU011" volstatus="Recycle"
Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
sql_get.c:1094 Media record for Volume "TPMBU011" not found.
I did some searching and found results discussing how to import tape data to a
fresh install or upgrade of bacula.
I tried stopping bacula, and ran a test bscan, with the idea that even though
there was no data on the tape, maybe it would update the catalog, but that
failed. I think it didn't work because I previously erased the tape. I also
tried the regular old: "update slots" but of course it still only recognizes
the same 4 out of 8 tapes.
[root@pmappp01 bin]# ./bscan -c bacula-sd.conf -v -V TPMBU011 /dev/nst0
bscan: butil.c:287 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for reading.
03-Oct 11:48 bscan JobId 0: No slot defined in catalog (slot=0) for Volume
"TPMBU011" on "HP-0" (/dev/nst0).
03-Oct 11:48 bscan JobId 0: Cartridge change or "update slots" may be required.
03-Oct 11:48 bscan JobId 0: Ready to read from volume "TPMBU011" on device
"HP-0" (/dev/nst0).
bscan: bscan.c:309 Using Database: bacula, User: bacula
bscan: bscan.c:444 Volume is prelabeled. This tape cannot be scanned.
Records would have been added or updated in the catalog:
0 Media
0 Pool
0 Job
0 File
Have you got any more suggestions? I'm willing to try anything,
Simon
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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 13:30:17 -0400
From: "Clark, Patricia A." <clarkpa*at*ornl.gov<mailto:clar...@ornl.gov>>
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] newbie - problem labeling / adding tapes
to pool
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The output below indicates that there is a bacula label on the tapes, otherwise
you would receive and Input/Output error and a message about it not being a
bacula labeled tape. I have run into this issue before and it took a bit of
manual manipulation to get the catalog to be updated to where the tape was
recognized to be in the library. Try working with one problem slot/tape at a
time and getting all of your parameters on the command line. These will
relabel the tapes twice, but you should be able to get them recognized and then
move forward.
mount storage="HP Autoloader" drive=0 slot=1
update volume="TPBMU011" volstatus="Recycle"
relabel storage="HP Autoloader" oldvolume="TPBMU011" volume="TPBMU011X"
pool="Default" drive="0" slot=1
update volume="TPBMU011X" volstatus="Recycle"
relabel storage="HP Autoloader" oldvolume="TPBMU011X" volume="TPBMU011"
pool="Default" drive="0" slot=1
release storage="HP Autoloader" drive=0
If the above commands work for you, try the status check again.
status slots storage="HP Autoloader" drive=0
If it doesn't, please post the exact command and output.
Wash ? rinse ? repeat with each problem slot/tape.
Patti Clark
Linux Administrator
Research and Development Systems Support Oak Ridge National Laboratory
865-576-7718<tel:865-576-7718>
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