Hi Andrew, hi Phil, I have had a similar problem with making a backup spanning mutiple drives (no autochanger, so I need to change the tapes by hand). I Have set "some" options to circumvent it. I didn't do to much research, which one was the critical one, but maybe that might help you out:
my configuration for the LTO-storage looks like this: Device { Name = LTO-5 Archive Device = /dev/nst0 Device Type = Tape Media Type = LTO-5 LabelMedia = yes Random Access = no AutomaticMount = yes RemovableMedia = yes AlwaysOpen = yes Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1 LabelMedia = yes Maximum File Size = 400G Maximum Changer Wait = 2h Volume Poll Interval = 0 } In the job-definitions (bacula-dir.conf), I added the option "Max Wait Time": Job { Name = "XYZ LTO-5" Client = XXX JobDefs = DefaultJob FileSet = "ZZZ" Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/XXX-ZZZ.bsr" Priority = 31 Storage = LTO-5HH Pool = LTO-5HH-Pool Schedule = "WeeklyCycle" Max Wait Time = 5d } I hope this does the trick for you, too. Best, Christian -----Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: Re: [Bacula-users] Issue restoring from multiple tapes Datum: 2017-10-28T06:15:05+0200 Von: "Andrew Ryder" <tire...@shaw.ca> An: "Phil Stracchino" <ph...@caerllewys.net>, "bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net" <bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Try pulling down the latest git version of bacula 9.0.x .. I pulled it down and so far it politely asked for the next tape and patiently waited for it to be loaded. On 09/25/2017 12:59 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote: > On 09/24/17 20:24, Andrew Ryder wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm having an issue after upgrading from version 7 to version 9 where if >> I'm restoring from a job that spans more than one tape the job fails as >> soon as bacula hits the end of the first tape. Is there a new >> configuration option or something that needs to be set so it will wait >> for me to load the next tape rather than failing? > > > I have encountered this same problem too. I have yet to find a solution > to it except to resume from the first file on the next tape, and try to > find the file that crosses the tape ends from a different backup. I > have filed a bug report on it. The basic problem seems to be that > Bacula 9 is polling the drive many, many times a second after the first > tape ends, but gives up after ten failed polls, which isn't remotely > enough time to even unload the tape let alone change it. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users