>>I am trying to get backups to work and I have 2 problems, I keep having to
>>manually label a "tape" (so now I have 3 Local "tapes" and also I get BLOCKED
>>and backups will not run.
>>Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for:
It means that there is no usable volume available, and so Bacula asks you to
create a new one.
instead of giving label manually you can follow these steps:
first take backup of your configuration files.
1. After looking into your configurations files, you can define these
primitives in "Pool resource" in your "bacula-dir.conf" file and "Device
resource" in your "bacula-sd.conf" file
# bacula-dir.conf
Pool {
Name = File
Pool Type = Backup
Label Format = Local-
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically
recycle Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 365 days # one year
Maximum Volumes = 100 # Limit number of Volumes in Pool
}
Here:
The Recycle = yes :It is used to permit automatic
recycling of Volumes whose Volume retention period has expired.
The AutoPrune = yes :If AutoPrune is set to yes Bacula
will prune file records that are older than the specified file retention period
The Volume Retention = ttt :It defines the length of time that Bacula
will keep records associated with the Volume in the Catalog database after the
End time of each Job
The Maximum Volumes = nnn : it is used to define the record in the Pool
resource to limit the number of Volumes that can be created.
# bacula-sd.conf
Device {
Name = FileStorage
Media Type = File
Archive Device = /bacula/backup
Random Access = Yes;
RemovableMedia = no;
AlwaysOpen = no;
LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
}
Here:
The Automatic labeling work is to give the Storage daemon permission to
automatically label Volumes by adding LabelMedia = yes to the Device resource.
The AutomaticMount = yes is used to read devices when they are open.
After performing these changes in your configuration file restart your mariadb
and bacula services
$ Systemctl restart mariadb
$ Systemctl restart bacula-dir
$ Systemctl restart bacula-sd
Thanks & Regards
Soniya
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