Rob, Thanks for this helpful reply. It had not occurred to me to look through the configuration files.
As far as the current manual is concerned, "searches in main.pdf dated 14 Sep 2022 for "voltype" and "Volume Type" both came up empty." Perhaps different search terms would have been more helpful. I have not used Baculum or BWeb, so I cannot comment there. It may be that my problem had nothing to do with voltype. The volume I was using had recently been added to the pool, and had never been used in that pool. Purging that volume allowed the backup to proceed when I restarted the job. I did not foresee that an empty volume would need to be purged before use. Ken From: r...@craeon.net [mailto:r...@craeon.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2023 3:22 PM To: kjohn...@eclypse.org Cc: bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] What is 'voltype'? Voltype is an arbitrary name given to a certain type of volume. It must be consistent across all bacula configuration files. For example in my setup I have "LTO8" as a voltype. This references my actual LTO 8 tapes, but I could have named them anything, like "George" or "duck". I kind of think that maybe a voltype "0" and "2" is not very informative for someone who must maintain the system. I think (but can't remember for sure), voltype must be defined in SD conf and referenced in bacula director conf for each job. Web tools like Baculum and BWeb may strip out all comments, making it more difficult to examine how bacula is configured. I don't have it in front of me, but try to find the current manual pdf on the bacula website. I had to dig around to find the correct manual for my version. Robert Gerber 402-237-8692 r...@craeon.net On Wed, Mar 1, 2023, 1:12 PM <kjohn...@eclypse.org> wrote: bconsole list volume displays a field called 'voltype'. What is this used for, and how can I set it? Searches in main.pdf dated 14 Sep 2022 for "voltype" and "Volume Type" both came up empty. I have a backup job that should run on a volume that has a voltype of 0, and it will not progress. I observe that all other volumes in that pool have a voltype of 2. Thanks. Ken _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
