Thank you, Eric!
Ken, I did a little digging through my bacula documentation today and I
discovered that what I was describing is actually "Media type". Media type
is the field used in the storage daemon conf files to define what sort of
tape or other media is being used by bacula. As I described, the media type
defined in the SD conf file is then referenced in the director conf file.
for information on the media type values, search your main.pdf for "media
type". I would say more, but I don't want to contribute misinformation, and
I don't have access to my bacula install at the moment to make sure I am
correct.
As Eric said, I'd check for reasons why the backup might fail. Was it
previously working? Are there available tapes for the backup to run
against? (voltype 2 indicates you're using tape).
Not sure if it'll be helpful, but maybe attempt to run the backup then do
tail /var/log/bacula
Gotta run, so can't say more now. Let me know what you find.
Regards,
Robert Gerber
402-237-8692
r...@craeon.net
On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 10:04 AM Eric Bollengier via Bacula-users <
bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The VolType is an internal field that corresponds to the device type,
> and the device type list is defined in baconfig.h
>
> enum {
> B_FILE_DEV = 1,
> B_TAPE_DEV = 2,
> B_DVD_DEV = 3,
> B_FIFO_DEV = 4,
> B_VTAPE_DEV= 5, /* change to B_TAPE_DEV after init
> */
> B_FTP_DEV = 6,
> B_VTL_DEV = 7, /* Virtual tape library device */
> B_ADATA_DEV = 8, /* Aligned data Data file */
> B_ALIGNED_DEV = 9, /* Aligned data Meta file */
> ...
> };
>
> When it is 0, it probably means that the volume was never used. Normally
> it's
> handled automatically, so maybe you have a MediaType or a Pool issue.
>
> Hope it helps!
>
> Best Regards,
> Eric
>
> On 3/3/23 16:48, kjohn...@eclypse.org wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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