Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-14 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 11:37:58PM +0100, Ana Emília M. Arruda wrote: > Hello Uwe, > > Do you have concurrent jobs configured for this one-drive TL? It seems that > when you issue the mount command the drive is busy with another job/volume. > Have you checked this? > Hello Emilia, we have confi

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-10 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hello Uwe, Do you have concurrent jobs configured for this one-drive TL? It seems that when you issue the mount command the drive is busy with another job/volume. Have you checked this? If this is the case, you can try to run a release command before the mount/update slots scan commands. Best re

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-08 Thread Alan Brown
On 08/12/15 14:36, Heitor Faria wrote: > > Uwe: if your tape library has a bar code header please use that for your own > benefit. You can generate your own labels using some online free web services. You can generate bar codes which most readers are happy with using a Dymo or Brother laminated

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-08 Thread Alan Brown
On 08/12/15 16:40, Heitor Faria wrote: >> I'll look into their usage further, in the meantime it would be nice >> if bacula wouldn't lock up for days using the "acquire" dance ;) You have to know why it's locked that way and that means turning up the debug levels/looking at logs. > Sorry Uwe: n

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-08 Thread Heitor Faria
>> Uwe: if your tape library has a bar code header please use that for your own >> benefit. You can generate your own labels using some online free web >> services. >> The "update slots scan" forces Bacula to insert each tape into your drive in >> order to verify it's content, that's why you will

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-08 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 12:36:57PM -0200, Heitor Faria wrote: > > Uwe: if your tape library has a bar code header please use that for your own > benefit. You can generate your own labels using some online free web services. > The "update slots scan" forces Bacula to insert each tape into your dr

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-08 Thread Heitor Faria
>> Uwe: why do you use an update slots scan instead of a regular: update slots? >> Don't you have bar codes on your tapes? >> > > Yep, that's the reason: we're not using bar codes. Uwe: if your tape library has a bar code header please use that for your own benefit. You can generate your own la

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-08 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 12:24:56PM -0200, Heitor Faria wrote: > Uwe: why do you use an update slots scan instead of a regular: update slots? > Don't you have bar codes on your tapes? > Yep, that's the reason: we're not using bar codes. All the best, Uwe -

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-08 Thread Heitor Faria
>> I think your TL may be looking for a tape in an erratic way. Maybe >> your Baculadrives configuration order does not match the physical >> drives order. Maybe your TL is just crazy and need a power cycle. > >> Verify the TL webconsole for error messages and also why can't it feed >> the tape B

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-08 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 09:50:30AM -0200, Heitor Faria wrote: > > I think your TL may be looking for a tape in an erratic way. Maybe > your Baculadrives configuration order does not match the physical > drives order. Maybe your TL is just crazy and need a power cycle. > > Verify the TL webconsol

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-07 Thread Heitor Faria
> Hi folks, > > every once in a while our bacula director hangs with the following > error message: > > * mount storage=lto4 slot=5 > 3001 Device ""lto4" (/dev/nst0)" is doing acquire. It's hardly an error. Tape is being initialized by your drive. > * stat storage > > > Used Volume status: >

[Bacula-users] Bacula 7.2.0 hangs with "Device doing acquire"

2015-12-07 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
Hi folks, every once in a while our bacula director hangs with the following error message: * mount storage=lto4 slot=5 3001 Device ""lto4" (/dev/nst0)" is doing acquire. * stat storage Used Volume status: Reserved volume: OFFLINE08_18 on tape device "lto4" (/dev/nst0) Reader=0 writers=0 r