Re: [Bacula-devel] [Bacula-users] bacula 2.4.1b1 waiting for already mounted volume

[Arno Lehmann <al@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

04.07.2008 11:08, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> On Friday 04 July 2008 10:50:52 Arno Lehmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 04.07.2008 10:27, Kern Sibbald wrote:
>>> If you are new to Bacula and/or you are having support problems, you will
>>> probably get much better answers from the bacula-users list.  See
>>> www.bacula.org -> Support.  The bacula-devel list is specifically for
>>> development issues or issues that are clearly known to be a beta problem.
>> Well, we have discussed this issue at -users and I recommended to ask
>> here :-)
>>
>> The Bacula version running is 2.4.1b1, upgraded from 2.4.0.
>>
>> With 2.4.0, no problems.
>>
>> After the upgrade the mentioned problem arose.
>>
>> I trim the report below a bit to better show what I think is problematic.
>>
>> Without further checking, I got the impression that the volume
>> selection / reservation seems to be involved - and I believe you did
>> some work there.
>>
>> My conclusion: Looks like a new "feature" of the reworked SD code, and
>> you might prefer to know about it before releasing a 2.4.2 based on
>> this version...
>>
>>> However, be aware that the information you sent is not complete enough
>>> for them to give a good answer.  I suspect that you either lost or forgot
>>> to define the slot numbers in the catalog.
>> Assuming Nils didn't manually modify the catalog, Bacula itself lost
>> the slot numbers :-)
>>
>>>  Since your volume listing is
>>> clipped, I cannot confirm it.
>>>
>>> Thanks for trying the beta version -- good luck on getting it going.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Kern
>>>
>>> On Friday 04 July 2008 09:49:11 Nils Blanck-Wehde wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>> ...
>>
>>>> Bacula started a job that's supposed to be stored on tape, chose exactly
>>>> the right volume "CNV762" from the pool, purged and recycled it.

This seems to indicate it's a backup job he's running, not a restore. 
If a restore triggered recycling of the volume it's going to use we're 
in deep trouble ;-)

> The
>>>> tape was even loaded correctly from the right slot into the drive.
>>                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Bacula knew about the slot.
>>
>>>> Here's *list volumes of that pool:
>>>> |      28 | CNV762     | Recycle   |       1 |             1 |        0
>>>> |       10,800 |
>>>> |      29 | CNV763     | Used      |       1 | 3,982,261,248 |        4
>>>> |       10,800 |
>>>> |      30 | CNV764     | Used      |       1 | 3,545,837,568 |        4
>>>> |       10,800 |
>>>> |      43 | CNV761     | Used      |       1 | 3,982,841,856 |        4
>>>> |        3,600 |
>>>>
>>>> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+---------------+----------
>>>> +--
>>>>
>>>> Now, the job is waiting for the right volume to be mounted, which is
>>>> already in the drive.
>>>> The storage-device's status is:
>>>>
>>>> Device status:
>>>> Autochanger "QS3DLT" with devices:
>>>>   "DLT-Drive-1" (/dev/st0)
>>>> Device "FileStorage_SATA-RAID1-MD1" (/var/bacula/File-Storage) is not
>>>> open. Device "DLT-Drive-1" (/dev/st0) open but no Bacula volume is
>>>> currently mounted.
>>>>    Device is BLOCKED waiting for mount of volume "CNV762",
>>>>       Pool:        Weekly_Full_Backup_to_DLT
>>>>       Media type:  DLT-VS1
>>>>    Slot 2 is loaded in drive 0.
>>>>    Total Bytes Read=322,560 Blocks Read=5 Bytes/block=64,512
>>>>    Positioned at File=0 Block=0
>>>> Device "DVD Writer" (/dev/hda) is not open.
>>>> ====
>>>>
>>>> In Use Volume status:
>>>> CNV762 on device "DLT-Drive-1" (/dev/st0)
>>>>    Reader=0 writers=0 devres=1 volinuse=1
>> All the information needed is there - CNV762 is in DLT-Drive-1,
>> DLT-Drive-1 wants this volume.
>>
>> Arno
> 
> Oh, I forgot to mention one thing.  Using a /dev/st0 with an autochanger is 
> very likely to get you into trouble.
> 

I overlooked this... right.

But directly after a volume is loaded it shouldn't matter much, I 
believe :-)

Arno

-- 
Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
www.its-lehmann.de

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