[Fwd: Re: [Bacula-users] Backup not continuing after mount]

[L.C. K. <le...@ka...>]

Sorry, I should have CC-ed the list as well.

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> From: L.C. Karssen <le...@ka...>
> To: Dan Langille <da...@la...>
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Backup not continuing after mount
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:53:57 +0100
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> On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 08:39 -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> > On 14 Feb 2006 at 14:22, L.C. Karssen wrote:
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> > > So it should be right, I'd say. However, the "status dir" commands te=
lls
> > > me:
> > > Running Jobs:
> > >  JobId Level   Name                       Status
> > > =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3=
D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D
> > > =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3=
D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D
> > > =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3=
D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D
> > >   1005 Full    BackupCatalog.2006-02-13_18.30.00 is waiting execution
> > >   1004 VolumeT  CheckBackup.2006-02-13_18.00.01 is waiting execution
> > >   1003 Differe  Data.2006-02-13_18.00.00 is waiting execution
> > >   1002 Full    BackupCatalog.2006-02-13_11.00.00 is waiting execution
> > >   1001 VolumeT  CheckBackup.2006-02-13_10.30.01 is waiting execution
> > >   1000 Differe  Data.2006-02-13_10.30.00 is waiting for a mount reque=
st
> > > =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D
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> > > So the job is still waiting...
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> > > I searched this list, but couldn't find any solution to my problem.
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> > > Any ideas? If you need any (parts of) config files, let me know.
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> > Have you tried unmounting and mounting again?
> Yes, I have.=20
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> > Does your tape drive have to "settle" before it's ready?  Perhaps=20
> > waiting for that process will help.
> After the mount my tape drive makes some noise, so it actually does
> something (checking the label?). And when everything works as expected,
> it takes a couple of seconds to actually continue and finish the backup.
> But when the problem's there nothing happens after the initial sounds.=20
> As you can see in the "satus dir" output above, the jobs started
> yesterday at 10:30. I received the first e-mail almost instantly, since
> I had inserted the wrong tape. When I came home yesterday I switched
> tapes (probably at about 23:00) and ran mount (since I didn't hear the
> backup start I even did a release mount umount mount cycle).  The last
> e-mail I got was from 1:30 AM this morning.=20
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> To double check I did as you suggested and did a umount mount cycle, but
> now, approx. 2 minutes later "status dir" tells me the director is still
> waiting.=20
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> As a side note, I also make daily backups to files and those always work
> as expected (probably because I allow only one job per file and there
> are more than enough files available (18 files and the retention period
> is 2 weeks)).=20
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> Thanks,
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> Lennart.
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