mt -f /dev/sa0 rewind mt -f /dev/sa0 weof Do it only to tapes you are sure are not known to Bacula and have no valid data. This *is* documented in the manual, but given its size, it is not always easy to find.
On Thursday 10 November 2005 14:52, Adam Newhard wrote: > About a month ago we suffered a crash of one of our test servers where > we were using Bacula to backup a few machines before we implemented the > backup method company-wide. Unfortunately, the hard drive broke, yada > yada yada. What it comes down to is the following: I've installed > Bacula 1.38 (the version on the hard drive that foobared was 1.36) and > have had no problems with any tapes that do not contain a Bacula volume > or label. In other words, brand new, completely empty tapes work fine. > Ones that were previously used and have Bacula volumes on them cause the > director to complain about no appendable volume (obviously). I've run > the btape test command and restore and know nothing is actually wrong > with the tape drive. > > I'd like to completely clear the tapes that had old Bacula volumes on > them to load them back in to Bacula as though they were never there or > at least have a working solution to get the tapes back in to Bacula. > However, I haven't found any information on this in the documentation or > the mailing list archives. I'm interested in knowing how to clear the > tapes or get them back into the system so they can be reused. If > there's a better solution than the ones I've listed (or if I've > completely missed something), please, let me know or point me in the > right direction. > > Below is what I've tried so far and the system configuration in case it > helps any. > > FreeBSD ****.microstrain.com 5.4-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 #3: > Thu Nov 3 07:46:13 EST 2005 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LIGER i386 > Bacula 1.38 > Tape Drive: HP SureStore DAT40 > > Things I've tried: > 1. I mounted the drive and tried to delete the Volume, but obviously > it's not in the catalog so that's no help. > 2. I've run bscan to try to put the Volume back into the catalog with > the following input and output. > $ /usr/local/bacula/sbin/bscan -V 11_10_05 -v -s -m -c > /usr/local/bacula/etc/bacula-sd.conf /dev/nsa0 > bscan: butil.c:263 Using device: "/dev/nsa0" for reading. > 10-Nov 08:50 bscan: Ready to read from volume "11_10_05" on device > "DDS-4" (/dev/nsa0). > bscan: bscan.c:281 Using Database: bacula, User: bacula > bscan: bscan.c:405 Volume is prelabeled. This tape cannot be scanned. > Records added or updated in the catalog: > 0 Media > 0 Pool > 0 Job > 0 File > > Here's a copy of the tape entry in my bacula-sd.conf file > > Device { > Name = DDS-4 > Description = "DDS-4 for FreeBSD" > Media Type = DDS-4 > Archive Device = /dev/nsa0 > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it > AlwaysOpen = yes > Offline On Unmount = no > Hardware End of Medium = no > BSF at EOM = yes > Backward Space Record = no > Fast Forward Space File = no > TWO EOF = yes > } > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. > Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very > own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users