Hello,

On 12/8/2006 9:05 PM, mario wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> i am running bacula 1.38.11 and i would like to backup to DVD follwoing
> this page: http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/DVD_Volumes.html

DVD writing with 1.38 is really not ready for production use. You might 
even say it won't work :-)

I suggest you upgrade a test system to 1.39.wherever-we-are-today and 
try that. As far as I know, only from following the mailing lists, that 
version should work.

Arno

> This page describes how bacula writes the backups to a local direcory
> first, and then writes it to DVD.
> 
> "status all" shows me this error: "Device is BLOCKED waiting for
> media." (see below).
> 
> So i decided to label it. Label output: 
> "Sending label command for Volume "TestDVD2" Slot 0 ...
> 3910 Unable to open device "DVD-Writer" (/dev/hdc): ERR=There is no
> valid media in the device "DVD-Writer" (/dev/hdc)."
> 
> 
> But i have got a valid media in my dvd drive. And its hdc.
> 
> 
> Here my console output for status and label:
> 
> 
> *status all
> linux-dir Version: 1.38.11 (28 June 2006) i686-pc-linux-gnu suse 10.1
> Daemon started 08-Dec-06 20:10, 4 Jobs run since started.
> 
> Scheduled Jobs:
> Level          Type     Pri  Scheduled          Name
> Volume
> ===================================================================================
> Incremental    Backup    10  08-Dec-06 23:05    Client1
> *unknown*
> Full           Backup    11  08-Dec-06 23:10    BackupCatalog
> *unknown*
> ====
> 
> Running Jobs:
>  JobId Level   Name                       Status
> ======================================================================
>      3 Full    Client1.2006-12-08_20.11.55 is waiting for an appendable
> Volume
> ====
> 
> Terminated Jobs:
>  JobId  Level     Files      Bytes     Status   Finished        Name
> ========================================================================
>      1  Full          0              0 Error    08-Dec-06 20:09 Client1
>      2  Full          0              0 Error    08-Dec-06 20:10 Client1
> 
> ====
> Connecting to Storage daemon File at linux:9103
> 
> linux-sd Version: 1.38.11 (28 June 2006) i686-pc-linux-gnu suse 10.1
> Daemon started 08-Dec-06 20:10, 1 Job run since started.
> 
> Running Jobs:
> Writing: Full Backup job Client1 JobId=3 Volume=""
>     pool="Default" device=""DVD-Writer" (/dev/hdc)"
>     Files=0 Bytes=0 Bytes/sec=0
>     FDReadSeqNo=6 in_msg=6 out_msg=4 fd=5
> ====
> 
> Jobs waiting to reserve a drive:
> ====
> 
> Terminated Jobs:
>  JobId  Level   Files          Bytes Status   Finished        Name
> ======================================================================
>      1  Full          0              0 Error    08-Dec-06 20:09 Client1
>      2  Full          0              0 Error    08-Dec-06 20:10 Client1
> ====
> 
> Device status:
> Device "FileStorage" (/tmp) is not open or does not exist.
> Device "DVD-Writer" (/dev/hdc) is not open or does not exist.
>     Device is BLOCKED waiting for media.
> ====
> 
> In Use Volume status:
> ====
> 
> Connecting to Client linux-fd at linux:9102
> 
> linux-fd Version: 1.38.11 (28 June 2006)  i686-pc-linux-gnu suse 10.1
> Daemon started 08-Dec-06 20:10, 0 Jobs run since started.
> No Terminated Jobs.
> Running Jobs:
> JobId 3 Job Client1.2006-12-08_20.11.55 is running.
>     Backup Job started: 08-Dec-06 20:11
>     Files=0 Bytes=0 Bytes/sec=0
>     Files Examined=0
>     SDReadSeqNo=5 fd=5
> Director connected at: 08-Dec-06 20:20
> ====
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *label
> The defined Storage resources are:
>      1: File
>      2: DVD
> Select Storage resource (1-2): 2
> Enter new Volume name: TestDVD2
> Automatically selected Pool: Default
> Connecting to Storage daemon DVD at linux:9103 ...
> Sending label command for Volume "TestDVD2" Slot 0 ...
> 3910 Unable to open device "DVD-Writer" (/dev/hdc): ERR=There is no
> valid media in the device "DVD-Writer" (/dev/hdc).
> 
> 
> 
> Any idea what i am doing wrong?
> Thanks, Mario
> 
> 
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