Backup to Tape not working (no appendable Volume)

[Marvin Stark]

Hi List,

I'm using Bareos for my Linux Server backups, first of all bareos is a great software.

I firstly had a disk to disk strategy but now changing it to Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape-Backup.

For that i configured a autochanger which is already working outside of bareos.

But with bareos I'm not able to write jobs to a tape:

06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62809: The following 2 JobIds were chosen to be copied: 61768,62773
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62809: Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62809: Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62810: Copying using JobId=61768 Job=XXX
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62810: Bootstrap records written to /var/lib/bareos/XXX.bsr
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62809: Job queued. JobId=62810
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62809: Copying JobId 62810 started.
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62809: Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62809: Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62812: Copying using JobId=62773 Job=XXX.2022-05-06_01.30.02_21
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62812: Bootstrap records written to /var/lib/bareos/XXX.2.bsr
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62809: Job queued. JobId=62812
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62809: Copying JobId 62812 started.
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62809: Bareos -dir 19.2.7 (16Apr20):
  Build OS:               Linux-4.19.0-6-amd64 debian Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
  Current JobId:          62809
  Current Job:            TestCopy-to-Tape.2022-05-06_09.10.38_07
  Catalog:                "MyCatalog" (From Default catalog)
  Start time:             06-May-2022 09:10:40
  End time:               06-May-2022 09:10:40
  Elapsed time:           0 secs
  Priority:               10
  Bareos binary info:     self-compiled: Get official binaries and vendor support on bareos.com
  Termination:            Copying OK

06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62810: Start Copying JobId 62810, Job=TestCopy-to-Tape.2022-05-06_09.10.40_08
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62810: Connected Storage daemon at 10.129.5.25:9103, encryption: TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62810: Using Device "FileStorage01" to read.
06-May 09:10 -dir JobId 62810: Using Device "tapedrive-0" to write.
06-May 09:10 -sd JobId 62810: Ready to read from volume "Full-0166" on device "FileStorage01" (/bareos/storage).
06-May 09:10 -sd JobId 62810: Job TestCopy-to-Tape.2022-05-06_09.10.40_08 is waiting. Cannot find any appendable volumes.
Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for:
    Storage:      "tapedrive-0" (/dev/st0)
    Pool:         Tape
    Media type:   LTO-8

Here's the changer and media status:

*status slots storage=Tape
Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
Connecting to Storage daemon Tape at 10.129.5.25:9103 ...
3306 Issuing autochanger "listall" command.
 Slot |   Volume Name    |   Status  |  Media Type    |         Pool             |
------+------------------+-----------+----------------+--------------------------|
    1 |         CMP001L8 |   Recycle |            LTO |                     Tape |
    2 |         CMP002L8 |   Recycle |            LTO |                     Tape |
    3%|         CMP003L8 |   Recycle |            LTO |                     Tape |
    4 |         CMP004L8 |    Append |            LTO |                     Tape |
    5 |         CMP005L8 |    Append |            LTO |                     Tape |
    6 |         CMP006L8 |    Append |            LTO |                     Tape |
    7 |         CMP007L8 |    Append |            LTO |                     Tape |
    8 |         CMP008L8 |    Append |            LTO |                     Tape |
    9 |         CMP009L8 |    Append |            LTO |                     Tape |

What I am doing wrong? Hope you guys can help me out.

Here's some part of my configuration:

/etc/bareos/bareos-sd.d/device/Tape.conf:
Autochanger {
  Name = autochanger-0
  Device = tapedrive-0
  Changer Device = /dev/sg3
  Changer Command = "/usr/lib/bareos/scripts/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
}

Device {
  Name = tapedrive-0
  Media Type = LTO-8
  #Archive Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-3500169772968d010-nst
  Archive Device = /dev/st0
  DeviceType = tape
  Drive Index = 0
  #Check Labels = yes
  Autoselect = yes
  RandomAccess = no
  RemovableMedia = yes
  Autochanger = yes
  AutomaticMount = yes
  AlwaysOpen = yes
}

/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/pool/Tape.conf:
Pool {
  Name = Tape
  Pool Type = Backup
  Recycle = yes                       # Bareos can automatically recycle Volumes
  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
    Storage = Tape
    #Accept Any Volume = yes
    Maximum Volume Bytes = 12000G
    Maximum Volume Jobs = 999
    RecyclePool = Tape
}

/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/storage/Tape.conf:
Storage {
    Name = Tape
    Address = "xxx"
    Password = "xxx"
    Device = autochanger-0
    Media Type = LTO-8
    Auto Changer = yes
}

/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/job/Test-Tape_job.conf:
Job {
    Name = "TestCopy-to-Tape"
    Type = Copy
    Messages = Standard
    Pool = Full
    Selection Type = Client
    Selection Pattern = "<PATTERN>"
    Enabled = no
}

[lst_...@kwsoft.de]

Zitat von Marvin Stark <marvin...@gmail.com>:

Looks like your Tapes are labeld with Media Type "LTO" instead of "LTO-8"?

Regards

Andreas

[Marvin Stark]

Hi Andreas, you are right! Fixed this and the Copyjobs are working now, thank you!