Re: unable to run scheduled jobs

Forgot to add I'm using LTO-8 tapes.

On 02/01/2025 11:41, Adam Weremczuk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Bacula 9.6.7 on Debian 11.
>
> There has been some mess up around Xmas time:
>
> 1. On 27 Dec some scheduled jobs exceeded max run time (18 hrs) and 
> got cancelled.
>
> 2. On the same day, the tape drive was used for a "one off" job, which 
> took 3 days and run out of (temporarily extended) 72 hrs max run time. 
> No other auto-scheduled jobs could run during that period.
>
> 3. We run full weekly backups on Wednesdays and incremental on other 
> week days. In order to avoid hitting 25 Dec and 1 Jan I temporarily 
> changed this schedule to Tuesdays.
> I made a mistake leaving catalog schedule and weekly schedule jobs at 
> Wednesdays, my bad.
>
> Now I've changed full schedules back to normal (Wednesdays).
> I'm in a situation where all scheduled jobs refuse to run with:
>
> "...is waiting on Storage"
> "Intervention needed for...""
> "Job xxx waiting to reserve a device."
>
> When I check the schedule:
> bconsole -> status allIt all looks good - a full set of full backups 
> is lined up.
>
> The tape currently inserted is the next in line and is mounted.
> I've "purged" it and it changed status to "recycle".
> Surprisingly, when I run a free space check on it, it reports as half 
> full.
> I've manually changed the status to "append" which has made no 
> difference.
>
> Can somebody advise how to get back on track?
>
> Regards and Happy New Year!
> Adam
>