Re: "Console Unknown term code of [fd]" error during scheduled job

Hi Martin,

I receive about 16 emails with the same subject daily. I am sharing the
first and last mail.

The full email looks like this:

25-Jul 00:40 bacula-dir JobId 0: Automatically selected Catalog:
BaculaBackupCatalog
25-Jul 00:40 bacula-dir JobId 0: Using Catalog "BaculaBackupCatalog"
25-Jul 00:40 bacula-dir JobId 0: Found 1 Job(s) associated with the
Volume "Vol-Store2-7269" that will be pruned
25-Jul 00:40 bacula-dir JobId 0: There are no more Jobs associated
with Volume "Vol-Store2-7269". Marking it purged.
25-Jul 00:40 bacula-dir JobId 0: Found no Job associated with the
Volume "Vol-Store2-7264" to prune
25-Jul 00:40 bacula-dir JobId 0: There are no more Jobs associated
with Volume "Vol-Store5-10687". Marking it purged.
25-Jul 00:40 bacula-dir JobId 0: 47 expired volumes found


25-Jul 01:09 bacula-dir JobId 0: Automatically selected Catalog:
BaculaBackupCatalog
25-Jul 01:09 bacula-dir JobId 0: Using Catalog "BaculaBackupCatalog"
25-Jul 01:09 bacula-dir JobId 0: Using Catalog "BaculaBackupCatalog"
25-Jul 01:09 bacula-dir JobId 0: No Volumes found to perform the command.


Regards,
Saiful

On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM Martin Simmons <[email protected]> wrote:

> The "term" here means "termination" so it isn't related to the terminal.
>
> What is the full contents of the email?
>
> __Martin
>
>
> >>>>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:47:17 +0200, Saiful Bhuiyan said:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have recently upgraded my bacula director from 9.4.2 to 13.0.4. Since
> > then I’m seeing the following warning in Bacula job notification emails:
> >
> >   Bacula: Console Unknown term code of xxxxxx-fd
> >
> > This happens during our nightly catalog backup job, which includes
> > `RunScript` blocks with several `Console =` commands, like:
> >
> >   Console = "prune expired volume yes"
> >   Console = "purge volume action=all allpools storage=StorageStore1"
> >   ...
> >   Console = "purge volume action=all allpools storage=StorageStore7"
> >
> > The job itself runs fine, but this message appears in the mail report.
> >
> > I suspect Bacula is trying to output colored or terminal-formatted
> content
> > when there is no terminal (since this runs as a scheduled job).
> >
> > My current idea is to replace the `Console =` commands with wrapper
> scripts
> > that run `bconsole -n` (to disable colored output), but before I do that:
> >
> > - Has anyone solved this warning in a cleaner or more official way?
> > - Is there a way to globally suppress formatted console output from
> Bacula
> > in scheduled/non-interactive jobs?
> >
> > ### System Details:
> >
> > - Bacula Director version: **13.0.4** on **Ubuntu 24.04**
> > - File Daemon (`aegir-fd`) version: **9.4.2** on **Ubuntu 20.04**
> >
> > Any input would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Saiful
> >
>

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