The consolidation will failed the same, I fear. inc+consolidate should be on same storage with same media type.
Just a rough thought maybe bcopy can help to migrate manually the previous File volume to FileDedup storage. On Thursday, 5 March 2026 at 21:27:42 UTC+1 Brock Palen wrote: > Ok I was trying to do this and have them slowly migrate over to the dedupe > storage and then retire the old File storage. > > Just to be sure what if File wasn’t in the mix? What if it was just LTO > and File-Dedupe where LTO is populated by Migrate jobs from File-Dedupe > when it gets full. > > Will that work like before? Or will this same problem arise? > > > Brock Palen > [email protected] > www.mlds-networks.com > Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting > > > > > On Mar 5, 2026, at 7:28 AM, Bruno Friedmann (bruno-at-bareos) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi I'm not sure I picked all the details, but basically doing Virtual > Full of AI volumes only support one FileType for the source and one for the > VF. > > So you can't mix File and File-Dedupe, incremental and consolidated > volumes need to be all same FileType and accessible by the same storage > with all device pointing to the same archive device location. > > > > Hope this clarify a bit the things. > > > > > > On Wednesday, 4 March 2026 at 19:00:28 UTC+1 Brock Palen wrote: > > I’m starting to move to dedupe storage backend with BTRFS. My current > system uses disk volumes with migration jobs to tape. These are almost all > AI jobs. > > > > When consoliations started happening it appears there is differnet > behavior and I’m not sure writes are happening as expected. > > > > Bareos: Backup Unknown term code of sch-hp-desktop-fd Virtual Full. Now > I see the line: > > > > > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: stored/acquire.cc:156 Changing read > device. Want Media Type="File" have="File-Dedupe” > > > > With my tape migraitons all the time, allowing it to switch from File to > LTO pull in the blocks that were migrated to tape and I expeced this to > just work but it appears if you open a dedupe device and then not use it it > tosses an error: > > > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: stored/acquire.cc:156 Changing read > device. Want Media Type="File" have="File-Dedupe" > > device="BtrfsStorage1" (/mnt/bareos) > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Releasing device "BtrfsStorage1" > (/mnt/bareos). > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd: ERROR in backends/dedupable_device.cc:459 Trying > to flush dedup volume when none are open. > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Fatal error: Failed to flush device > "BtrfsStorage1" (/mnt/bareos). > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Fatal error: stored/acquire.cc:206 No > suitable device found to read Volume "AI-Incremental-2304" > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Fatal error: stored/mount.cc:885 > Cannot open Dev="BtrfsStorage1" (/mnt/bareos), Vol=AI-Incremental-2304 > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: End of all volumes. > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Fatal error: stored/mac.cc:698 Fatal > append error on device "BtrfsStorage" (/mnt/bareos): ERR=Attempt to read > past end of tape or file. > > > > > > Full Job Log > > Note the defaulte stuff I used client compression and didn’t deflate > before. I want to keep client compression (minimize bandwidth over the WAN) > but decompress for the dedupe and BTFS compression to take over. I don’t > think that is part of this issue. > > > > > > > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Version: 25.0.3~pre7.511272b66 (18 > February 2026) Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Start Virtual Backup JobId 116215, > Job=sch-hp-desktop-Users-No-Pictures.2026-03-04_04.00.05_24 > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Bootstrap records written to > /var/lib/bareos/myth-dir.restore.48.bsr > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Consolidating JobIds > 116137,115099,115141 containing 9 files > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Connected Storage daemon at > myth.sheptechllc.com:9103, encryption: TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 > TLSv1.3 > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Encryption: > TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 TLSv1.3 > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Using Device "FileStorage" to read. > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Using just in time reservation for > job 116215 > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Using Device "JustInTime Device" to > write. > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Moving to end of data on volume > "AI-Consol-Dedup-2928" > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Ready to append to end of Volume > "AI-Consol-Dedup-2928" at file=0. > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: stored/acquire.cc:156 Changing read > device. Want Media Type="File-Dedupe" have="File" > > device="FileStorage" (/mnt/bacula) > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Releasing device "FileStorage" > (/mnt/bacula). > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Media Type change. New read device > "BtrfsStorage1" (/mnt/bareos) chosen. > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Ready to read from volume > "AI-Consol-Dedup-2918" on device "BtrfsStorage1" (/mnt/bareos). > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: autoxflate-sd: Compressor on device > BtrfsStorage is GZIP > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: autoxflate-sd: BtrfsStorage > OUT:[SD->inflate=yes->deflate=no->DEV] IN:[DEV->inflate=no->deflate=yes->SD] > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: autoxflate-sd: Compressor on device > BtrfsStorage is GZIP > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: autoxflate-sd: BtrfsStorage > OUT:[SD->inflate=yes->deflate=no->DEV] IN:[DEV->inflate=no->deflate=yes->SD] > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Spooling data ... > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Forward spacing Volume > "AI-Consol-Dedup-2918" to file:block 0:40942. > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: End of Volume at file 0 on device > "BtrfsStorage1" (/mnt/bareos), Volume "AI-Consol-Dedup-2918" > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: stored/acquire.cc:156 Changing read > device. Want Media Type="File" have="File-Dedupe" > > device="BtrfsStorage1" (/mnt/bareos) > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Releasing device "BtrfsStorage1" > (/mnt/bareos). > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd: ERROR in backends/dedupable_device.cc:459 Trying > to flush dedup volume when none are open. > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Fatal error: Failed to flush device > "BtrfsStorage1" (/mnt/bareos). > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Fatal error: stored/acquire.cc:206 No > suitable device found to read Volume "AI-Incremental-2304" > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Fatal error: stored/mount.cc:885 > Cannot open Dev="BtrfsStorage1" (/mnt/bareos), Vol=AI-Incremental-2304 > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: End of all volumes. > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Fatal error: stored/mac.cc:698 Fatal > append error on device "BtrfsStorage" (/mnt/bareos): ERR=Attempt to read > past end of tape or file. > > > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Elapsed time=00:00:01, Transfer > rate=210.0 K Bytes/second > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Releasing device "BtrfsStorage" > (/mnt/bareos). > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: Releasing device "FileStorage5" > (/mnt/bacula). > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: autoxflate-sd: inflate ratio: 378.56% > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-sd JobId 116215: autoxflate-sd: deflate ratio: 26.42% > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Replicating deleted files from > jobids 116137,115099,115141 to jobid 116215 > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Error: Bareos myth-dir > 25.0.3~pre7.511272b66 (18Feb26): > > OS Information: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS > > JobId: 116215 > > Job: sch-hp-desktop-Users-No-Pictures.2026-03-04_04.00.05_24 > > Backup Level: Virtual Full > > Client: "sch-hp-desktop-fd" 24.0.1~pre27.250812184 (24Jan25) Microsoft > Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit,Windows-native > > FileSet: "Windows All Users No Pictures" 2019-03-24 21:32:52 > > Pool: "AI-Consolidated-Dedupe" (From Job Pool's NextPool resource) > > Catalog: "myth_catalog" (From Client resource) > > Storage: "BtrfsStorage" (From Storage from Pool's NextPool resource) > > Scheduled time: 04-Mar-2026 04:00:05 > > Start time: 11-Feb-2026 01:08:16 > > End time: 11-Feb-2026 01:13:08 > > Elapsed time: 4 mins 52 secs > > Priority: 8 > > Allow Mixed Priority: no > > SD Files Written: 4 > > SD Bytes Written: 210,067 (210.0 KB) > > Rate: 0.7 KB/s > > Volume name(s): > > Volume Session Id: 151 > > Volume Session Time: 1772410707 > > Last Volume Bytes: 0 (0 B) > > SD Errors: 1 > > SD termination status: Fatal Error > > Accurate: yes > > Bareos binary info: Bareos community build (UNSUPPORTED): Get > professional support from https://www.bareos.com > > Job triggered by: User > > Termination: *** Backup Error *** > > > > 04-Mar 06:57 myth-dir JobId 116215: Rescheduled Job > sch-hp-desktop-Users-No-Pictures.2026-03-04_04.00.05_24 at 04-Mar-2026 > 06:57 to re-run in 1800 seconds (04-Mar-2026 07:27). > > > > > > Brock Palen > > [email protected] > > www.mlds-networks.com > > Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "bareos-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/b402fd27-3d54-4eb2-9aba-6abc55e5609cn%40googlegroups.com > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. 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