Master backend tries to record to non-existent directory

[bob@…]

I've had a persistent issue for about a year where the master backend will try to record to a directory listed in the storage group that isn't present on that system. The only way I've been able to get the system to work is to mount the directory using NFS, however I would prefer to have it work without doing that.

I have the storage group defined on the master backend with the following:

/var/mythtv/tv/recordings/ /var/mythtv/tv2/recordings/ /var/mythtv/tv3/recordings/ /var/tv/recordings/ /var/tv2/recordings/

The first three directories are on the master backend and the last two are on the slave backend. Nothing is defined on the slave backend. My understanding is that the master backend will realize that the last two directories do not exist on that system and not use them, however, on my system, it repeatedly tries to anyway.

I have tried removing all storage group information and re-entering it with no difference.

I posted my issue on the mythtv-users mailing list and Michael Dean asked me to provide some details which I have included below.

master backend: bob@mythbox:~$ ls -ld /var/{,mythtv/}tv*/recordings ls: cannot access /var/tv*/recordings: No such file or directory drwxrwxrwx 2 bob bob 24576 2012-07-19 22:33 /var/mythtv/tv2/recordings drwxrwxrwx 2 bob bob 126976 2012-07-24 11:43 /var/mythtv/tv3/recordings drwxrwxrwx 2 bob bob 135168 2012-07-24 12:39 /var/mythtv/tv/recordings

bob@mythbox:~$ df -k /var/{,mythtv/}tv*/recordings df: `/var/tv*/recordings': No such file or directory Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 709363588 692880936 16482652 98% /var/mythtv /dev/sdb1 1953446464 1896418576 57027888 98% /var/mythtv/tv3 /dev/sdc1 1952558140 1895880720 56677420 98% /var/mythtv/tv

slave backend: bob@mail:~$ ls -ld /var/{,mythtv/}tv*/recordings ls: cannot access /var/mythtv/tv*/recordings: No such file or directory drwxrwxrwx 2 bob bob 49152 2012-07-24 12:39 /var/tv2/recordings drwxrwxrwx 2 bob bob 20480 2012-07-16 18:14 /var/tv/recordings

bob@mail:~$ df -k /var/{,mythtv/}tv*/recordings df: `/var/mythtv/tv*/recordings': No such file or directory Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 976694464 919833692 56860772 95% /var/tv2 /dev/sda2 200184560 183212220 16972340 92% /var/tv

Here is the storage group table:

+----+-------------+----------+----------------------------------+

| id | groupname | hostname | dirname | +----+-------------+----------+----------------------------------+ | 9 | Default | mythbox | /var/mythtv/tv/recordings/ | | 12 | Default | mythbox | /var/tv/recordings/ | | 10 | Default | mythbox | /var/mythtv/tv2/recordings/ | | 11 | Default | mythbox | /var/mythtv/tv3/recordings/ | | 14 | Default | mythbox | /var/tv2/recordings/ | | 15 | Videos | mythbox | /var/mythtv/videos/ | | 16 | Coverart | mythbox | /var/mythtv/artwork/coverart/ | | 17 | Fanart | mythbox | /var/mythtv/artwork/fanart/ | | 18 | Screenshots | mythbox | /var/mythtv/artwork/screenshots/ | | 19 | Banners | mythbox | /var/mythtv/artwork/banners/ | +----+-------------+----------+----------------------------------+

He requested that I run the backend with the parameters -v file,schedule --loglevel debug. The error appeared pretty quickly. I have attached the log file.

I cut off the log file right after the error appeared. Please let me know if you need any additional information.

[bob@…]

mythbackend log with -v file,schedule --loglevel debug