So far so good. I can just post this as a workaround. For me, its only happened when labeling from barcodes.
-Shon On Nov 5, 2007 10:21 AM, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > 05.11.2007 13:53,, Shon Stephens wrote:: > > > I have an autochanger with 12 tapes. I issue the label barcodes command > > and it cycles through the tapes in the changer and then does the following: > > > > 3307 Issuing autochanger "unload slot 11, drive 0" command. > > 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 12, drive 0" command. > > 3305 Autochanger "load slot 12, drive 0", status is OK. > > 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command. > > 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result: nothing loaded. > > 3000 OK label. VolBytes=64512 DVD=0 Volume="A00012" Device="Ultrium-TD3" > > (/dev/rmt/0cbn) > > Catalog record for Volume "A00012", Slot 12 successfully created. > > > > *release > > The defined Storage resources are: > > 1: Mentora_Files > > 2: Exabyte_224 > > Select Storage resource (1-2): 2 > > 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command. > > 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result: nothing loaded. > > 3921 Device "Ultrium-TD3" (/dev/rmt/0cbn) already released. > > > > This is where Bacula then "loses" the 12th tape. I can't get Bacula to > > even recognize that its in the drive and needs to be unloaded. Does > > anyone know what the issue might be? > > Unfortunately, I don't have the solution to this. I face the same > issue, and I can not always reproduce it, which makes it a bit hard to > analyze (available time is an issue here, too... :-) > > My workaround is to unmount the drive from Bacula, use mtx to unload > the tape and load the tape requested, and mount from Bacula again. > > Until now, that has worked every time. > > As it is, I'm not even sure this is an issue purely inside Bacula, > because a) the autochanger or drive seem to need the extra kick of > unloading / reloading a tape, and b) not all the installations I > support seem to show this behavior. It might be OS or hardware dependent. > > For me, the workaround is ok for a while because where it happens > tapes are not always needed to be changed. Also, the issue *seems* to > happen only when a tape from a different pool than the one currently > loaded is needed (which points to Bacula, not the environment). > > All this is only an impression, not the result of careful observation, > by the way. > > Arno > > > -Shon > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > -- > Arno Lehmann > IT-Service Lehmann > www.its-lehmann.de > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
