> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:17:05 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message dated: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:12:38 EST, > The pithy ruminations from Bob Hetzel on > <[Bacula-users] Update slots causes bacula console to prompt for drive, etc?> > w > ere: > => I just noticed this oddity. Perhaps it's how I've got bacula > > And which version of bacula would that be?
2.2.8 for both director and sd > > => configured, but it otherwise seems to work properly. I've got an > => autochanger with 72 slots and two tape drives. I just added some new > => tapes in and did the following... > => > => *update slots > => Automatically selected Storage: Dell-PV136T > => Enter autochanger drive[0]: 0 > => Connecting to Storage daemon Dell-PV136T at gyrus:9103 ... > => 3306 Issuing autochanger "slots" command. > => Device "Dell-PV136T" has 0 slots. > => No slots in changer to scan. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > I often see this if I do something like add/remove/move tapes outside of > bacula, using mtx or the front-panel controls of the tape drive. The only > reliable way to address the tape drive after this is to restart bacula. > Yup. I in fact did take the library offline to add tapes. Has anybody found a method of tape rotation in and out of the library that doesn't involve shutting bacula down? This is kind of a big deal as most backup. > => *update slots > => Automatically selected Storage: Dell-PV136T > > I've got a PV132T. > > => Enter autochanger drive[0]: 1 > > Does bacula in fact honor the request to use slot 1? In my case (still > running > 1.38.11), bacula uses drive 0 regardless of the specification. I believe this > has been fixed in later versions. > Yes that does seem to work in my 2.2.8 > > [SNIP!] > > => So I'm wondering if it's an odd config I've got (or should have) or > => whatnot when the following happen... > => > => 1) bacula asks the user for a drive when you issue the update slots > command. > > Yes, that's normal (depending on the bacula version). > > => 2) bacula needs an empty drive to query the changer for tape volumes > => (even though since I'm using barcodes it gets that info without using > => the drive). > > Yes, that's normal (depending on the bacula version). > > => 3) the bconsole command "list volumes" doesn't show this new volume even > => after it throws up a message noting that it's not in the catalog. > > It sounds like you're not using the configuration option to automatically add > new & unknown volumes to the catalog. > I can't seem to find that option. > => 4) Is there an auto label command or config setting so I can just have > => it auto detect new barcoded volumes and then label them and put them in > => the catalog? > > Yes. Can anybody add detail on that? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
