>>>>> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:46:28 -0500, Dan Langille said: > > On 2/2/2011 5:44 PM, John Drescher wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Dan Langille<d...@langille.org> wrote: > >> On 2/2/2011 5:35 PM, John Drescher wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Sure, when I want to unmount or unload a tape. > >>>> > >>> Did you do that recently? > >>> > >>> > >>> BTW, unless you want to use the tape drive outside of bacula you > >>> should avoid the unmount command and use the release command instead. > >>> The difference between the two commands is the unmount command > >>> releases bacula's control over the tape drive while release just > >>> unmounts the tape but leaves the tape drive in the control of bacula. > >> > >> Oh now that's an unfortunate naming of commands. > >> > > > > Maybe its my description but its confusing.. > > > > BTW, the ramifications of using the unmount command is that you have > > to issue mount to get bacula to use the tape drive again. However if > > you use the release command bacula does not require you to mount. > > FYI, I didn't know about the release command before tonight. :)
I never found release to be useful on FreeBSD, because it leaves /dev/nsaX open. At least for me, that prevents the tape from being ejected. Likewise, software can't open /dev/nsaX if there is no tape in the drive. One could argue that is the correct behavior too -- is it sensible to eject a tape that software is using? The problem is that there is no separate protocol for reserving a drive. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
