John, (sorry for the repeat here)
Your assessment is on the mark. This for my clarification...
Do:
I insert a blank tape, label and mount it.
The Thursday night BU commences and backs up the first 36 GB to the first
tape.
When the intervention is required, I "release" the tape and insert a new
tape to complete the BU.
This second tape gets labeled, mounted and pooled appropriately.
When the backup is completed, is "umount" the tape.
Until I get an automounter, larger tape drive or both. ;)
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----- Original Message ----
From: John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: David Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:59:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] BU 2 tape does not see newly labeled tape
> I tend to use the (grey beard) umount command with bconsole. I know
it
> un-mounts the tape and is ready to accept a new tape for labeling or
such
> tasks.
>
It will be ready of labeling or mounting but it will not auto mount.
That is the difference between the commands. I had this problem a long
time ago and release saved me some headaches.
>
> It didn't make sense to 'release' a tape (volume) especially if the
backup
> is going to span multiple cartridges.
>
> Let me be clear what I intend to happen: Friday -Wednesday are Diff's
to
> hard drive volumes, Thursday full backup to tape(s). Thursday tapes
go
> off-site.
>
So after the last tape on Thursday issue the release command to eject
it then insert friday's tape and bacula should handle it.
Or am I misunderstanding??
John
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