Re: [Bacula-users] update slots scan question
On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 09:40:28AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: On 2013-02-08 05:17, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote: I take it that your tape library does not read barcodes? Or that you are not using barcodes. Which is it? Hi Dan, thanks much for your answer. Our library is unable to read barcodes, we do all the labelling manually. snip snip No, not quite. inChanger is either 0 or 1 to indicate if it's in the changer. Ok, got it. Now what happens if I have entered a set of new / weof'ed tapes into the library and all those are being filled with backups until the first recycle needs to happen? Will bacula (5.2.13) honor the inchanger flag, recycling the oldest of the volumes present *in* the library or will it prompt the operator to insert the even older tapes with inchanger=0 from the update slots scan run? I hope I'm making myself clear enough here. ;) Previously I manually set each removed volume status to Archive, but judging from your answer this isn't necessary as the inChanger flag takes precedence, right? All the best, Uwe -- NIONEX --- Ein Unternehmen der Bertelsmann SE Co. KGaA -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] update slots scan question
Hi folks, I'm about to use the update slots scan bconsole command for the first time as I'm fed up with doing all the manual work changing a set of tapes involves. In a perfect (bacula) world, this command would achieve the following: - load all tapes in the changer one after the other - if a slot is empty but expected to be full according to the Media table, the volume would be set to state archive an its inChanger flag to zero - if the slot is full, but an empty tape is detected, the tape would be auto-labelled, with the expected (but no longer present) tape in that slot being set to archive / inchanger = 0 - if the slot is full and the volume has a label that has a Media record but is set to archive, bacula would set the volume status to full or recycle and inchanger to 1, updating the slot record. - If the volume has a bacula label that bacula does not know of, an additional parameter would allow me to relabel / null the tape and add the new volume to the pool. So, am I dreaming or would the update slots scan command work in a similar fashion? Thanks, Uwe -- NIONEX --- Ein Unternehmen der Bertelsmann SE Co. KGaA -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] update slots scan question
On 2013-02-08 05:17, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote: Hi folks, I'm about to use the update slots scan bconsole command for the first time as I'm fed up with doing all the manual work changing a set of tapes involves. I take it that your tape library does not read barcodes? Or that you are not using barcodes. Which is it? In a perfect (bacula) world, this command would achieve the following: - load all tapes in the changer one after the other Yes I'm reading: http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/Autochanger_Resource.html At that URL, see 'Simulating Barcodes in your Autochanger', in case that helps your particular situation. - if a slot is empty but expected to be full according to the Media table, the volume would be set to state archive an its inChanger flag to zero No, not quite. inChanger is either 0 or 1 to indicate if it's in the changer. - if the slot is full, but an empty tape is detected, the tape would be auto-labelled, with the expected (but no longer present) tape in that slot being set to archive / inchanger = 0 No, I am not sure that auto-labeling occurs. That is a different process. That's 'label barcodes' Now I'm reading [old docs]: http://www.bacula.org/2.4.x-manuals/en/main/Bacula_Console.html - if the slot is full and the volume has a label that has a Media record but is set to archive, bacula would set the volume status to full or recycle and inchanger to 1, updating the slot record. I'm not sure how 'archive' enters the situation. The volume status will definitely not be altered. But the inChanger field will be updated to 1. - If the volume has a bacula label that bacula does not know of, an additional parameter would allow me to relabel / null the tape and add the new volume to the pool. There is no such additional parameter. So, am I dreaming or would the update slots scan command work in a similar fashion? Dreaming slightly. ;) -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
