Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger mount/unmount config without blocking

2007-10-08 Thread John Drescher
On 10/8/07, Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Flak Magnet wrote: > > > On Thursday 04 October 2007 11:27:04 am John Drescher wrote: > >> Use the release command instead of unmount > >> > >> John > > > > Huh. I've written some scripts that do some slightly funky stuff to g

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger mount/unmount config without blocking

2007-10-08 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Flak Magnet wrote: > On Thursday 04 October 2007 11:27:04 am John Drescher wrote: >> Use the release command instead of unmount >> >> John > > Huh. I've written some scripts that do some slightly funky stuff to get > around the "blocking" effect of doing an "umount" from bcons

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger mount/unmount config without blocking

2007-10-05 Thread John Drescher
> Huh. I've written some scripts that do some slightly funky stuff to get > around the "blocking" effect of doing an "umount" from bconsole. > > So I wonder: Will the "release" command unload the tape, put it away and all > that jazz? > It does that for me, well at least from version 2.0.X and ab

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger mount/unmount config without blocking

2007-10-05 Thread Flak Magnet
On Thursday 04 October 2007 11:27:04 am John Drescher wrote: > Use the release command instead of unmount > > John Huh. I've written some scripts that do some slightly funky stuff to get around the "blocking" effect of doing an "umount" from bconsole. So I wonder: Will the "release" command un

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger mount/unmount config without blocking

2007-10-04 Thread John Drescher
On 10/4/07, Bob Hetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I unmount a volume using the bconsole unmount command, bacula > blocks access to the tape drive until I mount another volume. Is there > a way to config it so the drive isn't blocked when a tape is unmounted > from within bconsole? If I u

[Bacula-users] autochanger mount/unmount config without blocking

2007-10-04 Thread Bob Hetzel
When I unmount a volume using the bconsole unmount command, bacula blocks access to the tape drive until I mount another volume. Is there a way to config it so the drive isn't blocked when a tape is unmounted from within bconsole? If I unmount the tape drive I'd like it to be able to grab an