Hi Kern, I manually set the status of the "CLN" volume to "Cleaning" using the "update volumes" command, and now it appears properly in the catalog.
I have submitted bug #368 regarding this "label barcodes" issue for the benefit of anyone else who has a barcode changer setup, either real or simulated. http://bugs.bacula.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=0000368 Thanks for this most excellent of backup systems! Cheers, Ryan Colp -----Original Message----- From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:57 AM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Ryan Colp Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger: How is a cleaning tape supposed to appear in the catalog? On Tuesday 28 June 2005 23:58, Ryan Colp wrote: > Here is the result of "llist volume=CLN"... > > *llist volume=CLN > MediaId: 37 > VolumeName: CLN > Slot: 6 > PoolId: 1 > MediaType: > FirstWritten: 0000-00-00 00:00:00 > LastWritten: 0000-00-00 00:00:00 > LabelDate: 0000-00-00 00:00:00 > VolJobs: 0 > VolFiles: 0 > VolBlocks: 0 > VolMounts: 0 > VolBytes: 0 > VolErrors: 0 > VolWrites: 0 > VolCapacityBytes: 0 > VolStatus: Append > Recycle: 1 > VolRetention: 2,332,800 > VolUseDuration: 0 > MaxVolJobs: 0 > MaxVolFiles: 0 > MaxVolBytes: 0 > InChanger: 1 > EndFile: 0 > EndBlock: 0 > > Thanks, > -Ryan Well, I see as in your previous report that the status is Append -- it really should be "Cleaning", so I will fix that. Now to answer your questions: it is very unlikely this Volume will be mounted for two reasons: 1. You have defined the CLN prefix in your bacula-dir.conf 2. There is no MediaType, and before writing to a tape, Bacula will check the MediaType. If Bacula does mount this Volume, please file a bug report. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:40 PM > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: Ryan Colp > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger: How is a cleaning tape > supposed to appear in the catalog? > > On Tuesday 28 June 2005 22:10, Ryan Colp wrote: > > Hi fellow Bacula users and enthusiasts... I have a question > > regarding the handling of cleaning tapes in an autochanger. > > > > I am running Bacula 1.36.3 with a HP SureStore DAT 40x6 autochanger, > > and it has been working quite well for some time. I am now in the > > process of replacing an old set of tapes with new ones. This issue > > came to light while I was labelling the new tapes. > > > > Here's some background... > > > > When I initially set this system up, I adapted the mtx-changer > > script to simulate barcodes as documented in > > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Autochangers_Support.html (see: > > Simulating Barcodes in your Autochanger). > > > > I also have the line: Cleaning Prefix = "CLN" in the Pool section of > > my bacula-dir.conf file. > > > > My cleaning tape is in slot 6, and the name "CLN" is listed by slot > > 6 in the /etc/bacula/changer.volumes file that mtx-changer uses to > > simulate barcode labels with. > > > > And here's what happened today when I labelled the tapes... > > > > When I issued the command "label barcodes" in bconsole, it looks > > like it handled the loading, labelling and unloading of the regular > > tapes properly, and it appears to have skipped loading and labelling > > of the cleaning tape as it is supposed to do. When it came to the > > cleaning tape, it reported "Catalog record for cleaning tape "CLN" > > successfully created." After that was finished, I issued an "update slots" > > command, and then "list volumes" to see whether everything looked ok. > > > > The curious thing is that when I issue the "list volumes" command, > > the cleaning tape looks a lot like a normal tape in the catalog. > > Here's what it's showing (NOTE: some column names are shortened for > > readability, some columns omitted): > > > > *list volumes > > Pool: Default > > +---------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------+------+-- > > ---------+-----------+ > > > > | MediaId | VolName | VolStat | VolBytes | VolFiles | Recycle | Slot > > | | > > > > InChanger | MediaType | > > +---------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------+------+-- > > ---------+-----------+ > > > > | 32 | CoLo4A | Append | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | > > > > 1 | DDS-4 | > > > > | 33 | CoLo4B | Append | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | > > > > 1 | DDS-4 | > > > > | 34 | CoLo4C | Append | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | > > > > 1 | DDS-4 | > > > > | 35 | CoLo4D | Append | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | > > > > 1 | DDS-4 | > > > > | 36 | CoLo4E | Append | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | > > > > 1 | DDS-4 | > > > > | 37 | CLN | Append | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | > > > > 1 | | > > +---------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------+------+-- > > ---------+-----------+ > > * > > (All VolRetention values were reported as 2,322,800 and all > > LastWritten values are 0000-00-00 00:00:00 - including the cleaning > > tape.) > > > > The word "Append" and the value of "1" under the "Recycle" column > > concerns me. I also notice that it doesn't have a "MediaType" value. > > > > I just want to make sure Bacula doesn't attempt to mount the backup > > tape as a regular volume. Perhaps the handling of cleaning tapes in > > the catalog could be better documented in the Bacula Users Guide. > > > > So my questions are: > > > > Is this how a cleaning tape is supposed to appear in the catalog > > (with an "Append" status, Recycle=1 and no MediaType)? > > > > When doing a backup job, does Bacula use any part of the cleaning > > tape's catalog record (besides VolumeName) to determine that the > > tape is in fact a cleaning tape? > > Please do a: > > llist volume=CLN > > let's see what it says. > > > Curious, > > -Ryan > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration > > Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward > > articles, informative Webcasts and more! 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