> You might want to upgrade to 1.37 (upcoming 1.38) as this supports > autochanger better, more flexible... in the catalog it registers a > StorageId which represents the actual autoloader, and using this > information you get the necessary information.
Oh good! That'll make things super-easy. I'm working on a web-control front end for our Bacula system and not being able to'see' what's in the autoloaders would kinda make the whole thing fall flat. Thanks! Mark On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 12:39:47AM +0200, Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hello, > > Mark Bober wrote: > >Is there any method for querying Bacula to get which tapes are where, > >given that you have multiple autoloaders of the same MediaType? > > > >In the database it puts down Slot, InChanger for any given Media that is > >in the changer via 'update slots', but where is it storing what tape > >drive? Is that just in the Storage Daemon's memory? > > You might want to upgrade to 1.37 (upcoming 1.38) as this supports > autochanger better, more flexible... in the catalog it registers a > StorageId which represents the actual autoloader, and using this > information you get the necessary information. > > For 1.36, there is actually no representation of which autoloader > contains which media, I worked around this by using different media > types and patching the code which updates the media information. > > >This is all without barcode equipment, so I'm guessing the easy answer is > >to maintain a file as described in the 'Simulating Barcodes' section of > >the Autochangers chapter, but I'm actually generally curious as to how > >Bacula knows what is where. > > 1.37.30 supports this better - but note that I haven't stress-tested it > yet :-) > > Arno > > > >Mark > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > >September > >19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > >Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > >Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > >_______________________________________________ > >Bacula-users mailing list > >Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > -- > IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
