I posted 1 message earlier and got prompt answers which I appreciate greatly. I think I'm almost there but I have 1 more question.
I have Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U Autoloader that I'd like to use with Bacula 1.36.3 on Fedora Core 3. 1) Currently Bacula is configured to backup data to HD and that's working fine. After configuring bacula-sd.conf as shown by others I can run the following command so OS can talk to the tape library. ---mtx-changer works--- > /etc/bacula/mtx-changer /dev/sg5 list 0 /dev/nst0 0 1:A0000001 2:A0000002 3:A0000003 ---end--- 2) But Bacula still couldn't talk to Exabyte Autoloader properly. It turns out that Exabyte cannot be controlled properly if it's connected to a SCSI RAID Controller. It needs to be connected to Adaptec 2960 Single Channel or similar non-RAID SCSI card. I got and installed LSI20320RB Single Channel controller. This card allowed my server to talk to autochanger properly. 3) Following the directions on ( http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION000371000000000000000 ) I started testing the tape library. 3.1) I stop all Bacula services and run following commands and they all work. mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind tar cvf /dev/nst0 . mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind tar tvf /dev/nst0 3.2) Following command is what I have problem with. > ./btape -c bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0 (In my case /usr/sbin/btape -c /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0 ) This starts the testing process of the VXA2 tape drive. >*test The tests complete successfully and than it asks: >Do you wish to continue with the Autochanger test? (y/n)? I type y and than I get the following error message. --error-- 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded" command. 3991 Bad autochanger command: /etc/bacula/mtx-changer /dev/sg5 loaded 1 /dev/nst0 0 3991 result="mtx: Request Sense: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ": ERR=Child exited with code 1 You must correct this error or the Autochanger will not work. * --end-- What am I doing wrong? Here's the section that I've added in bacula-sd.conf to try to configure Exabyte Tape library. --bacula-sd.conf-- Device { Name = FileStorage Media Type = File Archive Device = /mnt//bacula # Archive Device = /tmp LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media Random Access = Yes; AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it RemovableMedia = no; AlwaysOpen = no; } Device { Name = "Autochanger" Media Type = VXA2 Archive Device = /dev/nst0 # Normal archive device Changer Device = /dev/sg5 # Generic SCSI device name Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" Autochanger = yes LabelMedia = yes; AutomaticMount = yes; Spool Directory = /bspool/ AlwaysOpen = yes; } ---end--- This section is bacula-dir.conf, in case you need it. ---bacula-dir.conf--- Storage { Name = Exabyte # Do not use "localhost" here Address = boont SDPort = 9103 Password = "thepasswordhere" Device = Exabyte MediaType = VXA2 AutoChanger = yes } ---end--- Thank you very much for your help. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
