Zack,
I'm using bacula 1.38.2. so I use the auto-changer resource. Here's
what I have:
Autochanger {
Name = "AutoPakChanger"
Device = AutoPakDrive1
Changer Device = /dev/sg2
Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
}
Device {
Name = AutoPakDrive1
Media Type = AutoPakVXA17
Archive Device = /dev/nst0
AutomaticMount = yes;
AlwaysOpen = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
RandomAccess = no;
Drive Index = 0
AutoChanger = yes
Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'"
}
You may also need to edit the following part of the mtx-changer script...
# enable the following line if you need to eject the cartridge
# mt -f $device offline
An easy way to test if the mtx-changer script works for your autoloader
is to run it by hand. Or you can use 'btape autochanger'
You might want to double-check using /dev/nst0 vs /dev/st0 since I use
nst0 and you have st0 since the VXA drives are non-autorewinding
devices. Also, make sure that 'btape test' works. I got by without the
"Hardware End of Medium and Fast Forward Space File directives.
If you haven't already I'd also recommend getting vxaTool from Exabyte,
which lets you enable/disable hardware compression on the VXA drives.
I hope that helps,
Keith
Zachariah Mully wrote:
Hello all-
I've got a new VXA2 packetloader that appears to have a problem
changing tapes. Can somebody else out there with one of these please
help me verify my settings? I'm running Bacula 1.36.2 on Debian 3.1.
Device {
Name = VXA
Media Type = 8mm
Archive Device = /dev/st0
Autochanger = Yes
Changer Device = /dev/sg1
Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %
d"
Maximum Changer Wait = 240 # seconds
Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c | grep TapeAlert|cat'"
Always Open = Yes
AutomaticMount = Yes
Removable media = Yes
Random access = No
Hardware End of Medium = Yes
Fast Forward Space File = Yes
Maximum Network Buffer Size = 65536
}
My backups have begun to fail with:
07-Dec 01:13 backup-sd: mojojojo.2005-12-07_01.05.01 Fatal error: Cannot
write block. Device at EOM.
Many thanks,
Zack
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