> > I'm also unclear on whether Bacula currently tracks which volumes are > > in an autochanger. Right now, I have two volumes that are both > > recorded in the database as "InChanger = 1" and "Slot = 4", but it's > > not obvious which tape is actually in the changer.
An interesting question. Would it be useful to add a MOVE VOLUME command that was aware of the "operator" area in some of the larger libraries? (Side explanation: on some of the bigger libraries, there is a reserved set of slots that are physically accessible from the outside without opening the library case and forcing a full inventory of the library.) MOVE VOLUME could be coded to know that a certain range of slots represented the operator area, and if a slot in that range was the destination, set InChanger to 0. If an operator slot is the source of a move, then set InChanger to 1. I think this will need to tie into the discussion Arno and I were having wrt to volume management. Up to now, InChanger=1 has implied that the media was available and mountable. I think there's more states than that, and we'll need to be more disciplined about media movement in the future. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
