Hi Arno, Anwar wrote: > Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:37:44 +0200 > From: Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Problem with Autochanger on Bacula 1.38.11 > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Hi, > On 7/5/2006 8:12 AM, Anwar wrote: >> > Hello, >> > > I'm having some problems with a HP SureStore418 autochanger. The >> btape > autochanger test fails > ... >> > The test failed, probably because you need to put >> > a longer sleep time in the mtx-script in the load) case. >> > Adding a 30 second sleep and trying again ... >> > 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded" command. >> > Slot 1 loaded. I am going to unload it. > ... >> > --> It takes more than 10 minutes before it unloads Slot 1 then >> reloads > Slot 1.. > ... >> > > Can anyone give me some pointers on where to even attempt to > >> trouble-shoot this problem? > I'd recommend to try the mtx-changer script alone first. I suspect > there is a timing problem in there. My experience is that it's usually > quite useful to use the wait_for_drive function instead of a > pre-determined timeout, because - especially with DLT - the time it > takes for the drive to accept a tape can greatly vary, and with > uninitialized tapes it can take very long. > > Arno Thanks for replying. I've actually tested the mtx-changer script (by default at /etc/bacula/mtx-changer) and it works fine. I can list the number of slots, load and unload specific slots fine. However I've found that even though the documentation mentions you can use 2 parameters, somehow the trap does not work. So in essence mtx-changer /dev/sg2 unload will not work. Instead you have to use mtx-changer /dev/sg2 unload 1 /dev/nst0 0 where (1 is where the tape was loaded from).
I've even checked by issuing the correct mtx commands that the mtx-changer script does and that works too. However running the btape test (btape -c /etc/bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0) and then running the autochanger command will fail. It just keeps on loading tape 1, reading for 10 minutes and then unloading, then reloading, reading ... repeat. Each time getting longer. I've even labeled the tape using the console label command first to ensure it wasn't an empty tape and its still fails... If I run it from the console (not btape) then I get the following emailed as an error:- 03-Jul 13:44 FC5-test: Error: bnet.c:426 Write error sending 55 bytes to client:127.0.0.1:36131: ERR=Broken pipe Don't know why the pipe is breaking... The passwords are all correct. I've even checked that there's no firewall in the way (not supposed to matter because its localhost). Is there anything else I should be looking at? Thanks! Regards, Anwar Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
