>>>>> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:12:08 -0500, Michael Brennen said: > > I think I can recount this accurately; again, it is a situation that came up > before I was aware of it, so I'm not quite sure how I got there. I think I > have cleared it up, so I thought I would post this for comment. > > Last night after the FNI0016 tape would not mount, apparently due to a label > problem, I ended up with one of the four tape drives blocked. A stat showed > this message, and bacula would not use the drive. > > "Device is BLOCKED. User unmounted." > > After consulting the google oracle, the manual and list archives I did not > find an exact answer to how to unblock it, but I think I finally figured it > out. From a bacula console I manually mounted the relabeled FNI0016 tape > into the blocked drive, which was successful. I will not know for certain > until tomorrow morning, but the drive appears to be back in service now. > > My question is this: why did a problem with a particular tape cartridge block > the tape drive? Do I understand correctly that this is what blocked the tape > drive? Or is it that any user initiated umount blocks a tape drive? Sorry > if this obvious or has a documented answer somewhere, I've just not been able > to find it.
Yes, the console unmount command causes the "User unmounted" blockage, even if you have AutomaticMount = yes. I have an admin job that mounts the tape just in case it was forgetten... __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
