>>>>> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:25:31 +0200, Jukka Laaksola said: > > Arno Lehmann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Hi and thanks for the fast answer! > > > On 11/22/2006 10:56 AM, Jukka Laaksola wrote: > > > >> > >>The problem are appendable tapes which are not in changer. We say > >>"unmount" and change the magazine. Then we say "update slots" and > >>"mount". The inchanger flags gets updated successful. Then we mark all > >>removed appendable volumes as Used. > >>But in the middle of the night at backup time the bacula ask to mount > >>some appendable volume which is not in the changer. > >> > > > > > > Ok, I'll skip the example in my reply. The problem is, Bacula recycles > > volumes not in changer and does not stick to the ones availabale. > > Yes. That's right. > > > This has been discussed a number of times. I don't know how it should > > work, but I know what you can do to fix your problem :-) > > > > - Use 1.39.27 or whatever the current beta version is. > > - Make sure you actually want to run beta software in a production > > environment (but I'm quite sure that the features that existed in 1.38 > > have not stopped working). > > - Use the ned enabled/disabled flag for volumes and disable the volumes > > you remove from the changer. > > > I probably found the solutions with stable 1.38.11 version. When we > change the magazine we update volumes recycle flags. Put the recycle > flag enabled for the volumes in changer and disabled for all others. And > also mark status to Used on all appendable volumes not in changer. > > I will do a perl script for changing the magazine. It will first unmount > the volumes and the ask to change the fysical magazine. After that it > update slots and automatically update those recycle flags and status of > appendable volumes not in changer to Used. And finally does mount. > > I think so the answer for this problem could be a configuration variable > like AcceptAnyVolume. Something like AcceptOnlyInChangerVolume.... Or > just change values on AcceptAnyVolume from yes|no to yes|no|inchanger...
Yes, except that the AcceptAnyVolume directive does nothing anyway and has been removed from 1.39 :-) It should be trying to use suitable inchanger volumes first anyway, so the behaviour you see is either a bug or is caused by some other problem (e.g. it fails to recycle the volume for some reason). __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
