Hi, On 12/22/2006 11:15 PM, Meidal, Knut wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I’m currently considering setting up a small “below the radar” Bacula > installation. > > I happen to have NetApp NearStore VTLs with capacity on them, that I can > use as my back-end. > ... > The magic happens when the application or OS issues an “EJECT” command > to move a tape (it doesn’t know it’s a virtual tape) to the I/O slot. > The VTL then “fakes” such an eject and goes to work mounting a > corresponding physical tape and copies the data from disk(on VTL) on to > this physical tape. > > Works great with Veritas NetBackup. > > > > My question is about the media ejects in Bacula. > > Is there such a thing? > > How can it be scripted or requested? Using the bconsole utility? A > combination with MT or MTX?
Sounds like you only need to use mtx from a shell to eject tapes. This is not possible using Bacula, but IIRC there was a feature request for more Bacula-driven autochanger operations. Moving a tape to an export slot might become possible from Baculas console then. Arno > > > Any ideas appreciated. > > > > Knut E. Meidal > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
