On 7/12/07, Shon Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a little unsure how its used in Bacula. If its for automatic labeling of > tapes, or ??? Its for identifying of the tapes in the magazine without having to load each individual tape in the drive and reading them each time it needs to find a tape...
> If I issue an update slots command in bconsole, I get this > output, strange that there is an illegal character. Does anyone know how > this output is supposed to look. Here is what I get for my Magnum224 under gentoo linux: Connecting to Storage daemon DEV6-Changer at dev6.radimg.pitt.edu:9103 ... 3306 Issuing autochanger "slots" command. Device "Magnum224-0" has 24 slots. Connecting to Storage daemon DEV6-Changer at dev6.radimg.pitt.edu:9103 ... 3306 Issuing autochanger "list" command. Catalog record for Volume "A00030" updated to reference slot 1. Catalog record for Volume "A00035" updated to reference slot 4. Catalog record for Volume "A00023" updated to reference slot 5. Catalog record for Volume "A00006" updated to reference slot 6. Catalog record for Volume "A00007" updated to reference slot 7. Catalog record for Volume "A00008" updated to reference slot 8. Catalog record for Volume "A00028" updated to reference slot 9. Catalog record for Volume "A00010" updated to reference slot 10. Catalog record for Volume "A00011" updated to reference slot 11. Catalog record for Volume "A00033" updated to reference slot 12. Catalog record for Volume "A00013" updated to reference slot 13. Catalog record for Volume "A00012" updated to reference slot 14. Catalog record for Volume "A00017" updated to reference slot 15. Catalog record for Volume "A00016" updated to reference slot 16. Catalog record for Volume "A00015" updated to reference slot 17. Catalog record for Volume "A00020" updated to reference slot 18. Catalog record for Volume "A00019" updated to reference slot 19. Catalog record for Volume "A00018" updated to reference slot 20. Catalog record for Volume "A00027" updated to reference slot 21. Catalog record for Volume "A00034" updated to reference slot 22. Catalog record for Volume "A00031" updated to reference slot 23. Catalog record for Volume "A00032" updated to reference slot 2. Catalog record for Volume "A00029" updated to reference slot 3. # > Just for comparison I have the output of > mtx-changer and mtx also. Should I use the barcodes as my Volume names in my > Pools? Does Bacula still need to label the tapes if thats so? > Yes and Yes. You do this using the label barcodes command. I generally put all tapes in the Scratch Pool (read the docs on that) and when bacula needs a new tape in any pool it grabs it from the Scratch. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
