(re-sent because I sent it to the -bounces address - oops) Hi,
I want to set up Bacula to automatically label any blank volumes. The volumes in question are DLT tapes, using a plain tape drive (no autochanger). The director's configuration is slightly complicated by the fact that there are two SDs in my configuration which are geographically separate (the bandwidth available over SCSI is substantially higher than the bandwidth we can afford to lay on between two countries). Nevertheless, I think I've got that part of the problem cracked, because if I use a pre-labelled tape, I can run backups as intended. The SD which needs to have its tapes autolabelled has the following Device stanza: Device { Name = "DLT-160" Media Type = DLT-Tape Archive Device = /dev/nst0 LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it } The pool which refers to this device is: Pool { Name = DailyTape-DLT Pool Type = Backup Recycle = Yes AutoPrune = yes Storage = DLT-Tape LabelFormat = "Daily-DLT-" Recycle Current Volume = yes } I understand that I must attempt to mount an unlabelled tape before Bacula will label it. I've done this, and then I kick off a backup. I would have expected Bacula to realise that there are no appropriate tapes available BUT there's a blank one mounted, and to label it appropriately. Instead, however, I get this: * *mes 31-Jul 16:14 gemini-dir: Start Backup JobId 4719, Job=dns-france.france.u4eatech.com.2007-07-31_16.14.38 31-Jul 16:14 gemini-dir: Created new Volume "Daily-DLT-0006" in catalog. 31-Jul 16:14 taranis-sd: Please mount Volume "Daily-DLT-0006" on Storage Device "DLT-160" (/dev/nst0) for Job dns-france.france.u4eatech.com.2007-07-31_16.14.38 - and it'll sit there indefinitely waiting for me to mount a volume which it's created in the catalog but not labelled. The director is running 2.0.3 (gentoo build), the SD is running 2.0.3-4 (debian etch) - is it possible that there's an incompatibility between these versions or have I missed something? Many thanks, James Cort -- U4EA Technologies http://www.u4eatech.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users