Bacula 2.2.0 running on SLES 10 with an Ecrix 1.10 autoloader. Here is the pertinent section of bacula-sd.conf:
# Autochanger resource Autochanger { Name = "Auto" Device = VXA3 Changer Device = /dev/sg1 Changer Command = "/bacula/bin/mtx-changer %c %o %S %qa %d" } # Internal VXA-3 Drive # Device { Name = VXA3 Drive Index = 0 Autochanger = yes Media Type = VXA-3 Archive Device = /dev/nst0 AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it AlwaysOpen = yes; LabelMedia = Yes RemovableMedia = yes; RandomAccess = no; } and from bacula-dir.conf: Storage { Name = Auto Address = 10.1.0.17 SDPort = 9103 Password = "ourpassword" Device = "Auto" Media Type = VXA-3 } Storage { Name = VXA Address = 10.1.0.17 SDPort = 9103 Password = "ourpassword" Device = "VXA3" Media Type = "VXA-3" Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5 } When the weekend backup ran it filled up the tape in the drive (A0000004 from slot 4)and removed it, but it did not load the next tape. I could not get it to mount A0000005 with any bconsole command. This is the format I tried: mount <then select either VXA or Auto from the list?> mount storage=Auto slot=5 However, I could go to the shell prompt, execute ./mtx-changer /dev/sg1 load 5 /dev/nst0 0 to get the tape into the drive, then issue a mount command from within bconsole. I recall being able to mount tapes from bconsole when I was testing this setup, so I was confused by this. Also, I had thought that, being an 'autoloader', this setup would automatically span tapes when necessary (fill one tape, then autoatically remove it, load and mount the next one). Have I been laboring under a misconception here? Incidentally, I just noticed that, in the bacula-dir.conf storage resource above, the Auto resource media type has no quotes around it, but the VXA resource's media type does. An oversight on my part, surely, but does it make any difference? Bacula certainly never complains about a syntax error. -- Tks n rgds, Richard White CNE6, Linux+ Network Engineer Mason County, Washington 360-427-5501 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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