-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michel Meyers wrote: > Arno Lehmann wrote: >> Hi, > >> 01.10.2007 11:30,, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:: >>> ---OpenSUSE 10.2, dir, sd, fd; Bacula 2.0.3; HP-Ultrium 1x8 Autoloader >>> (with 7 slots full and one empty )--- >>> ---WindowsXP SP2, fd; Bacula 2.0.3--- >>> >>> Hi the List, >>> >>> I have an autoloader of 8 slots but only 7 are full (one is empty), so >>> bacula always ask for the 8th tape once the other tapes are full ! so >>> how could I tell to bacula to use only 7 tapes and not 8 ? so I can >>> avoid receiving such mails (below) in the week-ends ? >> Bacula really is not very interested in the slots in your autochanger. >> It does keep its own inventory of the available tapes. So you probably >> need to update the catalog - 'update slots' would be the command for >> this - or set up your pools to contain only the volumes you want to use. > > Also note that, if all the other tapes run full and the remaining tape > is marked as usable, Bacula will request it, no matter whether it is in > the autochanger or not. To prevent that, mark the tape as used and/or > ensure that there's always a usable tape in the autochanger (ie recycle > them more frequently if required...).
Sounds to me like he has automatic labeling turned on and does not limit his pool to 7 tapes. - -- ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer II |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHAP9Fmb+gadEcsb4RAnkZAKCNurV2OEQsFHLe0ERRXyuuyO3woACg33XE Z3KZNfwImsEUBAdKuxMKeGk= =mSK7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
