On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Bob Hetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just noticed this oddity. Perhaps it's how I've got bacula > configured, but it otherwise seems to work properly. I've got an > autochanger with 72 slots and two tape drives. I just added some new > tapes in and did the following... > > *update slots > Automatically selected Storage: Dell-PV136T > Enter autochanger drive[0]: 0 > Connecting to Storage daemon Dell-PV136T at gyrus:9103 ... > 3306 Issuing autochanger "slots" command. > Device "Dell-PV136T" has 0 slots. > No slots in changer to scan. > *update slots > Automatically selected Storage: Dell-PV136T > Enter autochanger drive[0]: 1 > Connecting to Storage daemon Dell-PV136T at gyrus:9103 ... > 3306 Issuing autochanger "slots" command. > Device "Dell-PV136T" has 72 slots. > Connecting to Storage daemon Dell-PV136T at gyrus:9103 ... > 3306 Issuing autochanger "list" command. > Catalog record for Volume "LTO200L2" updated to reference slot 1. > Catalog record for Volume "LTO208L2" updated to reference slot 2. > Catalog record for Volume "LTO201L2" updated to reference slot 3. > ... [rest of volume listing removed for brevity] > Volume "LTO243L2" not found in catalog. Slot=53 InChanger set to zero. > This is normal.
> > So I'm wondering if it's an odd config I've got (or should have) or > whatnot when the following happen... > > 1) bacula asks the user for a drive when you issue the update slots command. > 2) bacula needs an empty drive to query the changer for tape volumes > (even though since I'm using barcodes it gets that info without using > the drive). I do not think this is the case at least with my setup. I mean I can run update slots with tapes in both of my drives in a 2 drive changer. > > 3) the bconsole command "list volumes" doesn't show this new volume even > after it throws up a message noting that it's not in the catalog. I believe bacula will auto label the new tapes to match the barcodes when it needs a new tape. > 4) Is there an auto label command or config setting so I can just have > it auto detect new barcoded volumes and then label them and put them in > the catalog? > If you want bacula to lablel them now use the label barcodes command. You need not specify slots bacula will only grab the tapes that are not labeled. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. 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
