In the message dated: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:12:38 EST,
The pithy ruminations from Bob Hetzel on
<[Bacula-users] Update slots causes bacula console to prompt for drive, etc?> w
ere:
=> I just noticed this oddity. Perhaps it's how I've got bacula
And which version of bacula would that be?
=> 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.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I often see this if I do something like add/remove/move tapes outside of
bacula, using mtx or the front-panel controls of the tape drive. The only
reliable way to address the tape drive after this is to restart bacula.
=> *update slots
=> Automatically selected Storage: Dell-PV136T
I've got a PV132T.
=> Enter autochanger drive[0]: 1
Does bacula in fact honor the request to use slot 1? In my case (still running
1.38.11), bacula uses drive 0 regardless of the specification. I believe this
has been fixed in later versions.
[SNIP!]
=> 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.
Yes, that's normal (depending on the bacula version).
=> 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).
Yes, that's normal (depending on the bacula version).
=> 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.
It sounds like you're not using the configuration option to automatically add
new & unknown volumes to the catalog.
=> 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?
Yes.
=>
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