On Fri, August 14, 2009 6:40 am, Alan Brown wrote: > On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Dan Langille wrote: > >> I think we have a problem: > > I flagged this a couple of years ago with Overland changers. > >> [dlangi...@backup01 bacula]$ sudo /usr/sbin/mtx -f /dev/sg4 load 3 >> [dlangi...@backup01 bacula]$ sudo /usr/sbin/mtx -f /dev/sg4 status >> Storage Changer /dev/sg4:1 Drives, 38 Slots ( 36 Import/Export ) >> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Unknown Storage Element Loaded):VolumeTag >> = >> AAM240L4 >> Storage Element 1:Empty >> Storage Element 2:Empty >> Storage Element 3 IMPORT/EXPORT:Empty >> Storage Element 4 IMPORT/EXPORT:Full :VolumeTag=AAM241L4 >> >> Should that 'Unknown Storage Element Loaded' be a 3 to indicate the slot >> it came from? > > This happens consistently with tapes loaded out of i/o slots and the only > solution I've found is not to put tapes in them.
All the slots on this machinare are IO slots, except for 1 & 2. Perhaps this is a configuration issue that I should look into. > (FWIW Bacula won't load tapes from these slots either, bacula-changer > doesn't parse the "IMPORT/EXPORT" from mtx and drops the line) It is mtx-changer that doesn't parse that line. This is part of the customization I've been doing for this particular robot. -- Dan Langille -- http://langille.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
