On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:49 AM, John Drescher <dresche...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Someone mentioned that changing "Always open" to "no" could help, but > that > > kind of scares me. I'd like the protection of preventing removal, as long > a > > Bacula can re-enable it when it needs to change tapes. > > I've had multiple drives changed out, and have updated the firmware on > the > > drives and library a number of times in the last couple of years to try > and > > fix this problem, but non of the fixes it, so I think it's either > something > > Bacula or the kernel/mtx is doing. > > > > What happens to me is that it is possible to get in a state where the > robot will not remove tapes from one or both drived. I can eject the > tape from the drive but when mtx or the move commands on the changer > itself both fail. I have been able to reset this situation by stopping > bacula-sd then unload the st and scsi card module then reenabling both > and restarting bacula-sd. > > John > I can't get the drive to eject at all, I can get the drive to seek and rewind, but not eject either through mt, mtx or the library controls. I usually have to reboot the library once or twice and sometimes restart bacula-sd. It's pretty frustrating, I'd like to get to the bottom of it. Since I only roll to tape once a week, it usually takes a couple of weeks for the problem to show up. Robert LeBlanc Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support Brigham Young University
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