Hi Bob,
exactly, i want an 'order by VolumeName', and not by MediaId on 'list media' or
'list volume' console command.
How can i change it?
Regards
Rodrigo
> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:47:32 -0500
> From: b...@case.edu
> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] How change the MedId for an exist Volume
>
>
>
> > From: Martin Simmons <mar...@lispworks.com>
>
> >>>>>> >>>>> On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:19:02 -0200, Rodrigo N de Castro
> >>>>>> >>>>> Fernandes said:
> >> >
> >> > I would like to know how to change the MediaId from a VolumeName.
> >> > Just for backup Media/Volume sort organization.
> >> >
> >> > Can somebody help me? Is it possible? Is it recommended?
> > It isn't recommended, but you could do it with some SQL commands if you are
> > very careful.
> >
> > Purge the volume first, otherwise you will need to update the jobmedia table
> > as well. You may need to adjust the SQL sequence that controls the
> > automatic
> > numbering of new volumes as well, if you new MediaId is higher. There may
> > be
> > other problems that I haven't though about...
> >
> > __Martin
>
> I'm not 100% sure what the original poster's goal was but in my case my
> goal was to change how bacula sorts when you do a 'list volumes'. It sorts
> by default by MediaId which is kinda unhelpful to those of us that use
> actual bar-coded tapes. The MediaId is generated when the volume is first
> inserted into the catalog, but if the autochanger picks up the tapes in the
> wrong order you're left with that odd sorting. I tried to update the
> tables directly for a while but eventually I decided it was too big a pain
> to wait for a tape to be Scratch (I presume you meant Prune not Purge, by
> the way).
>
> My solution was to just tweak the query bacula uses so that it sorts on the
> VolumeName field instead. Unfortunately I'm on vacation so can't dig into
> the code to see what file it was in, but all you have to do is change the
> line where the query ends in something like 'order by MediaId' to use
> something 'order by VolumeName' instead. I figured that would be a great
> enhancement to the bacula code but didn't know if there were actually some
> people who preferred the MediaId order, perhaps because they're mixing LTO3
> and LTO4 tapes or something, so I didn't bother generating a patch to submit.
>
> Bob
>
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