Hi!
I´d like to contribute with the "Cleaning Prefix = "CLN" pool directive.
This way bacula knows who is your cleaning tape, when using "label
barcodes":
"Any barcode that begins with the same characters as specified on the
"CleaningPrefix=xxx" command, will be treated as a cleaning tape, and will
not be labeled. "
"The *Cleaning Prefix* statement can be used in the Pool resource to define
a Volume name prefix, which if it matches that of the Volume (barcode) will
cause that Volume to be marked with a VolStatus of *Cleaning*. This will
prevent Bacula from attempting to write on the Volume."
And you don´t need to do the "mt rewind/weof" for new tapes, but I use to
do so, you can have a script to do it for you, using as many tapes as slots
you have.
Regards,
Ana
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Tilman Schmidt <
t.schm...@phoenixsoftware.de> wrote:
> Am 30.05.2013 15:51, schrieb Owner:
> > I have CHeck Label = YES
> > and
> > Label Type = IBM
> > turner on.
>
> Not sure if that's a good idea. AFAIK IBM labels are limited to six
> characters, and your barcode labels are eight characters long, so
> they won't fit. Any reason why you don't want to use standard Bacula
> labels?
>
> > Does this mean for any new tape that has never been written to before I
> > have to initialize it in the way you describe below?
>
> >> 1) with mtx or mtx-changer script load each tape into drive and do:
> >>
> >> 1.a) mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> >> 1.b) mt -f /dev/nst0 weof
> >>
> >> 2) after unloading the tape, label them using bconsole command "label
> >> barcodes"
>
> Not necessarily. Step 1 is only necessary for erasing an existing
> label from the tape, so if it was never written to you can skip
> that step and proceed directly to "label barcodes".
>
> OTOH, if the tape was written previously then step 1 will erase
> it, so if you want to keep its current content you should do
> neither step 1 nor step 2, but add it with "add volume" or
> "bscan" instead.
>
> HTH
> T.
>
>
>
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