On 05/19/14 03:56, Steven Haigh wrote: > On 18/05/14 12:50, Steven Haigh wrote: >> Hi Vizo, >> >> If I use the UUID:blah format, vchanger can't find the drives. >> >> I found on another post to this list in the archives (via google) that >> the following method worked - but I'm unsure if any further problems >> were encountered. >> >> It seems to be a problem with libuuid or similar? > > Hi all, > > Following on from this, I've had a problem with every restore with > Bacula throwing an error because it thinks the volume is online (when > the drive may be ejected). > > I wrote a perl script that can be used with udev to automatically start > / eject volumes. It makes a few assumptions, such as that you'll only > add to the END of magazines = blah in the vchanger config. > > I've attached it for reference. > > Looking at the structure of the SQL for volumes, would it be better to > set the 'InChanger' to 0 instead of Enabled = 0 when a volume is > removed? Then set InChanger = 1 when the volume is added back? >
Hi Steve, I have not looked at your script yet, but this is something that I did a about a year back to solve what I think is a similar, or the same problem you are experiencing. It does it by setting the 'Enabled' field for a volume depending on its current availability. http://www.revpol.com/node/146 Hope it helps. -- Bill Arlofski Reverse Polarity, LLC http://www.revpol.com/ -- Not responsible for anything below this line -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
