On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 12:36:57PM -0200, Heitor Faria wrote: > > Uwe: if your tape library has a bar code header please use that for your own > benefit. You can generate your own labels using some online free web services. > The "update slots scan" forces Bacula to insert each tape into your drive in > order to verify it's content, that's why you will have "Device xxxx is doing > acquire." status for so long. > Again, I truly believe this is not an error. Eventually Bacula will scan > every tapes from your slots and you may resume normal operation. >
Hello Heitor, I'm well aware that that the scan will load each tape into the drive, that's why I usually update only the slots that were changed using the "slots=3,5,8" option for instance. Bacula definitely does not return to a working state once all the slots have been scanned, we've had it sitting doing nothing for an entire weekend blocking all the other backups (the update scan command usually completes within a couple of minutes depending on the number of slots being affected). I don't really see the advantage in using barcodes (I don't even think our library supports them ATM) as we've developed a decent workflow for our offline backups over the years without them. I'll look into their usage further, in the meantime it would be nice if bacula wouldn't lock up for days using the "acquire" dance ;) All the best, Uwe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741911&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
