I worked it out.  I needed to stop bacula and then mount the tape using the
bacula mtx-changer script.

Also bacula needed to be stopped as well before running bscan itself.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 1:28 PM byron <lbgpub...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I need to run bscan to read in a LT05 tape.   I'm able to mount the tape
> using bconsole but when I run the bscan command it asks me to mount the
> volume on the device when it already is mounted.  Unfortunately I've never
> installed and configured bacula so I dont really know where to start with
> this.  Any pointers appreciated.   Here is the output from what I've been
> trying
>
> *
> *mount drive=1  slot=39
> Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
> Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
> The defined Storage resources are:
>      1: File
>      2: LTO-5
> Select Storage resource (1-2): 2
> 3307 Issuing autochanger "unload slot 2, drive 1" command.
> 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 39, drive 1" command.
> 3305 Autochanger "load slot 39, drive 1", status is OK.
> 3001 Mounted Volume: AID378
> 3001 Device ""Drive-1" (/dev/nst0)" is already mounted with Volume "AID378"
> *
>
> when I run the status command it shows the tape is mounted
> ==
>
> Device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) is mounted with:
>     Volume:      AID378
>     Pool:        *unknown*
>     Media type:  LTO-5
>     Slot 39 is loaded in drive 1.
>     Total Bytes Read=1,024 Blocks Read=1 Bytes/block=1,024
>     Positioned at File=0 Block=0
> ==
>
> Device "Drive-2" (/dev/nst1) is not open.
>     Drive 0 is not loaded.
> ==
> ====
>
> Used Volume status:
> Reserved volume: AID378 on tape device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0)
>     Reader=0 writers=0 reserves=0 volinuse=0
> ====
>
> But when I run the bscan command it cant access the volume
> sudo bscan -c bacula-sd.conf -v -V AID378 /dev/nst0
> bscan: butil.c:287 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for reading.
> 02-Sep 12:45 bscan JobId 0: No slot defined in catalog (slot=0) for Volume
> "AID378" on "Drive-1" (/dev/nsudo bscan -c bacula-sd.conf -v -V AID378
> /dev/nst0
> bscan: butil.c:287 Using device: "/dev/nst0" for reading.
> 02-Sep 12:45 bscan JobId 0: No slot defined in catalog (slot=0) for Volume
> "AID378" on "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0).
> 02-Sep 12:45 bscan JobId 0: Cartridge change or "update slots" may be
> required.
> 02-Sep 12:45 bscan JobId 0: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 1"
> command.
> 02-Sep 12:45 bscan JobId 0: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 1", result is
> Slot 39.
> 02-Sep 12:50 bscan JobId 0: Warning: acquire.c:239 Read open device
> "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) Volume "AID378" failed: ERR=dev.c:506 Unable to open
> device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0): ERR=Device or resource busy
>
> 02-Sep 12:50 bscan JobId 0: No slot defined in catalog (slot=0) for Volume
> "AID378" on "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0).
> 02-Sep 12:50 bscan JobId 0: Cartridge change or "update slots" may be
> required.
> Mount Volume "AID378" on device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) and press return
> when ready:st0).
> 02-Sep 12:45 bscan JobId 0: Cartridge change or "update slots" may be
> required.
> 02-Sep 12:45 bscan JobId 0: 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 1"
> command.
> 02-Sep 12:45 bscan JobId 0: 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 1", result is
> Slot 39.
> 02-Sep 12:50 bscan JobId 0: Warning: acquire.c:239 Read open device
> "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) Volume "AID378" failed: ERR=dev.c:506 Unable to open
> device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0): ERR=Device or resource busy
>
> 02-Sep 12:50 bscan JobId 0: No slot defined in catalog (slot=0) for Volume
> "AID378" on "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0).
> 02-Sep 12:50 bscan JobId 0: Cartridge change or "update slots" may be
> required.
> Mount Volume "AID378" on device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) and press return
> when ready:
>
> Thanks
>
>
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