On 5/29/23 23:11, Dr. Thorsten Brandau wrote:
Hinot sure if any bacula developers are in this list but I just wanted to let you know that with my Neo24s Tapelib the mtx-changer script is not working. It does not detect the end of the change process. There is a line in the script wait_for_drive $device As long as this is there I run into timeouts changing the drive. When I comment this line, it works (there is an error message in the log but that is no problem - basically it gets a timeout but the tape changed). No amount of time for the timeout worked, so there must be somehow a problem with the return message from the drive or the script. Maybe someone else runs into this problem, so thats a solution. Cheers T
Hello Thorsten, You have very good timing... If you are interested, I am just about to publicly release a drop-in replacement for the default mtx-changer script, and maybe you'd like to try it and give me some feedback from a real-world environment. The script is written in Python, has much better logging when debug is enabled, and has the ability to set a debug_level to log just what you want/need to see. Additionally, I have added a pretty much fully automatic tape drive cleaning feature which can test a drive with `tapeinfo` after a successful unload, and automatically locate cleaning tapes, load one, wait, and then unload it... Of course since this happens while the SD is waiting on a successful unload, it will add time to the process, and timeouts will have to be tuned for your individual environment. So far I have only tested with mhVTL and everything is working fine. I plan to move testing to our lab environment which has a real HP library, so I will have more real feedback. If you are interested in beta testing, please DM me. If you have a github account please let me know so I can allow you access to the repository before it is made publi c. Best regards, Bill -- Bill Arlofski w...@protonmail.com
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