I did the mtx command, and it worked perfectly:
root@backup:~# mtx -f /dev/sch0 status
Storage Changer /dev/sch0:1 Drives, 8 Slots ( 0 Import/Export ) Data
Transfer Element 0:Empty
Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=DBW501L5
Storage Element 2:Full :VolumeTag=DBW502L5
Storage Element 3:Empty
Storage Element 4:Empty
Storage Element 5:Empty
Storage Element 6:Empty
Storage Element 7:Empty
Storage Element 8:Empty
root@backup:~#
Greg
On Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:35:41 PM UTC-5 Oleg Cherkasov wrote:
> On 11.04.2026 20:41, Gregory West wrote:
> > OK now I am really confused. sch0 WAS showing up as cd/dvd now it is
> > showing up as mediummx. This is after I added bareos to the sudo group.
> > dumb question. I am running bconsole as root. Is this an issue?
> > When I try and run bconsole as a generic user get the following: Config
> > error: Cannot open config file "/etc/bareos/bconsole.conf": Permission
> > denied
> >
> > Going to add user to bearos group.
> > Greg
> >
> > On Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 11:26:36 AM UTC-5 Gregory West wrote:
> >
> > The TAPE group is OK, but not the complete story. For some reason
> > my setup has sch0 (the name given to my autochanger) as a cd/dvd. I
> > have added CRROM to by bareos user and i still does not work.
> > Looking into have to change sch0 from CDROM to TAPE.
> > root@backup:~# lsscsi
> > [0:0:0:0] tape HP Ultrium 5-SCSI Z6DW /dev/st0
> > [0:0:0:1] mediumx HP 1x8 G2 AUTOLDR 4.30 /dev/sch0
> > [3:0:0:0] disk ATA Samsung SSD 850 2B6Q /dev/sda
> > [4:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD5000AAKX-0 1H19 /dev/sdb
> > [5:0:0:0] cd/dvd HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH10N EX02 /dev/sr0
> > [6:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD7501AALS-0 0K05 /dev/sdc
> >
> It seems you are on the correct path but need to locate the HP
> Autoloader device. Have you tried to run as root:
>
> mtx -f /dev/sch0 status
>
> It shall print the status of the Drive and all slots. If you are not
> sure about the device name, then try all available devices that look
> like Autoloader.
>
> As far as I can recall, on Linux, I had to update the udev configuration
> to specify the exact /dev/sg? name using the UUID of the device. If the
> device is not customized in udev, then after a reboot, the device jumped
> between /dev/sg{1,2,3}. If you are using `lsscsi -g` then the last
> column would be the device name you need to try with mtx command.
>
> Regarding the bconsole, I always run it as root, and the actual DIR
> daemon is running as the bareos user. I do not think it is an issue.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Oleg
>
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