Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-08-02 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hello Steve, I think this may help you to disable linux multipathing for the tape library: http://thegeekdiary.com/beginners-guide-to-device-mapper-dm-multipathing/ The tape library and tape drive can be configured in the black list: blacklist Blacklisted devies. Devices that should not be confi

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-08-02 Thread Steve Garcia
"Ana Emília M. Arruda" wrote: > Hello Steve, > > Sorry, incomplete email again... > > Yes, it looks we have something here. > > From one of your previous emails, we have the error "3999 Device > "AutochangerOdin" not found or could not be opened." when Bacula issues the > label command

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-08-01 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hello Steve, Sorry, incomplete email again... Yes, it looks we have something here. >From one of your previous emails, we have the error "3999 Device "AutochangerOdin" not found or could not be opened." when Bacula issues the label command for the tapes. This "not found or could not be opened"

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-08-01 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hello Steve, Yes, it looks we have something here. >From one of your previous emails, we have the error "3999 Device "AutochangerOdin" not found or could not be opened." when Bacula issues the label command for the tapes. This "not found or could not be opened" message usually refers to the wron

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-31 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 07/31/17 17:30, Phil Stracchino wrote: > > So with the pretend-single-drive-is-an-autochanger hack, I'm supposed to > give the *DIRECTOR* a Storage resource pointed to the "autochanger", and > I give the *STORAGE daemon* an Autochanger resource pointing to its > standalone drive as a Device?

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-31 Thread Phil Stracchino
The message that this is a reply to arrived here trashed, with all Ana's reply text missing. So I'm answering here with my questions. On 07/31/17 16:22, Steve Garcia wrote: > "Ana Emília M. Arruda" wrote: >> >> You have your Director running at sleipnir host: >> >> root@sleipnir:/etc/bacu

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-31 Thread Steve Garcia
OK, now we may be getting somewhere -- at least I have a dump of messages... It does look like the problem is with the tape drive, but that's after it working fine at first. It successfully opens the drive and determines (correctly) that the volume in the drive is an unlabeled tape. As a resu

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-31 Thread Steve Garcia
"Ana Emília M. Arruda" wrote: > Hello Steve, > > I think we will need to speak the same language here :-) > > You have your Director running at: Good plan. I think we're getting someone else's configuration mixed up in here, and that's confusing... :-) My director is running on sle

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-31 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hello Steve, Sorry, I sent an incomplete message. I think we will need to speak the same language here :-) You have your Director running at sleipnir host: root@sleipnir:/etc/bacula# bconsole Connecting to Director sleipnir:9101 1000 OK: 102 sleipnir-dir Version: 7.4.3 (18 June 2016) with the

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-31 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hello Steve, I think we will need to speak the same language here :-) You have your Director running at: On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Steve Garcia wrote: > > > Darold Lucus wrote: > > This is an example of my Autochanger listing in the bacula-sd.conf, this > is > > only a partial l

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-31 Thread Steve Garcia
Darold Lucus wrote: > This is an example of my Autochanger listing in the bacula-sd.conf, this is > only a partial list but you would follow that format. My autochanger has 16 > slots and a drive, the drive-1 is the writing drive. > > AutoChanger { > Name = AutoChanger > Device = Dri

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-31 Thread Steve Garcia
"Ana Emília M. Arruda" wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Sorry, my mistake... > > There is no problem in having a remote Storage Daemon with your tape > library attached. This is a very usual configuration. > > Before having a try with Bacula, I would recommend you to check if mtx and > mt are prop

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-27 Thread Darold Lucus
This is an example of my Autochanger listing in the bacula-sd.conf, this is only a partial list but you would follow that format. My autochanger has 16 slots and a drive, the drive-1 is the writing drive. AutoChanger { Name = AutoChanger Device = Drive-1, Drive-2, Drive-3, Drive-4, Drive-5, D

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-27 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hi Steve, Sorry, my mistake... There is no problem in having a remote Storage Daemon with your tape library attached. This is a very usual configuration. Before having a try with Bacula, I would recommend you to check if mtx and mt are properly working (please use /dev/tape/by-id names when runn

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-27 Thread Steve Garcia
Steve Garcia Ignorance killed the cat, curiosity was framed. "Ana Emília M. Arruda" wrote: > Hi steve, > > It seems we have a configuration issue. It is not a good idea to have > symlinks to sg devices. They can change after a server reboot. > > ** > From the /dev directory o

Re: [Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-26 Thread Ana Emília M . Arruda
Hi steve, It seems we have a configuration issue. It is not a good idea to have symlinks to sg devices. They can change after a server reboot. ** >From the /dev directory on odin: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jun 5 17:42 /dev/autochanger1 -> sg3 crw-rw 1 root tape 21, 3 Jun 1 15

[Bacula-users] Error talking to remote storage daemon

2017-07-26 Thread Steve Garcia
OK, I've got my tape drive working (thanks Ana!) but I'm having trouble connecting to the autochanger it's in using the director. This is the first time I've tried having a storage daemon on a different machine than the director. The director is a slightly lower version (7.4.3 on Debian Jessie