Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Confusion about changer volumes

2006-05-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 11:52:35AM +0800, Troy Daniels wrote: > John, > > What tape do you want it to use? > > Unless you've removed tapes from the following table, Bacula has chosen > the one and only writable tape in the list. At least JL6922L3 was prunable and recyclable according to the def

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Confusion about changer volumes

2006-05-23 Thread Troy Daniels
John, What tape do you want it to use? Unless you've removed tapes from the following table, Bacula has chosen the one and only writable tape in the list. #list volumes Pool: Default +-++---+-+--+--+-+--+---

[Bacula-users] Re: Confusion about changer volumes

2006-05-23 Thread John Goerzen
On 2006-05-22, John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >and then things worked. >> >> What was/is the Inchanger flag of the tape Bacula was asking for set to? OK. Check this out. Bacula is planning to use a tape that is not in the changer (it will get marked Used later today): #list volumes

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Confusion about changer volumes

2006-05-22 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 02:04:31PM +0100, Alan Brown wrote: > On Sat, 20 May 2006, John Goerzen wrote: > > >We had three labeled, but otherwise completely unused, tapes in the > >pool. Two were in the changer, and Bacula knew this. Yet for some > >inexplicable reason, it decided it wanted the ta

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Confusion about changer volumes

2006-05-22 Thread Alan Brown
On Sat, 20 May 2006, John Goerzen wrote: We had three labeled, but otherwise completely unused, tapes in the pool. Two were in the changer, and Bacula knew this. Yet for some inexplicable reason, it decided it wanted the tape that wasn't in the changer! (All three were showing Appendable). I

[Bacula-users] Re: Confusion about changer volumes

2006-05-21 Thread John Goerzen
On 2006-05-21, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am concerned about the unpredictability of the tape handling here, >> alas. > > I can't say I experience unpredictable tape handling here, so it would > be good do see more detailed information from you: If possible, use a > pool with a

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Confusion about changer volumes

2006-05-21 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hello, On 5/20/2006 11:32 PM, John Goerzen wrote: On 2006-05-19, John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did an update volume and set yesterday's volume to used... then it said it was waiting for mount. I ran mount for the second time (remember I had already done that earlier), and then the

[Bacula-users] Re: Confusion about changer volumes

2006-05-20 Thread John Goerzen
On 2006-05-19, John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did an update volume and set yesterday's volume to used... then it > said it was waiting for mount. I ran mount for the second time > (remember I had already done that earlier), and then the backups > started using one of the available vol