Re: [Bacula-users] Tape BLOCKED waiting for.....

2011-07-12 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:35:15 -0400, Christian Tardif said: > > On 11/07/2011 14:34, Christian Tardif wrote: > > On 11/07/11 12:15 PM, Adrian Reyer wrote: > >> Never tried it myself, but I have seen some documentation yesterday > >> about labling tapes when needed by issuing 'unmount' first.

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape BLOCKED waiting for.....

2011-07-11 Thread Christian Tardif
On 11/07/2011 14:34, Christian Tardif wrote: On 11/07/11 12:15 PM, Adrian Reyer wrote: Never tried it myself, but I have seen some documentation yesterday about labling tapes when needed by issuing 'unmount' first. Doesn't this resolve your 'blocked' status? -> http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manual

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape BLOCKED waiting for.....

2011-07-11 Thread Christian Tardif
On 11/07/11 12:15 PM, Adrian Reyer wrote: Never tried it myself, but I have seen some documentation yesterday about labling tapes when needed by issuing 'unmount' first. Doesn't this resolve your 'blocked' status? -> http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Brief_Tutorial.html#SECTION0016

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape BLOCKED waiting for.....

2011-07-11 Thread Christian Tardif
On 11/07/11 12:29 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: Provided I understood your question correctly, you just `umount` the current tape first, physically change the cartridge, label the new one, mount it and then the job continues all by itself. I'm not sure about labeling a new

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape BLOCKED waiting for.....

2011-07-11 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:12:00 -0400 Christian Tardif wrote: > This must be a simple task to achieve, but I did not find how to make > it work. > > Let's say, for example, that I did not put the right tape into the > drive, and that I don't have a tape with the right label (or not a > tape within

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape BLOCKED waiting for.....

2011-07-11 Thread Adrian Reyer
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:12:00AM -0400, Christian Tardif wrote: > I know I can just kill the job, label my tape, and restart the job. But > there are certain times where I just can't do that. So, how can I > unblock the device to be abe to label my tape and let the job continue > normally? Ne

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape BLOCKED waiting for.....

2011-07-11 Thread John Drescher
> This must be a simple task to achieve, but I did not find how to make it > work. > > Let's say, for example, that I did not put the right tape into the > drive, and that I don't have a tape with the right label (or not a tape > within the right pool). So I need to label a new tape. But bacula the

[Bacula-users] Tape BLOCKED waiting for.....

2011-07-11 Thread Christian Tardif
Hi, This must be a simple task to achieve, but I did not find how to make it work. Let's say, for example, that I did not put the right tape into the drive, and that I don't have a tape with the right label (or not a tape within the right pool). So I need to label a new tape. But bacula then