Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-03 Thread John Drescher
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Jeremiah D. Jester wrote: > John, > > When I try to  'mount' the volume again to load the requested tape I get the > following error: "3001 OK mount requested. Specified slot ignored. > Device="Drive1" (/dev/nst0)". Then I get several messages in the console > as

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-03 Thread Jeremiah D. Jester
site Media type: LTO4 Jeremiah Jester Informatics Specialist Microbiology - Katze Lab 206-732-6185 -Original Message- From: John Drescher [mailto:dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 2:44 PM To: Dan Langille Cc: Jeremiah D. Jester; bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-user

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-03 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:37:46 +, Alan Brown said: > > Martin Simmons wrote: > > > I never found release to be useful on FreeBSD, because it leaves /dev/nsaX > > open. > > It's very useful on a changer - it allows you to get Used/Full tapes out > of drives and into magazines where the

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-03 Thread John Drescher
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Alan Brown wrote: > John Drescher wrote: I am not entirely sure if you hit this or a bacua mounting bug that hits me about 1 time per 3 months. >>> >>> Are you using fibre? >>> >> >> I am using Ultra Wide SCSI 3. And an exabyte magnum 224 2 drive 24

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-03 Thread Alan Brown
John Drescher wrote: >>> I am not entirely sure if you hit this or a bacua mounting bug that >>> hits me about 1 time per 3 months. >> Are you using fibre? >> > > I am using Ultra Wide SCSI 3. And an exabyte magnum 224 2 drive 24 > slot LTO2 autochanger with HP lto2 drives. In that case try loadi

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-03 Thread Alan Brown
Martin Simmons wrote: > I never found release to be useful on FreeBSD, because it leaves /dev/nsaX > open. It's very useful on a changer - it allows you to get Used/Full tapes out of drives and into magazines where they can be swapped out. On a standalone drive the primary use is to get a tap

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-03 Thread John Drescher
>> I am not entirely sure if you hit this or a bacua mounting bug that >> hits me about 1 time per 3 months. > > Are you using fibre? > I am using Ultra Wide SCSI 3. And an exabyte magnum 224 2 drive 24 slot LTO2 autochanger with HP lto2 drives. dev6 ~ # tapeinfo -f /dev/sg6 Product Type: Tape Dr

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-03 Thread Alan Brown
John Drescher wrote: > I am not entirely sure if you hit this or a bacua mounting bug that > hits me about 1 time per 3 months. Are you using fibre? If so, how many connections to the fabric do you have from the -sd machine? ---

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-03 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:46:28 -0500, Dan Langille said: > > On 2/2/2011 5:44 PM, John Drescher wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Dan Langille wrote: > >> On 2/2/2011 5:35 PM, John Drescher wrote: > > Sure, when I want to unmount or unload a tape. > > >>> Did you do th

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread Alan Brown
On 02/02/11 23:29, Alan Brown wrote: (Interestingly: after using tapeinfo, the PMR seems to have been unlocked.) Oops, no. It was a TapeAlert and they're only reported once. After another round of trying to unload the message reappeared. # tapeinfo -f /etc/bacula/DEVICES/MSSLY8-0-sg P

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread Alan Brown
On 02/02/11 22:16, Jeremiah D. Jester wrote: Hello, Frequently, bacula jobs stall on a 'waiting for a mount request'. However, when I do mount the requested tape, it still doesn't run. Wondering what I'm doing wrong here. Any ideas? I've just been discussing this with HP, Overland and on

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread John Drescher
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:46 PM, John Drescher wrote: >> Ok. Good to know.  So how do I remedy the situation? Restart the sd and dir? >> > > I am not entirely sure if you hit this or a bacua mounting bug that > hits me about 1 time per 3 months. Some of the time I can remedy the > situation by gett

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread Dan Langille
On 2/2/2011 5:44 PM, John Drescher wrote: > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Dan Langille wrote: >> On 2/2/2011 5:35 PM, John Drescher wrote: Sure, when I want to unmount or unload a tape. >>> Did you do that recently? >>> >>> >>> BTW, unless you want to use the tape drive outside of

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread John Drescher
> Ok. Good to know.  So how do I remedy the situation? Restart the sd and dir? > I am not entirely sure if you hit this or a bacua mounting bug that hits me about 1 time per 3 months. Some of the time I can remedy the situation by getting the autoloader to load the volume I want using the bacula c

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread Jeremiah D. Jester
. Jester Cc: bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request > Sure, when I want to unmount or unload a tape. > Did you do that recently? BTW, unless you want to use the tape drive outside of bacula you should avoid the unmount command and use the release command instead. The diff

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread John Drescher
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Dan Langille wrote: > On 2/2/2011 5:35 PM, John Drescher wrote: >>> >>> Sure, when I want to unmount or unload a tape. >>> >> Did you do that recently? >> >> >> BTW, unless you want to use the tape drive outside of bacula you >> should avoid the unmount command and

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread Dan Langille
On 2/2/2011 5:35 PM, John Drescher wrote: >> Sure, when I want to unmount or unload a tape. >> > Did you do that recently? > > > BTW, unless you want to use the tape drive outside of bacula you > should avoid the unmount command and use the release command instead. > The difference between the two

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread John Drescher
> Sure, when I want to unmount or unload a tape. > Did you do that recently? BTW, unless you want to use the tape drive outside of bacula you should avoid the unmount command and use the release command instead. The difference between the two commands is the unmount command releases bacula's cont

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread Jeremiah D. Jester
: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request > Frequently, bacula jobs stall on a 'waiting for a mount request'. > However, when I do mount the requested tape, it still doesn't run. > Wondering what I'm doing wrong here. Any ideas? > Do you ever

Re: [Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread John Drescher
> Frequently, bacula jobs stall on a ‘waiting for a mount request’. However, > when I do mount the requested tape, it still doesn’t run. Wondering what I’m > doing wrong here. Any ideas? > Do you ever issue the unmount command? John ---

[Bacula-users] bacula mount request

2011-02-02 Thread Jeremiah D. Jester
Hello, Frequently, bacula jobs stall on a 'waiting for a mount request'. However, when I do mount the requested tape, it still doesn't run. Wondering what I'm doing wrong here. Any ideas? Thanks for your time. Jeremiah *status storage Device status: Autochanger "DELL_124T" with devices: