On 24/01/11 19:27, Kern Sibbald wrote: > >> In particular: does Bacula lock the drive while writing/despooling is >> taking place and then unlock immediately it's finished? > No, if I remember right once the tape is mounted, Bacula locks it. It is > unlocked only when Bacula releases the drive. >
This is done using a "Prevent Media Removal" call? There have been several threads in the last few years about being unable to remove tapes on various hardware due to PMR being set. When it is unset, is the tape drive status checked to verify the command actually worked? Alan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
