Here is the result of "llist volume=CLN"...
*llist volume=CLN
MediaId: 37
VolumeName: CLN
Slot: 6
PoolId: 1
MediaType:
FirstWritten: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
LastWritten: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
LabelDate: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
VolJobs: 0
VolFiles: 0
VolBlocks: 0
VolMounts: 0
VolBytes: 0
VolErrors: 0
VolWrites: 0
VolCapacityBytes: 0
VolStatus: Append
Recycle: 1
VolRetention: 2,332,800
VolUseDuration: 0
MaxVolJobs: 0
MaxVolFiles: 0
MaxVolBytes: 0
InChanger: 1
EndFile: 0
EndBlock: 0
Thanks,
-Ryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Kern Sibbald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:40 PM
To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Ryan Colp
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger: How is a cleaning tape supposed to
appear in the catalog?
On Tuesday 28 June 2005 22:10, Ryan Colp wrote:
> Hi fellow Bacula users and enthusiasts... I have a question regarding
> the handling of cleaning tapes in an autochanger.
>
> I am running Bacula 1.36.3 with a HP SureStore DAT 40x6 autochanger,
> and it has been working quite well for some time. I am now in the
> process of replacing an old set of tapes with new ones. This issue
> came to light while I was labelling the new tapes.
>
> Here's some background...
>
> When I initially set this system up, I adapted the mtx-changer script
> to simulate barcodes as documented in
> http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Autochangers_Support.html (see:
> Simulating Barcodes in your Autochanger).
>
> I also have the line: Cleaning Prefix = "CLN" in the Pool section of
> my bacula-dir.conf file.
>
> My cleaning tape is in slot 6, and the name "CLN" is listed by slot 6
> in the /etc/bacula/changer.volumes file that mtx-changer uses to
> simulate barcode labels with.
>
> And here's what happened today when I labelled the tapes...
>
> When I issued the command "label barcodes" in bconsole, it looks like
> it handled the loading, labelling and unloading of the regular tapes
> properly, and it appears to have skipped loading and labelling of the
> cleaning tape as it is supposed to do. When it came to the cleaning
> tape, it reported "Catalog record for cleaning tape "CLN" successfully
> created." After that was finished, I issued an "update slots"
> command, and then "list volumes" to see whether everything looked ok.
>
> The curious thing is that when I issue the "list volumes" command, the
> cleaning tape looks a lot like a normal tape in the catalog. Here's
> what it's showing (NOTE: some column names are shortened for
> readability, some columns omitted):
>
> *list volumes
> Pool: Default
> +---------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------+------+--
> ---------+-----------+
>
> | MediaId | VolName | VolStat | VolBytes | VolFiles | Recycle | Slot |
>
> InChanger | MediaType |
> +---------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------+------+--
> ---------+-----------+
>
> | 32 | CoLo4A | Append | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
>
> 1 | DDS-4 |
>
> | 33 | CoLo4B | Append | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
>
> 1 | DDS-4 |
>
> | 34 | CoLo4C | Append | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
>
> 1 | DDS-4 |
>
> | 35 | CoLo4D | Append | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
>
> 1 | DDS-4 |
>
> | 36 | CoLo4E | Append | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
>
> 1 | DDS-4 |
>
> | 37 | CLN | Append | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
>
> 1 | |
> +---------+---------+---------+----------+----------+---------+------+--
> ---------+-----------+
> *
> (All VolRetention values were reported as 2,322,800 and all
> LastWritten values are 0000-00-00 00:00:00 - including the cleaning
> tape.)
>
> The word "Append" and the value of "1" under the "Recycle" column
> concerns me. I also notice that it doesn't have a "MediaType" value.
>
> I just want to make sure Bacula doesn't attempt to mount the backup
> tape as a regular volume. Perhaps the handling of cleaning tapes in
> the catalog could be better documented in the Bacula Users Guide.
>
> So my questions are:
>
> Is this how a cleaning tape is supposed to appear in the catalog (with
> an "Append" status, Recycle=1 and no MediaType)?
>
> When doing a backup job, does Bacula use any part of the cleaning
> tape's catalog record (besides VolumeName) to determine that the tape
> is in fact a cleaning tape?
Please do a:
llist volume=CLN
let's see what it says.
>
> Curious,
> -Ryan
>
>
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