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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&opÌk > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
