Hi,
09.07.2007 20:26,, Richard White wrote::
> I have been running Bacula with VXA-1 drives for a couple of years now and
> was recently charged with the task of setting it up on a new machine running
> SLES 10 and using an Exabyte 1x10 autochanger. I followed Maria McKinley's
> recent thread on Exabyte autochangers and found it helpful (I had to download
> and install mtx), but I am still troubled.
>
> My configuration files are syntactically correct, as all three daemons load,
> but Bacula is not seeing the changer. It is likely that I have defined
> something wrongly. Here are the pertinent parts of the sd and dir
> configuration files:
>
> bacula-sd.conf:
>
>
>
> # Autochanger resource
> Autochanger {
> Name = "Autochanger"
> Device = VXA3
> Changer Device = /dev/sg0
> Changer Command = "/bacula/bin/mtx-changer %c %o %S %qa %d"
> }
>
> # Internal VXA-3 Drive
> #
>
> Device {
> Name = VXA3
> Autochanger = yes
> Changer Device = /dev/sg0
> Changer Command = "/bacula/bin/mtx-changer %c %o %S %qa %d"
> Media Type = VXA-3
> Archive Device = /dev/st0
> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> AlwaysOpen = yes;
> RemovableMedia = yes;
> RandomAccess = no;
> }
This looks correct.
>
> *********************************
>
> bacula-dir.conf:
>
> # Definition of Autochanger
> Storage {
> Name = VXA
> Autochanger = yes
> Address = bacula-test # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
> SDPort = 9103
> Password = "madison"
> Device = VXA3 # must be same as Device in Storage daemon
Use "Autochanger" here... currently, you're referring to the drive
definition only, not the autochanger you set up.
> Media Type = VXA-3 # must be same as MediaType in Storage daemon
> }
>
>
> *********************************
>
>>From bconsole, status sd reveals the following:
>
> Automaticaaly selected Storage: VXA
> Connecting to Storage daemon VXA at bacula-test:9103
>
> bacula-sd Version: 2.0.3 (06 March 2007) i686-pc-linux-gnu suse 10.1
> Damon started 09-Jul-07 09:12, 0 Jobs run since started.
> Heap: bytes=15,890 max_bytes=113,028 bufs=70 max_bufs=72
> .
> .
> .
> Device status:
> Autochager "Autochanger" with devices:
> "VXA3" (/dev/st0) is not open.
> Device "FileStorage" (/tmp) is not open.
> Device "VXA3" (/dev/st0) is not open.
> Drive 0 status unknown.
> .
> .
> .
>
>
> If I run the command './mtx-changer /dev/sg0 load 1 /dev/st0 0' at the
> command line, I get this:
>
> mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes
> mtx: Request Sense: Valid Residual=no
> mtx: Request Sense: Error Code=70 (Current)
> mtx: Request Sense: Sense Key=Illegal Request
> mtx: Request Sense: FileMark=no
> mtx: Request Sense: EOM=no
> mtx: Request Sense: ILI=no
> mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Code = 20
> mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Qualifier = 00
> mtx: Request Sense: BPV=no
> mtx: Request Sense: Error in CDB=no
> mtx: Request Sense: SKSV=no
> READ ELEMENT STATUS Command Failed
This, I think, should be fixed by now by using the right device nodes.
>>From within bconsole, the 'label barcodes' command yields this:
>
> Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
> Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
> Automatically selected Storage: VXA
> Connecting to Storage daemon VXA at bacula-test:9103 ...
> Connecting to Storage daemon VXA at bacula-test:9103 ...
> 3306 Issuing autochanger "slots" command.
> Device "VXA3" has 0 slots.
> No slots in changer to scan.
That's probably related to VXA no being defined as an autochanger.
> It appears that my system is currently unaware of the existence of the
> autochanger as such. I know I'm missing something, but I just don't know
> where to look.
A simple configuration change only, I think.
Arno
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Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
www.its-lehmann.de
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