Hi,
28.08.2007 00:31,, Richard White wrote::
> Bacula 2.2.0 running on SLES 10 with an Ecrix 1.10 autoloader. Here is the
> pertinent section of bacula-sd.conf:
>
> # Autochanger resource
> Autochanger {
> Name = "Auto"
> Device = VXA3
> Changer Device = /dev/sg1
> Changer Command = "/bacula/bin/mtx-changer %c %o %S %qa %d"
Is this copied from the configuration file? If it is, change the %qa
to %q, reload the DIR config, and try again. Perhaps that's the only
problem...
Arno
> }
>
> # Internal VXA-3 Drive
> #
>
> Device {
> Name = VXA3
> Drive Index = 0
> Autochanger = yes
> Media Type = VXA-3
> Archive Device = /dev/nst0
> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> AlwaysOpen = yes;
> LabelMedia = Yes
> RemovableMedia = yes;
> RandomAccess = no;
> }
>
> and from bacula-dir.conf:
>
> Storage {
> Name = Auto
> Address = 10.1.0.17
> SDPort = 9103
> Password = "ourpassword"
> Device = "Auto"
> Media Type = VXA-3
> }
>
> Storage {
> Name = VXA
> Address = 10.1.0.17
> SDPort = 9103
> Password = "ourpassword"
> Device = "VXA3"
> Media Type = "VXA-3"
> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
> }
>
> When the weekend backup ran it filled up the tape in the drive (A0000004 from
> slot 4)and removed it, but it did not load the next tape. I could not get it
> to mount A0000005 with any bconsole command. This is the format I tried:
>
> mount <then select either VXA or Auto from the list?>
>
> mount storage=Auto slot=5
>
> However, I could go to the shell prompt, execute ./mtx-changer /dev/sg1 load
> 5 /dev/nst0 0 to get the tape into the drive, then issue a mount command from
> within bconsole. I recall being able to mount tapes from bconsole when I was
> testing this setup, so I was confused by this. Also, I had thought that,
> being an 'autoloader', this setup would automatically span tapes when
> necessary (fill one tape, then autoatically remove it, load and mount the
> next one). Have I been laboring under a misconception here?
>
> Incidentally, I just noticed that, in the bacula-dir.conf storage resource
> above, the Auto resource media type has no quotes around it, but the VXA
> resource's media type does. An oversight on my part, surely, but does it make
> any difference? Bacula certainly never complains about a syntax error.
>
>
--
Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
www.its-lehmann.de
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