I think I found the problem. This tape device is actually two separate
units. I assumed logical device 0 (according to mtx) was /dev/nts0 and so
forth. It turns out things look like this.

   Data Transfer Element 0 /dev/nst2  Data Transfer Element 1 /dev/nst3  Data
Transfer Element 2 /dev/nst0  Data Transfer Element 3 /dev/nst1

On Dec 13, 2007 8:14 AM, John Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > Connecting to Storage daemon Dell at count:9103 ...
> > Sending label command for Volume "Test" Slot 83 ...
> > 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
> > 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result: nothing loaded.
> > 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 83, drive 0" command.
> > 3305 Autochanger "load slot 83, drive 0", status is OK.
> > 3301 Issuing autochanger "loaded? drive 0" command.
> > 3302 Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result is Slot 83.
> > 3910 Unable to open device "LTO4-0" (/dev/nst0): ERR=dev.c:433 Unable to
> > open device "LTO4-0" (/dev/nst0): ERR=No medium found
> >
> > What the heck does "No medium found" mean? The system knows there is a
> tape
> > in drive 0.
> >
> If the tape is indeed in drive0 then possibly you may need to add some
> wait time to the mtx-changer script. There are comments in the script
> on that.
>
> Also, if you have an autochanger with a barcode you should never label
> the tapes like this. Use label barcodes instead. This way bacula will
> know what tapes are in what slots based on the barcode lablels (and
> the update slots command) instead of having to load every tape to
> figure out what tapes are in what slots.
>
> John
>
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