John Drescher wrote:
> This is ok. The other method avoids having to mount. Just release each
> drive that has a tape in it from the changer than you can change the
> magazines and wait till the auto loader has finished performing an
> inventory of the tapes and finally an update slots. I have exec
> This works, and works a whole lot more cleanly than the equivalent
> procedure used to work under 1.39 (I am on 2.02 now).
>
> Should I be doing this a different way?
>
This is ok. The other method avoids having to mount. Just release each
drive that has a tape in it from the changer than you can
When I go over to the co-lo to change tapes, I go into bconsole and
umount the autochanger. Then I eject the magazine from the
autochanger's front panel, replace the tapes, shove the magazine back in
and wait for the autochanger to stop doing whatever mysterious thrashing
it does, then I "upda
On 22.06.2007 16:55, Brian Debelius wrote:
> Andreas Helmcke wrote:
>> If you mount the tape to unlock a drive, which was locked due to an
>> manual unmount you can use slot 0 for the mount.
>> This will unlock the drive, so it can be used by bacula without loading
>> a tape.
>>
> If I mount using
John Drescher wrote:
>> I use umount to unload a tape that is in the tape drive. Is this not
>> the right way to do this?
>>
> I am not sure what version added this command but release does the
> same job for autochangers but it does not cause the need to mount. I
> believe the difference is umoun
> I use umount to unload a tape that is in the tape drive. Is this not
> the right way to do this?
>
I am not sure what version added this command but release does the
same job for autochangers but it does not cause the need to mount. I
believe the difference is umount also releases the drive from
John Drescher wrote:
>> No, I never pick the right one. Nor do I try. I don;t want to have to
>> think about it. I want Bacula to do the work :)
>>
> I never umount an autochanger but at times I do use the release
> command. I have to say that a lot of these problems with bacula and
> autochange
> No, I never pick the right one. Nor do I try. I don;t want to have to
> think about it. I want Bacula to do the work :)
>
I never umount an autochanger but at times I do use the release
command. I have to say that a lot of these problems with bacula and
autochangers have been fixed recently bu
Andreas Helmcke wrote:
> On 21.06.2007 23:08, Brian Debelius wrote:
>
>> Why does bacula ask for a slot number to mount, when I mount my VXA
>> autochanger? It seems to me, that bacula should load whatever tape it
>> feels appropriate automatically when the autochanger is loaded. I
>> usual
Michael Nelson wrote:
> Brian Debelius wrote:
>> Why does bacula ask for a slot number to mount, when I mount my VXA
>> autochanger? It seems to me, that bacula should load whatever tape
>> it feels appropriate automatically when the autochanger is loaded. I
>> usually just pick some random nu
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Brian Debelius wrote:
> Why does bacula ask for a slot number to mount, when I mount my VXA
> autochanger?
It allows you to select a specific tape to mount.
If you have no specific tape to mount, use slot 0
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On 21.06.2007 23:08, Brian Debelius wrote:
> Why does bacula ask for a slot number to mount, when I mount my VXA
> autochanger? It seems to me, that bacula should load whatever tape it
> feels appropriate automatically when the autochanger is loaded. I
> usually just pick some random number to
Brian Debelius wrote:
> Why does bacula ask for a slot number to mount, when I mount my VXA
> autochanger? It seems to me, that bacula should load whatever tape it
> feels appropriate automatically when the autochanger is loaded. I
> usually just pick some random number to load, assuming that
Why does bacula ask for a slot number to mount, when I mount my VXA
autochanger? It seems to me, that bacula should load whatever tape it
feels appropriate automatically when the autochanger is loaded. I
usually just pick some random number to load, assuming that bacula will
(it alwasy seems
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