Hi,

18.12.2008 19:17, Alan Brown wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Win Htin wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> While Bacula backups are running, the library system (IBM TS3200) figures
>> one of the tape drives requires head cleaning and tries to load the cleaning
>> tape.
> 
> Turn that feature off in the tape library's control panel.

That's definitely what I'd do... you might get notified by Bacula if 
cleaning is required if you use the tape alert capturing.

> Bacula can't (currently) cope with devices that load cleaning tapes
> automatically.

Weelll... you could simply use much longer timeouts for media changer 
operations. Give both mtx-changer and the watchdog in the SD lots of 
time, and that might work.

I never tried that, though.

Arno

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