Dear Arno Lehmann,

In message <496A79C1.50901 AT its-lehmann DOT de> you wrote:
> 
> > 11-Jan 00:07 mneme-sd JobId 15630: 3304 Issuing autochanger "load slot 5,>  
> > drive 0" command.
> > 11-Jan 00:12 mneme-sd JobId 15630: Fatal error: 3992 Bad autochanger "loa> 
> > d slot 5, drive 0": ERR=Child died from signal 15: Termination.
> > Results=Loading media from Storage Element 5 into drive 0...done
> > Program killed by Bacula watchdog (timeout)
>
> Looks like the mtx-changer script takes too long...

Not really... no longer than before.

How long is "too long"? Is this configurable?

> The autochanger might be stuck, or rather, mtx doesn't return but
> waits indefinitely.

No, I just happened to watch it happen. The tape loads normally, as
far as I can tell.

> Storage daemon configuration, Device Resource, "Maximum Changer Wait"
> directive (iirc, this takes seconds, without qualifier, as an
> argument, not something like "10min"!)

I see. OK, will twiddle that know.

Um.... has the default setting of this parameter been changed in 2.4.x
(compared to 2.2.x and older) ?

> Also, you might run the mtx-changer script with debug output to a file
> and observe what it does, and were it stops doing things.

AFAICT mtx-changer completes normally, but I will test this.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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