Hello,
We are running Bacula 5.0.1 on a 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 server connected to a Dell TL2000 tape library with two LTO-4 drives. Before our Bacula jobs run each we load the proper tapes (from running the list nextvol command) into a slot in the library’s magazine. Then we run the update status slots command to update the Bacula database with the current tape/slot information.
The problem we are experiencing is that when the job starts in the evening it usually does not load the tape from the slot. As a result we have to manually mount the tape and then the backup job runs normally. However, on some nights Bacula does load the tape from the slot but this is the exception and not the rule.
Can anyone give me some ideas on how to troubleshoot this problem and get Bacula to automatically load the tape from the slot without any manual intervention? Thanks.
Jack Cobb