>>>>> On Thu, 17 May 2012 09:05:27 -0400, Jack Cobb said:

> 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.

Does Bacula issue any mtx-changer commands (to try to load the tape)?

Do they do anything or do they fail?

The log might show that.

__Martin

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