--- On Tue, 6/17/08, Troy Daniels <troy.daniels AT itouch.com DOT au> wrote:

> From: Troy Daniels <troy.daniels AT itouch.com DOT au>
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Admin job and volume name?
> To: hjrrs AT yahoo DOT com
> Cc: "baculausers" <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 2:44 AM
> Hi,
> 
> Hemant Shah wrote:
> > Folks,
> > 
> >   I have setup Admin job that will change the status
> of volume to Used and eject the tape it. I use variable
> substitution but my script does not get the volume name.
> > 
> 
> I dont think it's possible as Admin jobs dont have
> associated volumes as 
> you are neither writing to nor reading from a volume.
> 
> You can either run the script as a 'Run After' job
> of your last backup 
> (I do something similar by doing this with my Catalog
> Backup Job) or 
> work out some scriptFU to determine the currently loaded
> volume name.
> 
> Thinking about it, you should be able to achieve this with
> a call to 
> mtx-changer, however I'm not sure what the arguments
> would be off the 
> top of my head.
> 

 I will take a look at the script, I do not have a tape library, just one tape 
drive directly attached to the sever.

> Hope this helps,
> 
> 
> Troy Daniels
> Systems Admin.
> iTouch Australia.
> 
> 
> > Here is the setup:
> > 
> > Pool
> > {
> >   Name = FullBackupTapePool
> >   Pool Type = Backup
> >   Recycle = no                        # Bacula can
> automatically recycle Volumes
> >   AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired
> volumes
> >   Volume Retention = 2 years          # two years
> >   Maximum Volumes = 24
> >   Storage = DLT_Drive
> >   Label Format =
> "FullBackup-${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}"
> > }
> > 
> > 
> > Job
> > {
> >    Name = RunAfterFullToTape
> >    Type = Admin
> >    Client = xxxxx-fd
> >    FileSet = "Dummy Set"
> >    Messages = Standard
> >    Schedule = FullBackupToTape
> >    Priority = 6
> >    Pool = FullBackupTapePool
> >    RunAfterJob =
> "/usr/local/etc/ChangeTapeStatusToUsed %v"
> > }
> > 
> > When the script is executed, it does not get the
> volume name.
> > 
> > Here is my script:
> > 
> > #!/bin/ksh
> > 
> > if (( $# != 1 ))
> > then
> >    print "ERROR: Volume name not specified"
> >    # exit with zero so bacula does not error out.
> >    exit 0
> > else
> >    Volume=$1
> > fi
> > /bin/echo "update volume=$Volume
> volstatus=Used\nquit" \
> >       | /usr/local/bin/bconsole -c
> /usr/local/etc/bconsole.conf
> > 
> > 
> > /bin/echo "unmount DLT_Drive" |
> /usr/local/bin/bconsole
> > /bin/mt -f /dev/st0 status | /bin/grep ONLINE >
> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
> > Status=$?
> > if (( $Status == 0 ))
> > then
> >    /bin/mt -f /dev/st0 rewoffl
> > fi
> > 
> > # exit with zero so bacula does not error out.
> > exit 0
> > 
> > 
> > How do I pass volume label to the script?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > 
> > Hemant Shah
> > E-mail: hjrrs AT yahoo DOT com
> > 
> > 
> >       
> > 
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