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Re: [Bacula-users] create volumes from autochanger slots without label

2008-06-20 03:40:19
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] create volumes from autochanger slots without label
From: Arno Lehmann <al AT its-lehmann DOT de>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:39:34 +0200
Hi,

20.06.2008 05:23, Shane wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to find a non disruptive (to the tape drive) way to go from
> loading a tape into our autochanger to it being in a pool.
> 
> Currently the best (only?) way we've found to do this is through bconsole:
> 
> update slots
> label barcodes slots=X,Y
> 
> (where X,Y are the slots we want to load tapes) The label process
> makes things really simple for adding tapes to valid pools - the
> annoying part is that this process requires the autochanged to load
> and label the tape - I'd really like to be able to do everything else
> in this process without that one step.

That's not possible - once a volume is known to Bacula it has to have 
a volume label. Automatic labeling might help you, though.

Arno

> TIA,
> Shane
> 
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