Hello,

Yes, it seems to be a bug (or an unwanted feature). Please, can you open a
bug
in bugs.bacula.org ?

A simple workaround is put an other volume in the empty slot, or to update
the volume with something like "update volume=xxx inchanger=0".

Bye


LeJav wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am using bacula-2.4.3-1
> 
> I have autochanger (HP MSL2024) with barcodes.
> tapes are labeled with "label barcode"
> 
> everything is working well, but if i remove a tape
>   from the library and do not replace it with a new tape,
>   the old volume has not its 'InChanger' flag reset.
> This causes a lot of problems (error when restoring...)
> 
> *umount storage=MSL2024
> 3307 Issuing autochanger "unload slot 1, drive 0" command.
> 3002 Device "Drive-1" (/dev/nst0) unmounted.
> 
> *list volume=NF0018L3
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes    | VolFiles |
> VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType |
> LastWritten         |
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> |       1 | NF0018L3   | Used      |       1 | 239,920,128 |        2 |     
> 176,400 |       1 |    1 |         1 | LTO4      |
> 2008-10-24 13:35:04 |
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> 
> I now remove the tape from the library
> 
> *update slots storage=MSL2024
> Connecting to Storage daemon MSL2024 at fn-archnfs:9103 ...
> 3306 Issuing autochanger "slots" command.
> Device "MSL2024" has 24 slots.
> Connecting to Storage daemon MSL2024 at fn-archnfs:9103 ...
> 3306 Issuing autochanger "list" command.
> Catalog record for Volume "NF0024L3" is up to date.
> Catalog record for Volume "NF0020L3" is up to date.
> Catalog record for Volume "NF0028L3" is up to date.
> Catalog record for Volume "CL0001CU" is up to date.
> 
> the tape is no more in the changer
> but the InChanger flag for the tape is still 1
> 
> *list volume=NF0018L3
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> | MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes    | VolFiles |
> VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType |
> LastWritten         |
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> |       1 | NF0018L3   | Used      |       1 | 239,920,128 |        2 |     
> 176,400 |       1 |    1 |         1 | LTO4      |
> 2008-10-24 13:35:04 |
> +---------+------------+-----------+---------+-------------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
> 
> all operations on this tape will now fail
> 
> It seems that this bug had been solved a very long time ago.
> Is there something i miss ?
> 
> Thx for help
> 
> 
> 
> 
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