b5b5b5b5 wrote:
> But it's just as you've said, they are full - with tapes inside of course.

You won't get it to work like that :-)

> Anyway, if they are in, or not, i don't know if that's a reason for what
> you've said:
>       (The autochanger has certainly lost track of which slot the tape in the
> drive came from, and that could be the reason.)

I meant this line:
Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Unknown Storage Element Loaded)

It should say something like this:
Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 1 Loaded)

which tells you (in the above example) that the tape from slot 1
is currently in the drive.

You need to remove the tape from the drive and get it out of the way completely.
Having tapes in all the slots *and* the drive is an invalid configuration. In
order to change tapes, the autoloader needs to remove the tape from the drive,
put it into an empty slot, and then load the tape from another slot. It needs
some room for manoeuvre, i.e. at least one empty slot if the drive is occupied.

The autoloader should also "remember" which slot a particular tape was loaded
from (and it will tell you in the mtx status output, which is what I referred
to above).

>> BTW, if you need a manual for the C2, I could send you a PDF.
> Well, and is there in the manual of the C2 something helpful for this
> "case"?

It will tell you how to get the tape out of the drive :-)
Seriously, if you want a copy, just email me and I will send it direct to
you. It is a 1.4 MB file (and it doesn't seem to be on docs.sun.com for
some reason).

Allan

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________
Bacula-users mailing list
Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users