On Fri, August 14, 2009 1:43 pm, John Drescher wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Dan Langille<dan AT langille DOT org> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, August 14, 2009 12:23 pm, John Drescher wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Dan Langille<dan AT langille DOT org>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, August 14, 2009 11:39 am, Dan Langille wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, August 14, 2009 11:13 am, Dan Langille wrote:
>>>>>> Changing the subject, given the change in subject. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, August 13, 2009 3:14 pm, John Drescher wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:09 PM, John
>>>>>>> Drescher<drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Dan Langille<dan AT langille DOT org>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, August 13, 2009 2:27 pm, Dan Langille wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, August 13, 2009 1:19 pm, Dan Langille wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I am setting up a new autochanger / tape drive. I'm trying to
>>>>>>>>>>> run
>>>>>>>>>>> btape.
>>>>>>>>>>> The basic test works, but I see this message when I start
>>>>>>>>>>> btape:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Autochanger "loaded? drive 0", result: nothing loaded.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> mtx-changer [and mtx] both disagree with this:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> $ sudo /etc/bacula/mtx-changer /dev/sg4 loaded 0 /dev/nst0 0
>>>>>>>>>>> AAM240L4
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That is a problem. You don't want the label. You want the slt
>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>> came
>>>>>>>>>> from. See
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Autochanger_Resource.html#SECTION0017130000000000000000
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> loaded -- returns number of the slot that is loaded, base 1,
>>>>>>>>>> in the drive or 0 if the drive is empty.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Current problem: I can't see how to get this information from
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> device.
>>>>>>>>>> I'll keep working on it:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> $ sudo /usr/sbin/mtx -f /dev/sg4 inquiry
>>>>>>>>>> Password:
>>>>>>>>>> Product Type: Medium Changer
>>>>>>>>>> Vendor ID: 'QUANTUM '
>>>>>>>>>> Product ID: 'PX500 '
>>>>>>>>>> Revision: '0033'
>>>>>>>>>> Attached Changer: No
>>>>>>>>>> [dlangille@backup01 bacula]$
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think we have a problem:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [dlangille@backup01 bacula]$ sudo /usr/sbin/mtx -f /dev/sg4 load
>>>>>>>>> 3
>>>>>>>>> [dlangille@backup01 bacula]$ sudo /usr/sbin/mtx -f /dev/sg4
>>>>>>>>> status
>>>>>>>>> Storage Changer /dev/sg4:1 Drives, 38 Slots ( 36 Import/Export )
>>>>>>>>> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Unknown Storage Element
>>>>>>>>> Loaded):VolumeTag
>>>>>>>>> =
>>>>>>>>> AAM240L4
>>>>>>>>> Storage Element 1:Empty
>>>>>>>>> Storage Element 2:Empty
>>>>>>>>> Storage Element 3 IMPORT/EXPORT:Empty
>>>>>>>>> Storage Element 4 IMPORT/EXPORT:Full :VolumeTag=AAM241L4
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Should that 'Unknown Storage Element Loaded' be a 3 to indicate
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> slot
>>>>>>>>> it came from?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is what my mtx output looks like
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dev6 ~ # mtx -f /dev/autochanger1 status
>>>>>>>> Storage Changer /dev/autochanger1:2 Drives, 24 Slots ( 1
>>>>>>>> Import/Export
>>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>>> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 17 Loaded):VolumeTag
>>>>>>>> =
>>>>>>>> A00036
>>>>>>>> Data Transfer Element 1:Empty
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=A00030
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 2:Empty:VolumeTag=
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 3:Full :VolumeTag=A00058
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 4:Full :VolumeTag=A00053
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 5:Full :VolumeTag=A00023
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 6:Full :VolumeTag=A00006
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=A00007
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=A00052
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 9:Full :VolumeTag=A00028
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 10:Full :VolumeTag=A00020
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 11:Full :VolumeTag=A00054
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 12:Full :VolumeTag=A00039
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 13:Full :VolumeTag=A00048
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 14:Full :VolumeTag=A00012
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 15:Full :VolumeTag=A00068
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 16:Full :VolumeTag=A00069
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 17:Empty:VolumeTag=
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 18:Full :VolumeTag=A00065
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 19:Full :VolumeTag=A00066
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 20:Full :VolumeTag=A00067
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 21:Full :VolumeTag=A00062
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 22:Full :VolumeTag=A00063
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 23:Full :VolumeTag=A00064
>>>>>>>> Storage Element 24 IMPORT/EXPORT:Full :VolumeTag=A00029
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What version of mtx are you using?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dev6 ~ # equery l mtx
>>>>>>>> [ Searching for package 'mtx' in all categories among: ]
>>>>>>>> * installed packages
>>>>>>>> [I--] [ ] sys-block/mtx-1.2.18 (0)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It looks like I have 1.2.18
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> John
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ahh. If I manually load a tape using controls on the archive I get
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> same. Bacula will pick this up correctly if I update slots in the
>>>>>>> console however.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dev6 ~ # mtx -f /dev/autochanger1 status
>>>>>>> Storage Changer /dev/autochanger1:2 Drives, 24 Slots ( 1
>>>>>>> Import/Export
>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 17 Loaded):VolumeTag
>>>>>>> =
>>>>>>> A00036
>>>>>>> Data Transfer Element 1:Full (Unknown Storage Element
>>>>>>> Loaded):VolumeTag
>>>>>>> =
>>>>>>> A00029
>>>>>>> Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=A00030
>>>>>>> Storage Element 2:Empty:VolumeTag=
>>>>>>> Storage Element 3:Full :VolumeTag=A00058
>>>>>>> Storage Element 4:Full :VolumeTag=A00053
>>>>>>> Storage Element 5:Full :VolumeTag=A00023
>>>>>>> Storage Element 6:Full :VolumeTag=A00006
>>>>>>> Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=A00007
>>>>>>> Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=A00052
>>>>>>> Storage Element 9:Full :VolumeTag=A00028
>>>>>>> Storage Element 10:Full :VolumeTag=A00020
>>>>>>> Storage Element 11:Full :VolumeTag=A00054
>>>>>>> Storage Element 12:Full :VolumeTag=A00039
>>>>>>> Storage Element 13:Full :VolumeTag=A00048
>>>>>>> Storage Element 14:Full :VolumeTag=A00012
>>>>>>> Storage Element 15:Full :VolumeTag=A00068
>>>>>>> Storage Element 16:Full :VolumeTag=A00069
>>>>>>> Storage Element 17:Empty:VolumeTag=
>>>>>>> Storage Element 18:Full :VolumeTag=A00065
>>>>>>> Storage Element 19:Full :VolumeTag=A00066
>>>>>>> Storage Element 20:Full :VolumeTag=A00067
>>>>>>> Storage Element 21:Full :VolumeTag=A00062
>>>>>>> Storage Element 22:Full :VolumeTag=A00063
>>>>>>> Storage Element 23:Full :VolumeTag=A00064
>>>>>>> Storage Element 24 IMPORT/EXPORT:Empty:VolumeTag=
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My status output has reverted to 'Unknown Storage Element Loaded'
>>>>>> today.
>>>>>> I don't know why. 'update slots' does not affect the situation.
>>>>>> This
>>>>>> means that 'loaded' does not return the correct value. This renders
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> autochanger useless. I'd like to know how to get this working.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had tried the 'update slots' approach. That doesn't fix it. What
>>>>> does
>>>>> fix it is getting Bacula to load a tape into the drive. I achieved
>>>>> that
>>>>> by running a job. I now see:
>>>>>
>>>>> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 2 Loaded):VolumeTag
>>>>> =
>>>>> AAM241L4
>>>>
>>>> I dispute the above now.
>>>>
>>>> I go with what Alan Brown said:
>>>>
>>>>> This happens consistently with tapes loaded out of i/o slots and the
>>>>> only
>>>>> solution I've found is not to put tapes in them.
>>>>
>>>> We have 38 slots, 36 of which are labeled IMPORT/EXPORT. Seems I
>>>> should
>>>> change this. I hope it is configurable.
>>>>
>>> I can tell you that my IMPORT/EXPORT slot does work correctly after a
>>> slight modification of the mtx-changer script. Although after I put a
>>> tape in it the first time I run update slots bacula says there are 23
>>> slots instead of 24 so it ignores slot 24. I run update slots a second
>>> time and all is well.
>>
>> What did your mtx-changer modification do?
>>
>
> dev6 bacula # cat mtx-changer.patch
> --- mtx-changer.old 2008-05-15 15:32:59.000000000 +0200
> +++ mtx-changer 2008-05-15 15:13:12.000000000 +0200
> @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
> # ${MTX} -f $ctl inventory
> ${MTX} -f $ctl status >${TMPFILE}
> rtn=$?
> - cat ${TMPFILE} | grep " Storage Element [0-9]*:.*Full" | awk
> "{print \$3 \$4}" | sed "s/Full *\(:VolumeTag=\)*//"
> + cat ${TMPFILE} | sed "s/ IMPORT\/EXPORT//" | grep " Storage
> Element [0-9]*:.*Full" | awk "{print \$3 \$4}" | sed "s/Full
> *\(:VolumeTag=\)*//"
> #
> # If you have a VXA PacketLoader and the above does not work, try
> # turning it off and enabling the following line.
That is similar to what I created:
cat ${TMPFILE} | grep " Storage Element [0-9]*.*:Full" | sed -r 's/[
]+Storage Element ([0-9]+)( IMPORT\/EXPORT)?\:Full
\:VolumeTag=(.*)/\1:\3/'
> This was added for bacula to recognize the barcode for slots labeled
> IMPORT/EXPORT. I kind of doubt that this is your issue.
Agreed. It was an issue, fixed with the above.
> Can you post the output of update slots. And possibly query 15
*update slots
The defined Storage resources are:
1: File
2: LTO-4
Select Storage resource (1-2): 2
Connecting to Storage daemon LTO-4 at localhost:9103 ...
3306 Issuing autochanger "slots" command.
Device "LTO-4" has 38 slots.
Connecting to Storage daemon LTO-4 at localhost:9103 ...
3306 Issuing autochanger "list" command.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM275L4" updated to reference slot 2.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM242L4" updated to reference slot 3.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM265L4" updated to reference slot 4.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM241L4" updated to reference slot 5.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM243L4" updated to reference slot 6.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM244L4" updated to reference slot 7.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM245L4" updated to reference slot 8.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM246L4" updated to reference slot 9.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM247L4" updated to reference slot 10.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM248L4" updated to reference slot 11.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM249L4" updated to reference slot 12.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM250L4" updated to reference slot 13.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM251L4" updated to reference slot 14.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM252L4" updated to reference slot 15.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM253L4" updated to reference slot 16.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM254L4" updated to reference slot 17.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM255L4" updated to reference slot 18.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM256L4" updated to reference slot 19.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM257L4" updated to reference slot 20.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM258L4" updated to reference slot 21.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM259L4" updated to reference slot 22.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM260L4" updated to reference slot 23.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM261L4" updated to reference slot 24.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM262L4" updated to reference slot 25.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM263L4" updated to reference slot 26.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM264L4" updated to reference slot 27.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM240L4" updated to reference slot 28.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM266L4" updated to reference slot 29.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM267L4" updated to reference slot 30.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM268L4" updated to reference slot 31.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM269L4" updated to reference slot 32.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM270L4" updated to reference slot 33.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM271L4" updated to reference slot 34.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM272L4" updated to reference slot 35.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM273L4" updated to reference slot 36.
Catalog record for Volume "AAM274L4" updated to reference slot 1.
*query
Available queries:
1: List up to 20 places where a File is saved regardless of the
directory
2: List where the most recent copies of a file are saved
3: List last 20 Full Backups for a Client
4: List all backups for a Client after a specified time
5: List all backups for a Client
6: List Volume Attributes for a selected Volume
7: List Volumes used by selected JobId
8: List Volumes to Restore All Files
9: List Pool Attributes for a selected Pool
10: List total files/bytes by Job
11: List total files/bytes by Volume
12: List Files for a selected JobId
13: List Jobs stored on a selected MediaId
14: List Jobs stored for a given Volume name
15: List Volumes Bacula thinks are in changer
16: List Volumes likely to need replacement from age or errors
Choose a query (1-16): 15
+---------+------------+---------+---------+------+---------+-----------+-----------+
| MediaId | VolumeName | GB | Storage | Slot | Pool | MediaType |
VolStatus |
+---------+------------+---------+---------+------+---------+-----------+-----------+
| 35 | AAM274L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 1 | Default | LTO-4 |
Full |
| 39 | AAM275L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 2 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 3 | AAM242L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 3 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 26 | AAM265L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 4 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 38 | AAM241L4 | 0.0005 | LTO-4 | 5 | Default | LTO-4 |
Full |
| 4 | AAM243L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 6 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 5 | AAM244L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 7 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 6 | AAM245L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 8 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 7 | AAM246L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 9 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 8 | AAM247L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 10 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 9 | AAM248L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 11 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 10 | AAM249L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 12 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 11 | AAM250L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 13 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 12 | AAM251L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 14 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 13 | AAM252L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 15 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 14 | AAM253L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 16 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 15 | AAM254L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 17 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 16 | AAM255L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 18 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 17 | AAM256L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 19 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 18 | AAM257L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 20 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 19 | AAM258L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 21 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 20 | AAM259L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 22 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 21 | AAM260L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 23 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 22 | AAM261L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 24 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 23 | AAM262L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 25 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 24 | AAM263L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 26 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 25 | AAM264L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 27 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 37 | AAM240L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 28 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 27 | AAM266L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 29 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 28 | AAM267L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 30 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 29 | AAM268L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 31 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 30 | AAM269L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 32 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 31 | AAM270L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 33 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 32 | AAM271L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 34 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 33 | AAM272L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 35 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
| 34 | AAM273L4 | 0.0001 | LTO-4 | 36 | Default | LTO-4 |
Append |
+---------+------------+---------+---------+------+---------+-----------+-----------+
--
Dan Langille -- http://langille.org/
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