Re: [Bacula-users] 2 issues that driving me nuts

> hey fellas,
> 
> have been using bacula for over 4 years now, great neat powerful!
> 
> i come across two issues with bacula, that i think can be taken care of 
> on bacula level, which are not implemented yet (or i am not aware of them):
> 
> 1. using a tape library, sometimes issue arise when bacula have loaded a 
> tape from the slot, then, some idiot (generally help desk people) put a 
> new tape into the same slot, where tape that in the drive used to be. 
> This causing a problem, as bacula insisting on unloading the tape into 
> the slot where it took it. Since it is already full, it fails and all 
> jobs fail as a result. There should be a way for bacula to check if slot 
> is taken, get the next available slot to unload tape.

I don't know for sure what happened with your instance, but in my instance 
I never open the main door and only use the I/O slots.  In that case the 
bug is not really in bacula but in the autochanger.  The best solution is a 
procedural one--just 'release' each drive before using your autochanger's 
"import" function.

> 2. having over 6 pools with 20-30dlt tapes, sometimes issue arise (there 
> is no way to keep up with proper schedule as delivery people always 
> fail): there are tapes (volumes) with status append in the pool 
> available and they are in the tape library, however bacula seem to purge 
> tape that has expiration date in the past, and insist on using that tape 
> first, if that tape not in the library, bacula will wait for the tape it 
> wants. I think bacula should look at the AL tapes that available in pool 
> for current job, and if it is not in the library at the moment, move to 
> the next available tape.
> 
> does any one else ran into similar situation with large bacula 
> implementation ?
> 
> Thanks to all
> Kiryl
> 

I believe I had this issue a long time ago.  If I remember correctly, it is 
because bacula ignores the 'InChanger' field unless you tell it you're 
using a changer in both the bacula-dir.conf and bacula-sd.conf files.  So 
for me, the appropriate section of my bacula-dir.conf file is...
Storage {
    Name = Dell-PV136T
    Autochanger = yes
    Address = gyrus
    SDPort = 9103
    Device = Dell-PV136T
    Media Type = LTO-2
    Password = "snip-password-here"
    Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 12
}
Note the "Autochanger = yes" line above.

    Bob



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