>
>Hi,
>
>I have Bacula running with an IBM TL3400. As the tapes are bar coded
>Bacula can read the library and add the tapes to it's catalogue. I can
>than move then to the backup pools. My issue is the tapes have not had a
>volume written to the front of the tape using the label command they
>fail to mount with the following bconsole status. 
>
>Device "Drive-3" (/dev/nst2) open but no Bacula volume is currently
>mounted.
>    Device is BLOCKED waiting for mount of volume "CBP10020",
>       Pool:        snapshot-pool
>       Media type:  LTO-3
>    Slot 11 is loaded in drive 2.
>    Total Bytes Read=0 Blocks Read=0 Bytes/block=0
>    Positioned at File=0 Block=0
>
>
>Tape CBP10020 is in /dev/nst2 but is blank. How do I get Bacula to
>automatically initialise the tape and write the volume label. My storage
>definition is as follows:-
>
>Device {
>  Name = Drive-3                      #
>  Drive Index = 2
>  Media Type = LTO-3
>  Archive Device = /dev/nst2
>  AutomaticMount = yes;               # when device opened, read it
>  AlwaysOpen = yes;
>  RemovableMedia = yes;
>  RandomAccess = no;
>  AutoChanger = yes
>  Alert Command = "sh -c 'smartctl -H -l error %c'"
>Maximum Spool Size = 100GB
># Spool Size = 40GB
>Maximum Job Spool Size = 40GB
>Spool Directory = /backup/hosts/SPOOL
>}
>
>
>I sort of assumed that AutomaticMount would do it. I am reluctant to use
>LabelMedia because I am not sure it will use that label on the bar code
>rather than issuing a new one. Can anyone confirm that behaviour of
>LabelMedia when used with a bar coded auto-changer?
>

I have tried "LabelMedia = yes" and I still have the same issue
There must be a fix for this but at the moment I am a loss I 
Suspect there is a fix but I just don't know the magic word 


>Robert Mortimer
>Linux Systems Administrator
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