Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Tape BLOCKED waiting for.....

2011-07-11 11:29:04
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Tape BLOCKED waiting for.....
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: christian.tardif AT servinfo DOT ca
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:26:55 -0400
> This must be a simple task to achieve, but I did not find how to make it
> work.
>
> Let's say, for example, that I did not put the right tape into the
> drive, and that I don't have a tape with the right label (or not a tape
> within the right pool). So I need to label a new tape. But bacula then
> tells me that the tape is BLOCKED waiting for a tape (don't have the
> exact blah blah, but this is the main idea). Then, if I try to label a
> new tape, I won't be able, since the device is already blocked.
>
> I know I can just kill the job, label my tape, and restart the job. But
> there are certain times where I just can't do that. So, how can I
> unblock the device to be abe to label my tape and let the job continue
> normally?

I do not believe there is a way to do that with only 1 tape drive.

John

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