Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula recognizes only 7 slots in an 8-slot-changer

2012-06-26 07:52:34
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula recognizes only 7 slots in an 8-slot-changer
From: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
To: Jens Gruentjes <jens.gruentjes AT ebira DOT de>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:49:42 -0400
On 2012-06-26 01:38, Jens Gruentjes wrote:
> Zitat von Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>:
>
>> On 2012-06-25 10:30, Jens Grüntjes wrote:
>>
>> Make sure you have the latest and greatest mtx.
>>
>> I would start by debugging the output of this script.  Look for 
>> these lines:
>>
>>    list)
>>       debug "Doing mtx -f $ctl -- to list volumes"
>>
>> You'll see it's doing this command:
>>
>> NOTE: /dev/pass11 is my tape changer (i.e. the library).
>>
>> I'm using FreeBSD 8.2 here...
>>
>> $ mtx -f /dev/pass11 status
>>   Storage Changer /dev/pass11:1 Drives, 10 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
>> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 2 Loaded):VolumeTag = 
>> ETU067
>>       Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=ETU066
>>       Storage Element 2:Empty
>>       Storage Element 3:Full :VolumeTag=ETU068
>>       Storage Element 4:Full :VolumeTag=ETU069
>>       Storage Element 5:Full :VolumeTag=ETU064
>>       Storage Element 6:Full :VolumeTag=ETU070
>>       Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=ETU078
>>       Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=ETU044
>>       Storage Element 9:Full :VolumeTag=ETU045
>>       Storage Element 10:Full :VolumeTag=ETU075
>>
>> Element 0 is the tape drive.
>>
>> Start with that... show us your output.
>>
>> --
>> Dan Langille - http://langille.org/
>
> I already posted the output before. It looks like this:

So you did!  Sorry.

> boromir /etc/bacula/scripts # mtx -f /dev/sg4 status
>     Storage Changer /dev/sg4:1 Drives, 7 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
> Data Transfer Element 0:Empty
>         Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=WOC4-01L4
>         Storage Element 2:Full :VolumeTag=WOC4-02L4
>         Storage Element 3:Full :VolumeTag=WOC4-03L4
>         Storage Element 4:Full :VolumeTag=WOC5-01L4
>         Storage Element 5:Full :VolumeTag=WOC5-02L4
>         Storage Element 6:Full :VolumeTag=WOC5-03L4
>         Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=WOC1-01L4
>
> It shows only 7 slots.

For what it's worth, I think we can eliminate Bacula/mtx-changer as the 
cause of the problem.

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

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