On 7/2/2013 10:24 AM, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 10:07:16AM -0400, Kevin B. Zimmerman wrote:
>> Once I swap the old magazine out (following the instructions at
>> http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/main/main/Autochanger_Resource.html#SECTION002950000000000000000),
>> Bacula refuses to automatically use any tapes in the newly-inserted
>> magazine.  One of the tapes in the old magazine is in Append mode, and
>> it keeps asking for that tape despite it (and the other tapes from the
>> old magazine) not being marked as In Changer.  I can manually force
>> Bacula to unmount/update slots/mount and name a specific tape to use,
>> but once that tape fills up it goes back to asking for the tape from the
>> other magazine:
>>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> we're having the same "problem" although I am unsure if this isn't a
> feature of bacula trying to preserve data as long as possible.
>
> So far, I haven't found a way around bacula trying to mount removed
> volumes short of manually setting the removed volumes to status
> "archive".

You can enable/disable volumes using the 'enable' command in bconsole. A 
short script can use bconsole to enable/disable all of the volumes on a 
magazine. When a magazine is removed, use the script to disable the 
magazine's volumes. Then when the magazine is attached use the script to 
enable the volumes. This will cause Bacula to only try to use volumes 
that are on attached magazines.

>
> You can check the list archive for what I had hoped "update slots"
> would achieve, but it only covers certain aspects of what's needed
> (imho) when juggling around entire cartridges full of tapes.
>
> All the best, Uwe
>
>
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