Interesting.  So if I'm reading the docs right 
(http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/console/console/Bacula_Console.html#SECTION00240000000000000000),
 
the process for swapping a magazine could change from this:

unmount
(remove magazine)
(insert new magazine)
update slots
mount

to this:

update slots enabled=0
unmount
(remove magazine)
(insert new magazine)
update slots enabled=1
mount

Correct?

Kevin B. Zimmerman

On 07/02/2013 10:46 AM, Josh Fisher wrote:
> 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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