I am using Bacula 7.2.0 as supplied by Fedora 23.  In the previous version 
(7.0.5
from Fedora 22) when a tape filled, the storage daemon would ask for a new tape,
and the interval for each succeeding reminder would double.  That was good, 
because
it only resulted in a few emails even if it took me several hours to respond.

For some reason, the new storage daemon is not doubling the interval between
reminders.  Instead, it sends a new reminder every 5 minutes.  Here is a partial
log showing the new behavior:

08-Nov 12:05 saf-sd JobId 5187: End of medium on Volume "tape108" 
Bytes=1,047,107,993,600 Blocks=998,599 at 08-Nov-2015 12:05.
08-Nov 12:05 saf-dir JobId 5187: There are no more Jobs associated with Volume 
"tape109". Marking it purged.
08-Nov 12:05 saf-dir JobId 5187: All records pruned from Volume "tape109"; 
marking it "Purged"
08-Nov 12:05 saf-dir JobId 5187: Recycled volume "tape109"
08-Nov 12:05 saf-sd JobId 5187: Please mount append Volume "tape109" or label a 
new one for:
    Job:          nas.optonline.net.2015-11-07_23.05.00_16
    Storage:      "LTO-4" (/dev/nst0)
    Pool:         LTO-4-TAPES
    Media type:   LTO-4
08-Nov 12:10 saf-sd JobId 5187: Please mount append Volume "tape109" or label a 
new one for:
    Job:          nas.optonline.net.2015-11-07_23.05.00_16
    Storage:      "LTO-4" (/dev/nst0)
    Pool:         LTO-4-TAPES
    Media type:   LTO-4
08-Nov 12:15 saf-sd JobId 5187: Please mount append Volume "tape109" or label a 
new one for:
    Job:          nas.optonline.net.2015-11-07_23.05.00_16
    Storage:      "LTO-4" (/dev/nst0)
    Pool:         LTO-4-TAPES
    Media type:   LTO-4
08-Nov 12:20 saf-sd JobId 5187: Please mount append Volume "tape109" or label a 
new one for:
    Job:          nas.optonline.net.2015-11-07_23.05.00_16
    Storage:      "LTO-4" (/dev/nst0)
    Pool:         LTO-4-TAPES
    Media type:   LTO-4

--- snip ---

08-Nov 22:10 saf-sd JobId 5187: Please mount append Volume "tape109" or label a 
new one for:
    Job:          nas.optonline.net.2015-11-07_23.05.00_16
    Storage:      "LTO-4" (/dev/nst0)
    Pool:         LTO-4-TAPES
    Media type:   LTO-4
08-Nov 22:15 saf-sd JobId 5187: Recycled volume "tape109" on tape device 
"LTO-4" (/dev/nst0), all previous data lost.
08-Nov 22:15 saf-sd JobId 5187: New volume "tape109" mounted on device "LTO-4" 
(/dev/nst0) at 08-Nov-2015 22:15.

These messages (and emails) continued for many hours before I was able to mount 
a
new tape, resulting in over 100 emails. :-(

According to dir_ask_sysop_to_mount_volume() in stored/askdir.c, the code 
should still
be calling double_dev_wait_time(), but that doesn't seem to be happening, for 
some reason.

I don't know if this is something strange about the Fedora 23 build, or some 
deliberate
change to the behavior in 7.2.0.  Perhaps I need to change the .conf file to 
specify the
old behavior?

Hints appreciated!

        Steve

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