Nevermind, I've already solved this. It was due to permissions issue
on /etc/bacula/bconsole.conf not being readable by "tape" group.

Thanks anyway guys :)

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 10:11 PM, Jason Voorhees <jvoorhees1 AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
> Hello Guys:
>
> This is my first time trying to configure vchanger with Bacula 5.2.13.
>
> I've configured Bacula and vchanger according to the official vchanger
> 1.0.1 documentation included in source code (vchangerHowto.html).
>
> As per vchanger howto I'm supposed to initialize my magazine by
> creating a few volumes by running:
>
> # vchanger /etc/vchanger/vchanger-1.conf createvols 0 3
>
> While it's true that empty volumes are created under the mount point
> of my USB disk, they don't get labeled on Bacula. However if I run
> "label barcodes" manually from bconsole I'm able to label them without
> issues.
>
> The only thing I can "see" is this strange message in vchanger's log file:
>
> mar 13 21:58:01: bconsole: exited with rc=1
> mar 13 21:58:01: WARNING! 'update slots' needed in bconsole
> mar 13 21:58:01: bconsole: exited with rc=1
> mar 13 21:58:01: WARNING! 'label barcodes' needed in bconsole
>
> It seems that after vchanger commands creates the volumes it is unable
> to label them through bconsole due to an unknown error. I tried to use
> "bconsole = /usr/sbin/bconsole -d 200" in vchanger-1.conf but I can't
> get any extra info or verbose messages about the error.
>
> Here's some of my most important configuration:
>
> # /etc/vchanger/vchanger-1.conf
> mar 13 21:58:01: bconsole: exited with rc=1
> mar 13 21:58:01: WARNING! 'update slots' needed in bconsole
> mar 13 21:58:01: bconsole: exited with rc=1
> mar 13 21:58:01: WARNING! 'label barcodes' needed in bconsole
>
>
> # /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf
> Autochanger {
>         Name = usb-vchanger-1
>         Device = usb-vchanger-1-drive-0, usb-vchanger-1-drive-1
>         Changer Command = "/usr/local/bin/vchanger %c %o %S %a %d"
>         Changer Device = "/etc/vchanger/vchanger-1.conf"
> }
>
> Device {
>         Name = usb-vchanger-1-drive-0
>         Drive Index = 0
>         Autochanger = yes
>         Device Type = File
>         Media Type = File
>         Removable Media = no
>         Random Access = yes
>         Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
>         Archive Device = /var/spool/vchanger/vchanger-1/0
> }
>
> Device {
>         Name = usb-vchanger-1-drive-1
>         Drive Index = 1
>         Autochanger = yes
>         Device Type = File
>         Media Type = File
>         Removable Media = no
>         Random Access = yes
>         Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
>         Archive Device = /var/spool/vchanger/vchanger-1/1
> }
>
> # /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf
> Storage {
>   Name = vchanger-1
>   Address = 192.168.1.220
>   SDPort = 9103
>   Password = 96ba74caf2a7379fd81db4b6e7b82985bafc0aaa
>   Device = usb-vchanger-1
>   Media Type = File
>   Autochanger = yes
>   Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
> }
>
> Hope someone can help me or point me to some place where I can find a
> possible solution.
>
> Thanks in advance.

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