sent by Bacula. We furnish such a script that works with {\bf mtx} found in
the {\bf depkgs} distribution.
-\item That each Volume (tape) to be used must be defined in the Catalog and
- have a Slot number assigned to it so that Bacula knows where the Volume is in
- the autochanger. This is generally done with the {\bf label} command,
- but can also done after the tape is labeled using the {\bf update slots}
- command. See
- below for more details. You must pre-label the tapes manually before
- using them.
+\item That each Volume (tape) to be used must be defined in the Catalog and
+ have a Slot number assigned to it so that Bacula knows where the Volume is
+ in the autochanger. This is generally done with the {\bf label} command, but
+ can also done after the tape is labeled using the {\bf update slots}
+ command. See below for more details. You must pre-label the tapes manually
+ before using them.
\item Modifications to your Storage daemon's Device configuration resource to
identify that the device is a changer, as well as a few other parameters.
run job=MyBackup level=Incremental
\end{verbatim}
-So providing there were changes between each of those jobs, you would end up with
-a Full backup, a Differential, which includes the first Incremental backup, then two
-Incremental backups. All the above jobs would be written to the \bf{Default} pool.
+So providing there were changes between each of those jobs, you would end up
+with a Full backup, a Differential, which includes the first Incremental
+backup, then two Incremental backups. All the above jobs would be written to
+the \bf{Default} pool.
-To consolidate those backups into a new Full backup, you would run the following:
+To consolidate those backups into a new Full backup, you would run the
+following:
\begin{verbatim}
run job=MyBackup level=VirtualFull
\end{verbatim}
-And it would produce a new Full backup without using the client, and the output would
-be written to the \bf{Full} Pool which uses the Diskchanger Storage.
+And it would produce a new Full backup without using the client, and the output
+would be written to the \bf{Full} Pool which uses the Diskchanger Storage.
+\section{Accurate Backup}
+\index[general]{Accurate Backup}
+\section{Using bconsole to display autochanger content}
+\index[general]{StatusSlots}
+
+The {\bf status slots storage=xxx} command displays autochanger content.
+
+\footnotesize
+\begin{verbatim}
+ Slot | Volume Name | Status | Media Type | Pool | Loaded |
+------+-----------------+----------+-------------------+----------------+---------|
+ 1 | 00001 | Append | DiskChangerMedia | Default | 0 |
+ 2 | 00002 | Append | DiskChangerMedia | Default | 0 |
+ 3*| 00003 | Append | DiskChangerMedia | Scratch | 0 |
+ 4 | | | | | 0 |
+\end{verbatim}
+\normalsize
+
+If you see a {\bf *} near the slot number, you have to run {\bf update slots}
+command to synchronize autochanger content with your catalog.
+