Re: [Bacula-users] [OT] stenc and library...

[Bill A. <wa...@pr...>]

On 5/27/25 2:19 PM, Marco Gaiarin wrote:
> Mandi! Udo Kaune
>    In chel di` si favelave...
> 
>> Not quite clear what you are trying to accomplish. Stenc does load keys
>> to the drive, not to tapes. Please elaborate.
> 
> Sure, but if bacula-sd is ''locking'' the tape device, stenc cannon enroll
> the key.
> 
> My initial goal was to provide a script that verify if the key are correctly
> enrolled on the tape drive; i've tested it on a (non busy) tape drive, but
> found that does not work on a busy tape drive, or on a tape drive in a tape
> library.
> 
> 
> Probably there's no escape: to check if key is correctly enrolled, stenc
> have to access fully the tape device...

Hello Marco,

It might be possible to modify and add such a key feature to my `mtx-changer-python.py` drop-in replacement script:

https://github.com/waa/mtx-changer-python

...which includes the ability to:

- intercept the unload process
- check if the drive wants to be cleaned
- actual
ly load a cleaning tape
- wait
- then unload it
- and then return control to the SD

Maybe during the load function we can add a call to a new function (yet to be written) which could verify that the keys are 
loaded?

Let me know what you think.

Sounds like an interesting project. :)


Best regards,
Bill

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