Source in External Drive NOT imported to library
Hello,
I am new Mac user(7 days old) . First application i tried is iphoto. I did not want to load my mac mini with GB's of entire family collection photos so i clicked iphoto-->preferences-->Advanced tab--> UNCHECKED "Copy Items to Iphoto library". I used import library function and started organizing photos by event and then added, title, rating, description etc.(at this point i was equating with itunes that meta data information in stored along with the source). So after 4-6 hours of work around 1000 photos i wanted to validate my assumption. Copied Photos from HardDrive-A to HardDrive-B. From Harddrive photo when i used import library function none of the photos retained the meta data information that i entered. After going thru this forum i realized that is FEATURE of iphoto not to mess up the source. Am i Correct ? If wrong, kindly tell me the steps. If yes,
Is it possible to get that 1000 photos to local library ? if so steps.
I opened up support ticket and visited apple store couple of times and no answer so far. Thanks in advance.
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Samkannan
Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums
as a point of reference - iPhoto is a photo database manager and one of its primary design criteria is to always maintain the digital original - so it does not modify the original.
so i clicked iphoto-->preferences-->Advanced tab--> UNCHECKED "Copy Items to Iphoto library".
This is called a referenced library
When you do this you tell iPhoto to let you manage the original - you implicitly agree that you will not move it and it you delete it in iPhoto you will be responsible for deleting the original if you do not want it any more - this mode has many potential problems and is not recommended
Basically what you will find is that any photo attributes you change iPhoto are not reflected in the photo file until you export the photo - the only way to safely and successfully see your photos is using iPhoto - when you access them using the finder you may not find all elements ad you risk corrupting the database
If you want to return to the recommended managed library alias herder - http://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/downloads/aliasherder/ - will move the photos into the iphoto library for you ( back up your library prior to running) and checking the "copy imported items to the iPhoto libary" will keep the managed libraby in future imports
LN
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Greetings.
I'm new to OSB and am having tape drive, volume problems.
File system backups only complete successfully when drive (IBM4_0_0_1_1) is used. When OSB attempts to use other drives in the library it logs the following errors listed in "Transcript".
I'm running OSB (10.4.0.3.0) on a Linux server (Oracle Linux Server release 6.0) with a SL500 library controller by a ACSLS(8.3.0) server.
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Transcript:
2014/04/23.11:44:01 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.11:44:01
2014/04/23.11:44:01 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
2014/04/23.11:44:01
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2014/04/23.11:44:01 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive HP6_0_0_3_1) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.11:44:01 The problem using HP6_0_0_3_1 and the volume it contains, if any, is
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2014/04/23.11:45:01 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.11:45:01
2014/04/23.11:45:01 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
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2014/04/23.11:45:01 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive HP5_0_0_2_4) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.11:45:01 The problem using HP5_0_0_2_4 and the volume it contains, if any, is
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2014/04/23.11:46:01 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.11:46:01
2014/04/23.11:46:01 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
2014/04/23.11:46:01
2014/04/23.11:46:01 ---
2014/04/23.11:46:01 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive IBM5_0_0_1_2) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.11:46:01 The problem using IBM5_0_0_1_2 and the volume it contains, if any, is
2014/04/23.11:46:01 drive not found in library database (library manager)
2014/04/23.11:48:01 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.11:48:01
2014/04/23.11:48:01 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
2014/04/23.11:48:01
2014/04/23.11:48:01 ---
2014/04/23.11:48:01 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive HP4_0_0_2_2) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.11:48:01 The problem using HP4_0_0_2_2 and the volume it contains, if any, is
2014/04/23.11:48:01 drive not found in library database (library manager)
2014/04/23.11:49:01 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.11:49:01
2014/04/23.11:49:01 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
2014/04/23.11:49:01
2014/04/23.11:49:01 ---
2014/04/23.11:49:01 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive IBM5_0_0_2_1) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.11:49:01 The problem using IBM5_0_0_2_1 and the volume it contains, if any, is
2014/04/23.11:49:01 drive not found in library database (library manager)
2014/04/23.11:50:01 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.11:50:01
2014/04/23.11:50:01 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
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2014/04/23.11:50:01 ---
2014/04/23.11:50:01 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive HP5_0_0_2_3) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.11:50:01 The problem using HP5_0_0_2_3 and the volume it contains, if any, is
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2014/04/23.12:00:01
2014/04/23.12:00:01 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
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2014/04/23.12:00:01 ---
2014/04/23.12:00:01 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive HP6_0_0_3_1) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.12:00:01 The problem using HP6_0_0_3_1 and the volume it contains, if any, is
2014/04/23.12:00:01 drive not found in library database (library manager)
2014/04/23.12:01:01 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.12:01:01
2014/04/23.12:01:01 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
2014/04/23.12:01:01
2014/04/23.12:01:01 ---
2014/04/23.12:01:01 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive HP5_0_0_2_4) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.12:01:01 The problem using HP5_0_0_2_4 and the volume it contains, if any, is
2014/04/23.12:01:01 drive not found in library database (library manager)
2014/04/23.12:01:24 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.12:01:24
2014/04/23.12:01:24 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
2014/04/23.12:01:24
2014/04/23.12:01:25 ---
2014/04/23.12:01:25 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive IBM5_0_0_1_2) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.12:01:25 The problem using IBM5_0_0_1_2 and the volume it contains, if any, is
2014/04/23.12:01:25 drive not found in library database (library manager)
2014/04/23.12:04:01 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.12:04:01
2014/04/23.12:04:01 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
2014/04/23.12:04:01
2014/04/23.12:04:01 ---
2014/04/23.12:04:01 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive HP4_0_0_2_2) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.12:04:01 The problem using HP4_0_0_2_2 and the volume it contains, if any, is
2014/04/23.12:04:01 drive not found in library database (library manager)
2014/04/23.12:05:01 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.12:05:01
2014/04/23.12:05:01 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
2014/04/23.12:05:01
2014/04/23.12:05:01 ---
2014/04/23.12:05:01 No volume could be found in SL500 (for drive IBM5_0_0_2_1) to use for job admin/83.1.
2014/04/23.12:05:01 The problem using IBM5_0_0_2_1 and the volume it contains, if any, is
2014/04/23.12:05:01 drive not found in library database (library manager)
2014/04/23.12:05:21 ______________________________________________________________________
2014/04/23.12:05:21
2014/04/23.12:05:21 Transcript for job admin/83.1 running on x4440a
2014/04/23.12:05:21
Backup started on Wed Apr 23 2014 at 12:05:51
Volume label:
Volume tag: LEV018
Volume UUID: 203f144a-ad72-1031-9e4c-002128001bbe
Volume ID: mf_2min-000025
Volume sequence: 1
Volume set owner: root
Volume set created: Wed Apr 23 12:05:51 2014
Volume set expires: Wed Apr 23 12:07:51 2014
Media family: mf_2min
Original UUID: 203f144a-ad72-1031-9e4c-002128001bbe
Archive label:
File number: 1
File section: 1
Owner: root
Client host: x4440a
Backup level: 0
S/w compression: no
Archive created: Wed Apr 23 12:05:51 2014
Encryption: off
Dumping all files in /etc
Backup complete on Wed Apr 23 2014 at 12:06:03
Backup statistics:
status 0
devices IBM4_0_0_1_1
devices 1
volumes mf_2min-000025
voltags LEV018
file 1
host x4440a
encryption off
start_time Wed Apr 23 2014 at 12:05:51 (1398276351)
end_time Wed Apr 23 2014 at 12:06:06 (1398276366)
backup_time Wed Apr 23 2014 at 12:05:51 (1398276351)
entries_scanned 3373
kbytes_scanned 40556
entries_excluded 0
entries_skipped 0
mount_points_skipped 0
files 2047
directories 315
hardlinks 0
symlinks 1011
sparse_files 0
filesys_errors 0
unknown_type 0
file_kbytes 39264
dev_kbytes 35977
dev_iosecs 2
dev_iorate 18.4 MB/S
wrt_iosecs 15
wrt_iorate 2.5 MB/S
physical_blks_written 1102
write_errors 0
physical_blks_read 2
read_errors 0
error_rate 0%
path /etc completed, status 0
[root@x4440a backup]# obtool lsdev -lvg
SL500:
Device type: library (ACSLS)
In service: yes
Debug mode: no
Barcode reader: yes
Barcodes required: yes
Unload required: yes
Ejection type: auto
Min writable volumes: 0
UUID: e0b58224-a1a4-1031-8c0f-002128001bbe
Attachment 1:
Host: x4440a
ACSLS server: v215f
ACSLS port: 0
ACS id: 0
ACSLS access id: acsss
Reservation 1:
Component: obacslibd
Host: x4440a
Process: 32195
Element counts / addresses:
10 mte: 1 - 10
281 se : 1 - 281
1 iee: 1
1 dte: 1
Moves:
From mte, to: mte 0 se 0 iee 0 dte 0
From se, to: mte 0 se 0 iee 1 dte 1
From iee, to: mte 0 se 0 iee 0 dte 0
From dte, to: mte 0 se 1 iee 0 dte 0
Ok_ops: move=1, reserve=1 sense_dev=1, sense_ele=0, unload_any=1, sense_dev_range=0
State of barcode reader: enabled
IBM4_0_0_1_1:
Device type: tape (ACSLS)
In service: yes
Library: SL500
LSM: 0
Panel: 1
Drive: 1
Automount: yes
Error rate: 8
Query frequency: 131072KB (134217728 bytes) (from driver)
Debug mode: no
Blocking factor: (default)
Max blocking factor: (default)
Current tape: [unknown]
Drive usage: 14 minutes, 58 seconds
UUID: 179eb954-a1a5-1031-8c0f-002128001bbe
Attachment 1:
Host: x4440a
Raw device: /dev/sg18
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: IBM
Product: ULTRIUM-TD4
Firmware: C7Q0
Serial number: 1310127325
Tape state: offline
Hardware compression: on
Last read was: uncompressed
Hardware encryption: available
Maximum block size: 2097152
IBM5_0_0_2_1:
Device type: tape (ACSLS)
In service: yes
Library: SL500
LSM: 0
Panel: 2
Drive: 1
Automount: yes
Error rate: 8
Query frequency: 131072KB (134217728 bytes) (from driver)
Debug mode: no
Blocking factor: (default)
Max blocking factor: (default)
Current tape: [unknown]
Drive usage: [not set]
UUID: 7498ff66-a1a5-1031-8c0f-002128001bbe
Attachment 1:
Host: x4440a
Raw device: /dev/sg16
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: IBM
Product: ULTRIUM-TD5
Firmware: D8D4
Serial number: 1168002114
Tape state: offline
Hardware compression: on
Last read was: uncompressed
Hardware encryption: available
Maximum block size: 2097152
HP6_0_0_3_1:
Device type: tape (ACSLS)
In service: yes
Library: SL500
LSM: 0
Panel: 3
Drive: 1
Automount: yes
Error rate: 8
Query frequency: 131072KB (134217728 bytes) (from driver)
Debug mode: no
Blocking factor: (default)
Max blocking factor: (default)
Current tape: [unknown]
Drive usage: [not set]
UUID: cd20d3fc-a1a5-1031-8c0f-002128001bbe
Attachment 1:
Host: x4440a
Raw device: /dev/sg21
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: HP
Product: Ultrium 6-SCSI
Firmware: J39S
Serial number: HU1233PPNN
Tape state: offline
Hardware compression: on
Last read was: uncompressed
Hardware encryption: available
Maximum block size: 2097152
IBM5_0_0_1_2:
Device type: tape (ACSLS)
In service: yes
Library: SL500
LSM: 0
Panel: 1
Drive: 2
Automount: yes
Error rate: 8
Query frequency: 131072KB (134217728 bytes) (from driver)
Debug mode: no
Blocking factor: (default)
Max blocking factor: (default)
Current tape: [unknown]
Drive usage: [not set]
UUID: 5b6cf420-a1a5-1031-8c0f-002128001bbe
Attachment 1:
Host: x4440a
Raw device: /dev/sg15
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: IBM
Product: ULTRIUM-TD5
Firmware: D8D4
Serial number: 1068002447
Tape state: offline
Hardware compression: on
Last read was: uncompressed
Hardware encryption: available
Maximum block size: 2097152
HP4_0_0_2_2:
Device type: tape (ACSLS)
In service: yes
Library: SL500
LSM: 0
Panel: 2
Drive: 2
Automount: yes
Error rate: 8
Query frequency: 131072KB (134217728 bytes) (from driver)
Debug mode: no
Blocking factor: (default)
Max blocking factor: (default)
Current tape: [unknown]
Drive usage: [not set]
UUID: 8bd3659a-a1a5-1031-8c0f-002128001bbe
Attachment 1:
Host: x4440a
Raw device: /dev/sg13
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: HP
Product: Ultrium 4-SCSI
Firmware: H64S
Serial number: HU1803168E
Tape state: offline
Hardware compression: on
Last read was: uncompressed
Hardware encryption: not available
Maximum block size: 2097152
HP5_0_0_2_3:
Device type: tape (ACSLS)
In service: yes
Library: SL500
LSM: 0
Panel: 2
Drive: 3
Automount: yes
Error rate: 8
Query frequency: 131072KB (134217728 bytes) (from driver)
Debug mode: no
Blocking factor: (default)
Max blocking factor: (default)
Current tape: [unknown]
Drive usage: [not set]
UUID: 9ee7dbd4-a1a5-1031-8c0f-002128001bbe
Attachment 1:
Host: x4440a
Raw device: /dev/sg23
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: HP
Product: Ultrium 5-SCSI
Firmware: I67S
Serial number: HU19477NFE
Tape state: offline
Hardware compression: on
Last read was: uncompressed
Hardware encryption: not available
Maximum block size: 2097152
HP5_0_0_2_4:
Device type: tape (ACSLS)
In service: yes
Library: SL500
LSM: 0
Panel: 2
Drive: 4
Automount: yes
Error rate: 8
Query frequency: 131072KB (134217728 bytes) (from driver)
Debug mode: no
Blocking factor: (default)
Max blocking factor: (default)
Current tape: [unknown]
Drive usage: [not set]
UUID: b45b889e-a1a5-1031-8c0f-002128001bbe
Attachment 1:
Host: x4440a
Raw device: /dev/sg24
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: HP
Product: Ultrium 5-SCSI
Firmware: I67S
Serial number: HU19477NBF
Tape state: offline
Hardware compression: on
Last read was: uncompressed
Hardware encryption: available
Maximum block size: 2097152
[root@x4440a backup]#
[root@x4440a backup]# obtool lsvol -L SL500 -l
Inventory of library SL500:
in 1: barcode F50216, oid 100
in 2: barcode I50116, oid 101
in 3: barcode LEV008, oid 102, mediainfo hw encryptable
in 4: barcode LEV010, oid 103, mediainfo hw encryptable
in 5: barcode LEV017, oid 104, mediainfo hw encryptable
in 6: volume mf_2min-000025, barcode LEV018, oid 155, 781232128 kb remaining, expired, mediainfo hw encryptable
in 7: barcode LEV049, oid 106
in 8: barcode LEV058, oid 107
in 9: barcode PQ4196, oid 108
in 10: barcode PQ4883, oid 109
in 11: barcode S50282, oid 110
in 12: barcode S50290, oid 111
in 13: barcode S50291, oid 112
in 14: barcode S50292, oid 113
in 15: barcode S50300, oid 114
in 16: barcode S60111, oid 115
in 17: barcode S60113, oid 116
in 18: barcode SF6410, oid 117
in 19: barcode SF6411, oid 118
in 20: barcode SF6412, oid 119
in 21: barcode SF6413, oid 120
in 22: barcode SF6414, oid 121
in 23: barcode SF6416, oid 122
in 24: barcode SF6417, oid 123
in 25: barcode SF6418, oid 124
in 26: barcode SF6419, oid 125
in 27: vacant
in 28: vacant
in 29: vacant
in 30: vacant
in 31: vacant
in 274: vacant
in 275: vacant
in 276: vacant
in 277: vacant
in 278: vacant
in 279: vacant
in 280: vacant
in 281: vacant
in iee: vacant
in dte: vacant
[root@x4440a backup]#Rich
Thanks for your response.
ACSLS is part of the configuration requirements I need to have in this OBS environment.
I'm going to re install OBS just to see if anything changes.
Thanks again.
Update:
When configuring devices in OSB that are ACSLS in nature it is a requirement to restart the obacslibd after mkdev or certain chdev commands are preformed.
After the daemon was restarted I was able to use the attached tape drives. -
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Is their another way like to use my time capsule as an external drive not using time machine?thanks
is their another way like to use my time capsule as an external drive not using time machine?thanks
You do not have to use Time Machine.. but the TC is hardly suitable for a NAS.. it has no means to back itself up and is relatively slow. Still that is up to you..
CCC or Superduper are good backup softwares .. and there are a number of others. -
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I have my iTunes library on an external drive (WD MyBook USB). The iTunes library is consolidated into one directory and has been working fine under OSX 10.4. I could disconnect the drive, access and use iTunes on the MBP (for example ripping CDs or browsing iTunes Store) and then when I reconnect the drive it would sync back, and show the full library.
Now though I find that when I disconnect my external drive iTunes sets the library to the Users/Mike/Music/iTunes/ directory and when I reconnect the external drive it doesn't recognise that the audio files are now available again i.e. go back to using the library file on my external drive.
I may be misinterpreting / misrepresenting what happens when using an external drive but the behaviour does seem to have changed recently. I've twice had to reset and rebuild my library when starting iTunes to recognise the external drive recently. The process works, it's just slow and tedious.
I've recently upgraded to OSX 10.5.2. Don't know if that makes any difference?Using an EHD to run iTunes from has always worked this way. If you don't have the EHD available & open iTunes, iTunes will default the location of the iTunes music folder back to the main drive as that's where iTunes thinks the location is supposed to be. All you have to do is close iTunes, boot up the EHD, & re-open iTunes, problem solved.
I know it's annoying. I couldn't tell you how many times I forgot to have the EHD available to iTunes when I was still on my old PC. Usually I would catch it immediately, other times I would have ripped a CD or purchased from the store, realize the problem, then have to copy all of the new files over to the EHD, & delete them from the main drive. It does the exact same thing on a Mac, no way around it. Hope this helps.
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