On Wednesday 22 June 2005 21:32, Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hello, > > Richard White wrote: > > It may be that the answer to this question is in the pdf manual and I am > > just too blind to see it. If so, please just point me to the right page > > or heading. > > It's not that easy... you'll have to search the list archives. > > :-) > : > > I have installed Bacula on a SuSE Enterprise Server 9.0 system with one > > internal VXA-1 drive and an external RakPak with two VXA-1 drives. Bacula > > recognizes all the drives and can write to them, and I have successfully > > backed up both the local machine and a remote Linux server. > > good. > > > When I was running Backup Exec, the two external drives were defined in > > such a way that a backup job that started on the left-hand drive and > > filled the tape would automatically span to the tape in the right-hand > > drive. > > > > Is there a way to configure Bacula to do the same? > > With some help... you need some funny scripting for this to work, or you > need to wait. This is one of the features that are on Kerns to-do-list, > but not yet implemented in the development version.
Correct, and unfortunately, it will not be in version 1.38. > See Kern's mail "Re: > [Bacula-devel] concurrent jobs with multiple-drive autochanger" on > bacula-devel for more information. > > That said, look for mail from Mario Wolff, about 29 Jan this year, in > the srchive. You will find a script that might do what you want. His email (15 Feb 05) with his script are also in the 1.37 CVS in <bacula-src>/examples/autochangers/multiple-drive-changer.txt > > > The internal drive is /dev/nst0 and the external drives are /dev/nst1 and > > /dev/nst2. > > This should not matter :-) > > Arno > > > Tks n rgds, > > Richard White CNE6 > > Network Engineer > > Mason County, Washington > > 360-427-5501 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
