Hi again
Doh! I've just read the announcement about a new stable version. Don't
worry about replying to this mail, let me upgrade first and see if I
still have problems. Sorry to have wasted your time.
Regards
Andrew
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew J. Millar
> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 4:17 PM
> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: bacula-1.37.40 on Autochanger with multiple drives
>
> Hi there
>
> I have bacula-1.37.40 running on an Adic Scalar100 (72 slot
> autochanger, 12 of which are mailbox slots) with two tape
> drives, and I seem to only be able to use one of the drives
> at a time - am I right in thinking I should be able to run
> two jobs simultaneously, one on each drive, provided of
> course they are on different volumes?
>
> Please find below the relevent configuration sections:
>
> ---------------
> bacula-sd.conf:
> # Scalar100 Autochanger
> Autochanger {
> Name = Scalar100-Autochanger
> Device = Scalar100-1
> Device = Scalar100-2
> Changer Command =
> "/usr/local/bacula-1.37.40/etc/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
> Changer Device = /dev/sg1
> }
>
> # Scalar100 first drive
> #
> Device {
> Name = Scalar100-1 #
> Media Type = Ultrium-LTO-2
> Archive Device = /dev/nst0
> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> AlwaysOpen = yes;
> RemovableMedia = yes;
> RandomAccess = no;
> Drive Index = 0
> Changer Command =
> "/usr/local/bacula-1.37.40/etc/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
> Changer Device = /dev/sg1
> AutoChanger = yes
> # Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded
> Alert Command = "sh -c '/usr/local/mtx/sbin/tapeinfo -f %c
> |grep TapeAlert|cat'"
> }
>
> #
> # Scalar100 second drive
> #
> Device {
> Name = Scalar100-2 #
> Media Type = Ultrium-LTO-2
> Archive Device = /dev/nst1
> AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> AlwaysOpen = yes;
> RemovableMedia = yes;
> RandomAccess = no;
> Drive Index = 1
> Changer Command =
> "/usr/local/bacula-1.37.38/etc/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
> Changer Device = /dev/sg1
> AutoChanger = yes
> Alert Command = "sh -c '/usr/local/mtx/sbin/tapeinfo -f %c
> |grep TapeAlert|cat'"
> }
> ------------
> bacula-dir.conf:
>
> Director { # define myself
> Name = breed-dir
> DIRport = 9101 # where we listen for UA connections
> QueryFile = "/usr/local/bacula-1.37.40/etc/query.sql"
> WorkingDirectory = "/usr/local/bacula-1.37.40/var/bacula/working"
> PidDirectory = "/var/run"
> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2
> Password = "asdf" # Console password
> Messages = Daemon
> }
> ...
> # Definition of tape storage device
> Storage {
> Name = Scalar100
> # Do not use "localhost" here
> Address = breed # N.B. Use a fully qualified
> name here
> SDPort = 9103
> Password = "asdf" # password for Storage daemon
> Device = Scalar100-Autochanger # must be same as
> Device in Storage daemon
> Media Type = Ultrium-LTO-2 # must be same as
> MediaType in Storage daemon
> Autochanger = yes # enable for autochanger device
> }
>
> -----------
>
> When I schedule two jobs to run, which are both on different
> volumes, the second job will wait till the first job has
> finished using the first drive - it doesn't use the second drive:
>
> Running Jobs:
> JobId Level Name Status
> ======================================================================
> 1633 Increme Breed.2005-11-01_15.51.58 is running
> 1634 Increme RMAN.2005-11-01_15.52.03 is waiting on max
> Storage jobs
> ====
>
> Any pointers on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Andrew
>
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