Hello,
> > I am using 'UDF formatted DVD-RAMs' for backup at home. So it's the
> > write-files-to-disk approach rather than the write-data-part-to-media
> > approach.
> >
> > To mount the media automatically when bacula needs it (and umount after
> > backup) I am using autofs.
[...]
> > I can post the config if anyone is interested. Just let me know.
>
> Yes, Please I would love to see how you are doing this.
>
no problem. Autofs needs two config files: /etc/auto.master
and /etc/auto.dvd-ram. The first one is mandatory. It defines where autofs
maintains those 'special' mount points. The later one is created by me - it
contains all settings for the actual mount point. Here are the essential
lines:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/auto.master
[...]
/mnt/autofs /etc/auto.dvd-ram --timout=600 --ghost
and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/auto.dvd-ram
[...]
dvdwriter -fstype=udf,rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,user :/dev/dvdwriter
the timeout in auto.master defines after which (idle) time autofs should try
to umount. Maybe it is better so set a somewhat larger value - I don't know
what happens when autofs tries to umount while there is still a bacula job
running (and waiting for something)...
Testing it: provided the autofs daemon is running and there is a UDF formated
DVD-RAM in the drive you shold be able to do this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l /mnt/autofs/dvdwriter/
< ------- this takes a couple seconds -------->
total 173156
-rw-r----- 1 bacula disk 177311477 Aug 29 19:45 Daily-0005
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Jun 11 21:30 lost+found
autofs should 'block' the ls command while mounting the DVD seamlessly. You
notice a more-or-less short delay.
If ls returns right away and you get a empty directory listing then something
doesn't work. Check the usual log files (ie /var/log/messages).
Finally here is my device resource operating on that mount point. It's
essentially a regular 'disk' device....
Device {
Name = DVD-Writer
Media Type = DVD
DeviceType = File
# autofs will deal with mounting
# - see /etc/auto.master and /etc/auto.dvd-ram
ArchiveDevice = /mnt/autofs/dvdwriter
MountPoint = /mnt/autofs/dvdwriter
# general parameters
LabelMedia = no
AutomaticMount = yes
RemovableMedia = yes
AlwaysOpen = no
}
regards,
Stephan
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