Hi, On 9/19/2006 8:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In the message dated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:12:48 BST, > The pithy ruminations from Alan Brown on > <Re: [Bacula-users] Proper Autochanger configuration with different drives in > s > ame changer> were: > > => > => On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Pietari Hyv=E4rinen wrote: > => > => > Hi! > => > Our Autochcanger ( dell136T) is connected to four tape drives. > => > Two of the are older LTO-2 and the rest are LTO-3 capable drives. > => > How I define bacula-dir to understand that there are two of each > => > drives in same autochanger? > => > => You have the bacula-sd definition right... BUT... > => > => Bacula's current state means you can only use LTO3 tapes in the LTO3=20 > => drives and LTO2 tapes in the LTO2 drives. > > Wow. > > => > => Bacula has no way of knowing that you can use LTO2 tapes in the LTO3=20 > => drives. I've been requseting that functionality for a while, as we have=20 > => always planned to install LTO3/LTO4 drives in our robot when hardware=20 > => upgrade time happens. > > Thank you very much for bringing this up and giving an explanation. > > We're about to be getting an LTO3 drive, and I was planning to continue to > use > our stock of LTO2 tapes for incrementals, and add some LTO3 media for full > backups. This limitation of bacula may cause serious changes to that plan. ... > => As you can see, the mediatype is locked into the changer entry and=20 > => currently the only way to define LTO3 jobs is to create another changer -= > => =20 > => which will probably cause database issues with "update slots", etc. > > > Hmmm... What if you define all the media types as LTO3...does bacula check > the > media type when loading a volume, or just the volume name?
I'm not sure here, but I suppose Bacula does look for media of the correct type. Though I'm sure I had an issue where it didn't :-) > If bacula loads an LTO2 tape into what it thinks is an LTO3 drive, will the > backup proceed normally, except that the data will reach EOT earlier than > expected? Yes. The problem is when things go the other way round: You have an LTO3 tape in an LTO2 drive. That will defiitely not work as expected, and depending on your setup, Bacla might even automatically relabel the tape with LTO2 format and thereby destroying your data. No fun, I say. What Alan requests - allowing multiple media type entries per storage device - is definitely the best solution, but not due in short time... Arno > > Kern -- > I will be able to use the LTO3 autochanger, and a new server (Linux, > RHEL4, x86_em64t, mysql5) that will eventually host Bacula, for beta > testing new versions, providing an additional platform to resolve this > issue, etc. Please contact me off the list if there are specific things > you'd like run there. > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > => > => > => > We are using bacula version 1.38.11-3. > => > > > [SNIP!] > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the > personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for > delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you > have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, > and delete the original message. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
