Hello, On 9/26/2006 12:23 AM, Claudinei Matos wrote: > Hi, > > I have a bacula setup on my network using File as Storage device. > Well, everything works fine and I used to write the files on CD or DVD > but now the FULL backup file is too big to fit on a DVD and I have to > split it. > Well the problem is that I have to first write the backup to disk and > later write it to a media like CD/DVD but I don't now how to tell bacula > to automatic split the file on disk. > I saw that since bacula 1.38.8 there's a script called disk-changer > which is supposed to split the file on disk but I really doesn't > understand how to put it to work.
You simply limit the size of the volume files. This can be set up in the pool definition as well as in the storage device definition. It's in the manual, and I think you already have this working. > Well, I did try some different setups on "Changer Command" with no > success. Now I'm using the default value how I can see inside the script > code: > Changer Command = "/usr/libexec/bacula/disk-changer %c %o %S %a %d" Actually, you do not necessarily need the "fake" changer setup for disk files. > I do try to backup a 1.7Gbytes directory with 100Mbytes limite to each > volume, and each volume can just hold 1 job. What's happen is that after > the first file, bacula stop the process waiting for a manual > intervention to label a new file: > > *mess > 25-Sep 18:01 ti02-sd: User defined maximum volume capacity 100,000,000 > exceeded on device "FileStorage" (/data/backups). > 25-Sep 18:01 ti02-sd: End of medium on Volume > "alpha-fd_Teste.2006-09-25_17.59.43-" Bytes=99,993,485 Blocks=1,550 at > 25-Sep-2006 18:01. > 25-Sep 18:01 alpha-dir: Teste.2006-09-25_17.59.43 Error: > sql_create.c:384 Volume "alpha-fd_Teste.2006-09-25_17.59.43-" already > exists. > 25-Sep 18:01 alpha-dir: Teste.2006-09-25_17.59.43 Error: > sql_create.c:384 Volume "alpha-fd_Teste.2006-09-25_17.59.43-" already > exists. > 25-Sep 18:02 ti02-sd: Job Teste.2006-09-25_17.59.43 waiting. Cannot find > any appendable volumes. > Please use the "label" command to create a new Volume for: > Storage: "FileStorage" (/data/backups) > Media type: File > Pool: TestePool > *list > *status > > How to tell bacula to automaticaly label the new volume? > That's my Device setup: > > Device { > Name = "FileStorage" > Media Type = "File" > Archive Device = /data/backups > LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled media > Random Access = Yes; > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it > RemovableMedia = no; > AlwaysOpen = yes; > AutoChanger = yes > Changer Command = "/usr/libexec/bacula/disk-changer %c %o %S %a %d" > } You need to set up a label format. In the pool setup, include a "Label Format" directive. Hope this helps, Arno > Thanks, > > -- > <http://www.hospedevip.com.br> Claudinei Matos > Coordenador de TI | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <http://www.hospedevip.com.br> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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