This is a follow up for the archives. My problem was that the Storage declaration in bacula-dir.conf was missing a the required "Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20" setting. This is adequately explained in the manual at the following location.
http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION0038170000000000000000 I missed it several times and want to have it attached to this thread in the archive to save someone else the frustration I experienced. Adam On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Ryan Novosielski wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Read the manual regarding this. You're missing a "Maximum Concurrent > Jobs" statement, though I couldn't swear whether it goes under Storage > or under Device. That should get you started, however. BTW, you should > really upgrade that FD -- Bacula is not designed to be run with > different, somewhat-major, release versions. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am having trouble with concurrent jobs not spooling in parallel -- they > > spool and despool, one at a time, in sequential order. I only get one job > > running at a time. I want daily backups that write one volume to disk, > > per job, with concurrent jobs that spool in parallel. Can someone please > > help me figure out what I'm doing wrong? My setup follows. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Adam > > > > bacula > > daemon version os > > ----------------------------------- > > director 1.38.11_1 FreeBSD 6.1 > > storage 1.38.11_1 FreeBSD 6.1 > > file 1.36.2 debian linux > > > > The director, storage and file daemons have max concurrent jobs set to 20. > > Here are the relevant configuration snippets. > > > > # dir.conf ########################################### > > > > Director { > > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 > > } > > > > JobDefs { > > Pool = Default > > SpoolData = yes > > Spool Attributes = yes > > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 > > } > > > > Storage { > > Name = File > > Device = FileStorage > > Media Type = File > > } > > > > Pool { > > Name = Default > > Pool Type = Backup > > Recycle = yes > > AutoPrune = yes > > Volume Retention = 2 weeks > > # one volume (file) per job > > Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 > > } > > ### > > > > # sd.conf ############################################ > > > > Storage { > > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 > > } > > > > Device { > > Name = FileStorage > > Media Type = File > > Archive Device = /some/disk > > LabelMedia = yes; > > Random Access = Yes; > > AutomaticMount = yes; > > RemovableMedia = no; > > AlwaysOpen = no; > > Spool Directory = /some/spool > > } > > ### > > > > # fd.conf ############################################ > > > > FileDaemon { > > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 > > } > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > - -- > ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ > |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer III > |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) > \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFeEjemb+gadEcsb4RAkT6AJwN7wo6OSIac7vOVVUp5muqEjk3GQCfR5wT > VRWlIymwy7C11Vtoi8ZR6sE= > =lQfo > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
