Hi Robert, This comment is in reference to the conversation about using HP Windows Drivers.
In my conversations with HP and other vendors about drivers and tape drives on Windows, the consensus seemed to be that using Windows drivers created more problems that they solved. Their advice was to address the scsi devices directly. The benefits are increased throughput and fewer problems communicating with the devices. I do not have experience running the Bacula sd on Windows, but I have run other enterprise backup systems on Windows and this was the advice I was given by the vendors. IIRC, the issue is with scsi device command communication, and the applications handled it better directly with the devices than through the Windows drivers. The earlier advice about determining the device id's using scsilist.exe would facilitate this, I think. FWIW. On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 03:30 -0700, Robert Nelson wrote: > First of all start with the configuration files installed by the > installer. They have examples that you should be able to use by just > uncommenting the proper definitions and changing a few entries. I > don’t know now you created these configurations but they are all > messed up. You have entries from the Autochanger resource in your > Device resource and you are missing the Autochanger resource. > > > > You need to pay particular attention to how the various resource > structures from the configuration files reference each other. For > example the Device in the Storage resource in the Director > configuration file must match the Name in the Device resource in the > Storage configuration file. In your case it should be HP_Ultrium not > the physical address. Device Names such as changer0, tape0 and > 4:0:5:1 are only specified in the Storage configuration. > > > > Spend some time looking at the example configs and read the > documentation and you’ll probably have much better luck. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:03 AM > To: Robert Nelson > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re : [Bacula-users] ***************URGENT************Need > Help!*************** > > > > > Hi all ! > this is my file def conf of the storage deamon > > Storage { # definition of myself > Name = ilemma009-sd > SDPort = 9103 # Director's port > WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\ > \Application Data\\Bacula\\Work" > Pid Directory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application > Data\\Bacula\\Work" > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 > > } > > # > # List Directors who are permitted to contact Storage daemon > # > Director { > Name = ilemma009-dir > Password = "xxxxxxx" > } > > # > # Restricted Director, used by tray-monitor to get the > # status of the storage daemon > # > Director { > Name = ilemma009-mon > Password = "xxxxxx" > Monitor = yes > } > > Device { > Name = "HP_Ultrium" # > Media Type = DDS-4 > Archive Device = Tape0 #Tape0 > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it > AlwaysOpen = yes; > RemovableMedia = yes; > RandomAccess = no; > RequiresMount = yes > Changer Command = "mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" > Changer Device = 4:0:5:1 #Changer0 #"4:0:5:1" #4:0:5:1 > doesn't work !! > AutoChanger = yes > Alert Command = "tapeinfo -f %c | findstr TapeAlert" > } > > Messages { > Name = Standard > director = ilemma009-dir = all > } > > > > My director.conf file : > > Director { # define myself > Name = ilemma009-dir > DIRport = 9101 # where we listen for UA connections > QueryFile = "C:\\Program Files\\Bacula\\bin\\query.sql" > WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\ > \Application Data\\Bacula\\Work" > PidDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application > Data\\Bacula\\Work" > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 11 > Password = "xxxxxxx" # Console password > Messages = Daemon > } > > > # Definition of DDS tape storage device > Storage { > Name = DDS-4 > # Do not use "localhost" here > Address = ILEMMA009 # N.B. Use a fully qualified name > here > SDPort = 9103 > Password = "xxxxxxxx" # password for Storage daemon > Device = 4:0:5:1 # must be same as Device in > Storage daemon > Media Type = DDS-4 # must be same as MediaType in > Storage daemon > Autochanger = yes # enable for autochanger device > } > > > what bacula say every day : > > ilemma009-sd Version: 2.0.3 (06 March 2007) Linux Cross-compile Win32 > Daemon started 15-Mar-07 10:01, 0 Jobs run since started. > Heap: bytes=13,542 max_bytes=13,687 bufs=57 max_bufs=58 > > Running Jobs: > No Jobs running. > ==== > > Jobs waiting to reserve a drive: > ==== > > Terminated Jobs: > JobId Level Files Bytes Status Finished Name > =================================================================== > 5 Full 0 0 Error 09-Mar-07 23:10 > BackupCatalog > 6 Full 0 0 Error 10-Mar-07 23:05 ilemma12 > 7 Full 0 0 Error 10-Mar-07 23:05 ilemma122 > 8 Full 0 0 Error 10-Mar-07 23:10 > BackupCatalog > 12 Full 0 0 Error 12-Mar-07 23:05 ilemma12 > 13 Full 0 0 Error 12-Mar-07 23:05 ilemma122 > 14 Full 0 0 Error 12-Mar-07 23:10 > BackupCatalog > 15 Full 0 0 Error 13-Mar-07 23:05 ilemma12 > 16 Full 0 0 Error 13-Mar-07 23:05 ilemma122 > 17 Full 0 0 Error 13-Mar-07 23:10 > BackupCatalog > ==== > > Device status: > Device "HP_Ultrium" is not open or does not exist. > ==== > > In Use Volume status: > ==== > > > > > ----- Message d'origine ---- > De : Robert Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED]; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Envoyé le : Jeudi, 15 Mars 2007, 1h53mn 19s > Objet : RE: [Bacula-users] ***************URGENT************Need Help! > *************** > > Which part of this information from the Readme.txt file did you not > understand? > > > > Storage Device Names > > -------------------- > > There is a utility installed called scsilist.exe which displays the > installed > > devices, their physical address and their device name. A link to it > is > > created in the Bacula menu when the Storage service is installed. > > > > Changer and Tape device names in Windows are Changer0, Changer1, etc > and > > Tape0, Tape1, etc. If there isn't a device driver loaded for the > Changer > > then you need to use the address <Port>:<Bus>:<Target>:<Lun>. Port is > the > > SCSI Adapter Number, Bus is the Bus Number on the adapter (usually 0 > since > > most adapters only have one bus), Target is the device's Target Device > ID, > > Lun is the Logical Unit Number. > > > > You must specify DeviceType = tape in the Device resource in bacula- > sd.conf > > since auto detection of device type doesn't work at the present time. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bacula-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 2:37 AM > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Bacula-users] ***************URGENT************Need Help! > *************** > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > In my Bacula Server I have this list of devices given by bacula's > "device list" > > > > Device Type > Physical Name > ====== ==== ======== > ==== > HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H21L CDRom 0:0:0:0 CdRom0 > HP Ultrium 1-SCSI P53W Tape 4:0:5:0 > Tape0 > HP 1x8 autoloader 1.50 Changer 4:0:5:1 > DY5402J FCM024K 1.0 CDRom 5:0:0:0 > > Press any key to continue > > I need to specify my "Archive Device = " and my "Changer Device =" in > the bacula's configuration file bacula-sd .conf !! > The problem is : under windows I have no idea about how the system > names the HP Ultrium nor the HP autoloader. > > is there any one who tried the experience under windows and can help > me ?? > > > Nawfel > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Découvrez une nouvelle façon d'obtenir des réponses à toutes vos > questions ! 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