Hi, On 4/17/2007 8:37 PM, Rex Wheeler wrote: > I have 3 stand alone DLT drives (no changers.) I would like to define a > backup job that can treat these drives as a "pool" and span across them. > Is this possible?
Not without some work of your own, I think. > The reason I want this is that I have a backup job that will not fit on > one tape. I would like to put a tape in each drive and have bacula write > to the first tape and then write to the second tape as needed, without > operator intervention. > > I was thinking about trying to lie to bacula and tell it that it has a > changer with multiple drives and no slots, but I don't know if that > would work? It won't because Bacula can not switch from device to device during a job. > Has anyone tried this or have any suggestions? Never tried it, but using a clever mtx-changer script it should be possible... use a symlink as the tape device; modify the symlink to point to the right device depending on which "slot" is requested. Arno > Thanks, > > Rex > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
