After much searching, the answer lay in turning off the Prefer Mounted Volumes in the job definitions. The default setting does not work for multiple drives.
The Autochanger_Support.html manual page does not mention this (bug report filed). > -----Original Message----- > From: John Drescher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 8:07 AM > To: Jansen,Quinton [PYR] > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] PX506 autochanger > > On 5/12/07, Jansen,Quinton [PYR] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can someone send me a copy of their storage definitions for a > > multi-drive auto-changer? Bacula 2.0.3 appears to only use > one drive, > > even though there are multiple jobs running. The backups > are configured > > to go to the auto-changer definition. > > > > PS: The PX506 uses the altres option in later versions of mtx. > > > I am not sure if I still have this problem but I have an Exabyte > autochanger and I have had this problem in the past. I believe this > was with bacula 1.38.X. At that time I worked around the problem by > specifying jobs to go to tape drives instead of the autochanger device > and in that way I could get jobs running on both of my drives in my 2 > drive autochanger. I believe this drive scheduling problem can be > fixed by changing some settings in the configuration files as I this > topic has been discussed several times on the list. > John > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
