Hi, 08.10.2007 23:42,, Eric Böse-Wolf wrote:: > "John Drescher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> Media types are arbitrary. Two devices with the same media type, it is >>> assumed, can share volumes. If they can't, the media type needs to be >>> different. If not, they can be the same. >>> >> Exactly. I have two DLT drives on different bacula-sds on different >> servers and they share the "DLT-IV" media type while my LTO2 >> autochanger has the "LTO-2" media type. This way I can backup my DLT >> tapes on one server/sd and restore it on the other server/sd and also >> bacula will not try to share volumes from my LTO2 drives to my DLT >> since they are different... > > So it's actually not bacula choosing one of the sd's (because the > restore job is tied to storage, which is tied to a device) but it's me > writing a new restore job or doing a mod?
Doing a mod... I'm not sure how Bacula behaves when there are multiple restore job templates. > So what is media type good for? Nobody would try to get a DDS-4 tape > into a LTO2 slot? Right. Bacula needs to know which media types are suitable for the storages it knows about. Just remember that Bacula has no built-in knowledge of device capabilities. Arno > Yours sincerely, > > Eric > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users