Hi,
I suppose this was meant for the list... otherwise, I'd have to charge
you a fee ;-)
05.11.2007 23:38,, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote::
> Hi Arno,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply.
>
> The intention is to have a single job per volume. What I would like
> is for Bacula to pick up a new volume for the new job, even if it's
> on the same storage device. I would imagine that it should be able
> to backup multiple jobs to different volumes simultaneously.
It is, but...
> Unless of course there is an inherent limitation in Bacula that
> prevents that; but I didn't think there was.
Indeed there is.
Bacula handles all storage devices like tape drives. And a tape drive
an only access one tape at any time.
> Do I need to change
> something in my conf files to effect that? I'm not sure.
I'd suggest to set up a "virtual autochanger".
Basically, you use one set of volume files, and several storage
devices accessing this.
Bacula will automatically choose distinct volumes for use by different
devices. There are a number of mails and how-tos available in the list
archives - search for vchanger (I just notice you know that already...)
Alternatively, set up several file based storage daemons - most
commonly per client - and use these in your jobs.
This requires more configuration, but using a template you process
with sed or awk it's easy to create files to include in the main
configuration.
Hope this helps,
Arno
> Thanks, Elie
>
> Arno Lehmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 05.11.2007 23:08,, Elie Azar wrote::
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I created an LVM disk, made up of 2x500GB hard drives, and I
>>> made the necessary changes in the bacula conf files to be able
>>> to send jobs to that new storage. Here are some of the
>>> configuration changes.
>>>
>>> My problem is that I cannot send multiple jobs to backup
>>> simultaneously. the first job starts, then I get an error on
>>> each subsequent job. I dont' know if I'm missing something in
>>> my configuration, or I still need to do something to get the
>>> LVM disk properly installed in bacula, or something else... I'm
>>> not sure.
>>>
>>> I have the "Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20" in the Storage and
>>> the Client directives, and I have it setup to 80 in the
>>> Director directive, in the bacula-dir.conf file; and also in
>>> the Storage directive in the bacula-sd.conf file.
>>>
>>> It seems to be requesting the same volume,
>>> BLVPool13-BLV01-V0003 in this case, which is being used by the
>>> previous job. I would expect it to be getting the next
>>> available volume. Is there something that I'm not seeing...
>> Yup... see below.
>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Elie Azar
>>>
>>>
>> ...
>>> # 13 day BLV pool definition Pool { Name = BLVPool13 Pool Type
>>> = Backup Recycle = yes #
>>> Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes AutoPrune = yes
>>> # Prune expired volumes Volume Retention = 13 days #
>>> 13 days Maximum Volume Jobs = 1 # one job per volume
>>>
>> You allow only one job per Volume.
>>
>>> LabelFormat = "${Pool}-${MediaType}-V${NumVols:p/4/0/r}" }
>> You either need another storage device, or have to allow more
>> than one job per volume.
>>
>>> *mes 05-Nov 13:38 coal-dir JobId 13667: Start Backup JobId
>>> 13667, Job=Linux2-Test1.2007-11-05_13.38.10 05-Nov 13:38
>>> coal-dir JobId 13667: There are no more Jobs associated with
>>> Volume "BLVPool13-BLV01-V0003". Marking it purged. 05-Nov 13:38
>>> coal-dir JobId 13667: All records pruned from Volume
>>> "BLVPool13-BLV01-V0003"; marking it "Purged" 05-Nov 13:38
>>> coal-dir JobId 13667: Recycled volume "BLVPool13-BLV01-V0003"
>>> 05-Nov 13:38 coal-dir JobId 13667: Using Device "BLV01" 05-Nov
>>> 13:38 coal-sd JobId 13667: Fatal error: Cannot recycle volume
>>> "BLVPool13-BLV01-V0003" on device "BLV01"
>>> (/backups/autofs/BLV01/bacula) because it is in use by another
>>> job.
>> This error message is quite clear, I think... there was only this
>> volume that could be used, but it's in use currently, and so
>> can't be recycled.
>>
>> Arno
>>
>> -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de
>
>
--
Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
www.its-lehmann.de
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