>> After watching it run now for a few days, it definitely appears to not be >> starting new jobs until all of the jobs running on the sd finish. Is this >> how it is supposed to work? >> >No. Can you post your configs. I am using bacula-2.3.6 for the >director and storage and several different versions for the clients >and I do not have this problem.
>John Sure, I'll just pick a random client for brevity, and show the relevant config. bacula-dir.conf: Director { # Define the Bacula Director Server Name = nrepbak01-dir DIRport = 9101 # where we listen for UA connections QueryFile = "/etc/bacula/query.sql" WorkingDirectory = "/var/bacula/working" PidDirectory = "/var/run" Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 Password = "REDACTED" # Console password Messages = Daemon FD Connect Timeout = 10 min } Storage { Name = nrepbak-sd Address = 172.30.0.1 # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5 SDPort = 9103 Password = "REDACTED" # password for Storage daemon Device = Autochanger # must be same as Device in Storage daemon Media Type = LTO2 # must be same as MediaType in Storage daemon Autochanger = yes # enable for autochanger device } JobDefs { Name = "NrepNightlyFullGeneric" #This is the standard weekly backup defaults for NREP Spool Data = yes Type = Backup Level = Incremental Schedule = "WeeklyCycle" Storage = nrepbak-sd Messages = Standard # Max Start Delay = 22 hours ;Disabled until can override using the Schedules Rerun Failed Levels = yes Reschedule On Error = yes Reschedule Interval = 6 hours Reschedule Times = 1 Prefer Mounted Volumes = yes Pool = OnsiteFull Incremental Backup Pool = OnsiteIncremental Write Bootstrap = "/var/bacula/working/%c_%n.bsr" # Priority = 6 } Job { Name = "filemonster" Client = filemonster-fd FileSet = "filemonster" JobDefs = "NrepNightlyFullGeneric" } (all clients on that SD have same jobdef, just different client/name/filesets) Client { Name = filemonster-fd Address = 172.30.0.25 FDPort = 9102 Catalog = MyCatalog Password = "REDACTED" # password for FileDaemon 2 File Retention = 30 days # 30 days Job Retention = 3 years # six months AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files } bacula-sd.conf: Storage { # definition of myself Name = nrepbak01-sd SDPort = 9103 # Director's port WorkingDirectory = "/var/bacula/working" Pid Directory = "/var/run" Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 Heartbeat Interval = 15 seconds } Autochanger { Name = Autochanger Device = DriveA Device = DriveB Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" Changer Device = /dev/sg0 } Device { Name = DriveA # Drive Index = 0 Media Type = LTO2 Archive Device = /dev/nst0 AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it AlwaysOpen = yes; Spool Directory = /staging/backups/ RemovableMedia = yes; RandomAccess = no; Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" Changer Device = /dev/sg0 Offline On Unmount = Yes AutoChanger = yes # Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'" } (driveB is the same as driveA except for dev/nst1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users