John Drescher wrote: > On Jan 8, 2008 11:21 AM, Mike Seda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> all, >> i am frustrated beyond belief. >> >> i recently spent $8K for a second tape drive for my library. >> >> all i want is for two bacula backup jobs (one for each tape drive) to >> run concurrently. i upgraded the backup server to 2.2.7 (to take >> advantage of improved code for handling multiple drives). the clients >> are still running 2.0.x. >> >> i have looked at *so* many postings on concurrent jobs, and have tried >> multiple configuration changes but to no avail. please tell me that >> there is a way to make two concurrent backup jobs work. is there anyway >> to put an end to my suffering other than buying a gun? :-P >> >> My server setup is: >> Bacula 2.2.7 >> RHEL 4 AS >> Quantum PX502 (FC, 2 HP LTO-3 Drives) >> >> i can send my *.conf files if needed. >> >> mike >> >> > First advice: > Put the two jobs you want to run concurrently on different tape drives > in different pools. > different pools would be extremely undesirable for me. i currently have the following pools: 1: Weekly 2: Scratch 3: Migrate 4: Archive 5: Monthly 6: Daily 7: Clone
the aforementioned pools are very well organized, and i would rather leave them be. i am willing to put the two jobs i want to run concurrently on different tape drives, but *not* different pools. will just the different tape drives help? btw, concurrent jobs seems to be working with the same host, but not dissimilar hosts. that may help in debugging > John > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
