Greetings,
I recently needed to set up a new backup server, and as I usually
work with Legato Networker with customers, thought I would give
Bacula a go.
- Single server (Sun Ultra, Solaris 10)
- 2 * L280 jukeboxes (single DLT7000 drive, 8 cart' slots)
All is working and I am now backing up the server and another Sun
box; well happy - especially as it is conceptually similar to Legato,
albeit without the large license fee...
Couple of questions about Bacula; I've been through the manual etc,
but haven't found anything that touches them - might well be my
naivety with Bacula.
I would like the majority of the tapes (>8 for the sake of
argument) to be available in a 'Default' pool, for saving server
backups. This means that in essence, I would like to save data to
either jukebox, depending on where spare tapes are.
At present, I've got both autochangers defined (L280-1 and L280-2;
really imaginative names) and within the Job definition, I have
both L280's listed as Storage items.
i.e.
bacula-dir.conf:
JobDefs {
Name = "DefaultJob"
Type = Backup
Storage = L280-1
Storage = L280-2
.....
}
First question; although I added tapes to L280-2 first (the other
L280 was still running a full btape test), Bacula picked tapes from
L280-1 first to do backups to, making me think that specifying two
'Storage' items in a job isn't actually working ?
Second question; would it not be an idea to specify the 'Pool'
you wish to backup a job to rather than nominating a device, letting
Bacula find appropriate tapes & devices in the pool ? (maybe this is
just me thinking in Legato terms)
Things are working at the moment - will be interesting to see what
happens when I fill up the tapes in the first L280.
Not a production system, just running it at home for local backups
while I get used to it - which means I can play and change things
to see what difference they make!
Any pointers to other web resources I've missed are welcome...
cheers
marty
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