>>>>> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:59:29 -0400, teksupptom said: > > Martin Simmons wrote: > > > > I think they are considered in the order that the Job definitions appear in > > the bacula-dir.conf. > > > > To guarantee the order, it is best to use different priorities. I use > > priorities 1, 2, 3 etc for the backups and 201, 202, 203 etc for the > > corresponding verifies. > > > > __Martin > > > Hi Martin, > > I wish it were that simple, unfortunately the testing I've done shows there > is more involved than just the order. My nightly Incrementals are set for > the same time, and they get scheduled in the order they appear in the > file. Then the different verify jobs are scheduled at the same time, but the > verifies for one job type get scheduled, then the verifies for the other job > type. Also, the first gets scheduled in one order (first client to last), > while the other gets scheduled in opposite (last client to first). > > It's like Bacula scans the job list from top to bottom, then back up, and > back down, etc, until all jobs are queued for that day. > > I like your suggestion about priorities, but the way I read the instructions > was that jobs of a lower priority would wait until all jobs of a higher > priority finish before starting. Since we have two tape drives, and use one > of them for our large filesets, there would be times where the first tape > drive would sit idle for a day or two while waiting for all the higher > priority jobs to complete. > > Am I misunderstanding the way priority is implemented?
I don't run concurrent jobs, so I'm not sure. If you set Allow Mixed Priority = yes in all jobs, then they may run concurrently at different priorities. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
