>>>>> On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 15:27:22 -0400, Paul Mather said: > > On Jul 7, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Martin Simmons wrote: > > >>>>>> On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:30:36 -0600, James Woodward said: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I haven't seen anything about using nsa devices to use over something like > >> an sa device. I did a bit of a search but haven't seen anything that really > >> explains that portion to me. > > > > http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Storage_Daemon_Configuratio.html#SECTION002030000000000000000 > > http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/problems/problems/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00413000000000000000 > > > > Also, all of the examples use non-rewind devices. > > > > > >> When I set these up I did see a recommendation to use the pass through > >> devices e.g pass0, pass1, pass2, pass3. I don't remember the specifics but > >> the passthrough devices themselves seemed to be problematic. > > > > Yes, the passthrough devices shouldn't be used for data transfer. They > > should > > be used to control an autochanger robot. > > > Normally, under FreeBSD, you will have a ch device for your autoloader, which > you should use instead. E.g., > > tape# camcontrol devlist > <QUANTUM ULTRIUM 4 2210> at scbus0 target 8 lun 0 (sa0,pass0) > <QUANTUM UHDL 0075> at scbus0 target 8 lun 1 (ch0,pass1) > [[...]] > > > The chio command uses /dev/ch0 by default.
I stand corrected. OTOH, the mtx command is documented to use the passthrough device. Is that wrong? __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
