A quick test of this scenario seems to work. Leaving "Prefer Mounted Volumes = yes" (default). Setting both drives in autochanger to have 1/2 of the the total concurrently limit. This per device setting seems to allow for multiple drives using the same Pool.
Not very well documented IMHO. Stephen -------- Original Message -------- Return-Path: <bob_het...@hotmail.com> Are you using the setting: prefer mounted volumes=yes or no ? If you had it set to yes, then you'd never use the 2nd tape drive, but if you set it to no, sometimes you'd hit a deadlock. I used to have an environment with more than a hundred daily jobs and would hit a contention issue occasionally. The developers eventually abandoned that code in favor of setting the maximum concurrent jobs per device http://www.bacula.org/5.2.x-manuals/en/main/main/New_Features_in_5_0_0.html#SECTION00910000000000000000 In addition, another problem I hit occasionally would appear after upgrading the OS. If you update your system you may need to rebuild bacula. Before I started rebuilding bacula at the end of system updates I would hit race conditions and process crashes. Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Central: Instant, anywhere, Remote PC access and management. Stay in control, update software, and manage PCs from one command center Diagnose problems and improve visibility into emerging IT issues Automate, monitor and manage. Do more in less time with Central http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein12331_d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
