On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:04:34AM -0500, Alan McKay wrote:
>
> This is all a little overwhelming. Is there a better tutorial
> somewhere to get me off the ground?
>
Hi Alan,
check the mail archive, I think Ken pointed out a recently published
ebook about bacula. While I haven't read it myself yet, I think it
would get you going quite quickly.
What devices are you having issues with? Here's my tape /changer
definition from one of our servers:
Autochanger {
Name = Autochanger
Device = lto4
Changer Command = "/server/bacula/etc/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Changer Device = /dev/changer
}
Device {
Maximum Changer Wait = 1800
Name = lto4
Media Type = LTO-4
Archive Device = /dev/nst0
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
AlwaysOpen = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
RandomAccess = no;
Maximum File Size = 5GB
Changer Command = "/server/bacula/etc/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Changer Device = /dev/changer
AutoChanger = yes
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 3
}
You can then use this definition in your Storage definition:
Storage {
Name = lto4
Address = your.server.com
SDPort = 9103
Password ="yourpassword"
Device = lto4
Media Type = LTO-4
Autochanger = yes # enable for autochanger device
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 3
}
and create a tape pool like so:
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes # Bacula can automatically
recycle Volumes
AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
Volume Retention = 365 days # one year
Purge Oldest Volume = yes
Maximum Volumes = 24
JobRetention = 90 days
FileRetention = 60 days
}
and then use the storage / pool statements in the schedule or jobdefs
to make use of them:
JobDefs {
Name = "DefaultJob"
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
Storage = lto4
Allow Duplicate Jobs = No
Pool = Default
Messages = Standard
Priority = 10
Write Bootstrap = "/server/bacula/var/bacula/working/%c.bsr"
}
this should get you started backing up to tapes. Use the "label"
command in bconsole to label a tape (make sure it's new or has been mt
weof'ed first if it had a previous label on it).
HTH, Uwe
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