On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Dimitri Maziuk <dmaz...@bmrb.wisc.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > this must be a FAQ but neither TFM nor google are being very helpful... > > I have a storage server with 12 SATA drives on an HBA. I want to backup > to those drives, using file volumes of 50GB or less. The idea is to > manually swap the drives as they get full. > > I'm looking for the implementation with least moving parts. From what I > see out there my choices are > > 1. Autochanger. > > Can I just omit the "Changer Command =" (or set it to /bin/true) and > it'll magically work? > > Or do I have to have a "fake autochanger" script -- and if I do, how is > it supposed to work with 12 drives all mounted at once? E.g. TFM has an > example of 2-drive configuration, but it doesn't say what "mtx-chager > loaded" is supposed to return in that case. > > 2. Give each client its own disk. I'll consider it if all else fails, > but obviously this is far from optmal. > > Any suggestions?
Use the bacula vchanger to create a virtual disk autochanger. http://sourceforge.net/projects/vchanger/ Make each hard disk a virtual magazine with a set of fixed size volumes. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
