Hi Vizo, If I use the UUID:blah format, vchanger can't find the drives.
I found on another post to this list in the archives (via google) that the following method worked - but I'm unsure if any further problems were encountered. It seems to be a problem with libuuid or similar? On 18/05/14 12:47, Vizo Allman wrote: > Ok I think you have magazine wrong > > magazine = "UUID:Your UID HERE" > > > On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Steven Haigh <net...@crc.id.au > <mailto:net...@crc.id.au>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm in the process of trying to change my backup system from TSM to > Bacula - and there are a few things I can't quite find the answers to. > Mostly in regards to the interaction with vchanger. > > I use a few eSATA drives to move data to. I also do the initial full > backups to this pool - then a nightly incremental. > > I've set up vchanger as so: > # cat /etc/bacula/vchanger.conf > changer_name = esata-changer > work_dir = /opt/bacula/working/esata > logfile = "/var/log/vchanger.log" > log_level = LOG_DEBUG > Virtual_Drives = 2 > slots_per_magazine = 10 > magazine_bays = 1 > automount_dir = /mnt/vchanger > magazine = /mnt/vchanger/a7122eae-bf9a-4b09-a67f-68db60cee026 > > It seems I can't use UUID:a7122eae-bf9a-4b09-a67f-68db60cee026 as the > magazine (maybe that leads to my problems restoring later on?) as > vchanger continues to error out when I try. > > bacula-sd.conf is almost straight from the docs: > Autochanger { > Name = esata-changer > Device = esata-changer-drive-0 > Device = esata-changer-drive-1 > Changer Command = "/usr/local/bin/vchanger %c %o %S %a %d" > Changer Device = "/etc/bacula/vchanger.conf" > } > #--- drive 0 of the esata autochanger > Device { > Name = esata-changer-drive-0 > DriveIndex = 0 > Autochanger = yes; > DeviceType = File > MediaType = File > ArchiveDevice = /opt/bacula/working/esata/0/drive0 > RemovableMedia = no; > RandomAccess = yes; > } > #--- drive 1 of the esata autochanger > Device { > Name = esata-changer-drive-1 > DriveIndex = 1 > Autochanger = yes; > DeviceType = File > MediaType = File > ArchiveDevice = /opt/bacula/working/esata/1/drive1 > RemovableMedia = no; > RandomAccess = yes; > } > > bacula-dir.conf is almost straight from the docs as well: > Storage { > Name = esata > Address = bacula.crc.id.au > <http://bacula.crc.id.au> > Password = "mypassword" > Device = esata-changer > Media Type = File > Autochanger = yes > } > Pool { > Name = esata > Pool Type = Backup > Storage = esata > Maximum Volume Bytes = 40G > Recycle Pool = esata > } > > Now, I've been using BAT to look at the director and I firstly have the > following specific questions: > > 1) I have 10 inital slots for volumes on the eSATA drive. 10 x 40Gb = > 400Gb. As the drives are 1Tb (mostly), will new volumes automatically be > created as the other 10 reach full? Do I have to manually create the > number of volumes up to X (ie a full drive?) > > 2) When I do a restore, will I get prompted to insert the esata drive > for vchanger to play with? My initial experiments show that the restore > terminated with the following errors: > 17-May 19:03 bacula.crc.id.au-sd JobId 58: 3304 Issuing > autochanger > "load slot 9, drive 0" command. > 17-May 19:03 lamp.crc.id.au-fd JobId 58: Fatal error: job.c:2435 Bad > response from SD to Read Data command. Wanted 3000 OK data > , got 3000 error > 17-May 19:03 bacula.crc.id.au-sd JobId 58: Fatal error: 3992 Bad > autochanger "load slot 9, drive 0": ERR=Unknown error during program > execvp. > Results=failed to convert slot 9 to valid volume file name > 17-May 19:03 bacula.crc.id.au-sd JobId 58: Warning: acquire.c:232 Read > open file device "esata-drive-0" (/opt/bacula/working/eSATA/0/drive0) > Volume "eSATA-changer_0001_0009" failed: ERR=file_dev.c:172 Could not > open(/opt/bacula/working/eSATA/0/drive0,OPEN_READ_ONLY,0640): ERR=No > such file or directory > 17-May 19:03 bacula.crc.id.au-sd JobId 58: 3304 Issuing autochanger > "load slot 9, drive 0" command. > 17-May 19:03 bacula.crc.id.au-sd JobId 58: Fatal error: 3992 Bad > autochanger "load slot 9, drive 0": ERR=Unknown error during program > execvp. > Results=failed to convert slot 9 to valid volume file name > > I can't seem to find much on the who/what/where/why of this. I have > however revisited the config from scratch, wiped the bacula DB and am > starting fresh with a new install for my current lot of trials. > (therefore this config didn't quite match the above). > > Any good suggestions or tips on gotchas for a new Bacula user? -- Steven Haigh Email: net...@crc.id.au Web: http://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897 Fax: (03) 8338 0299
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