Hello Josh, On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Josh Fisher <jfis...@pvct.com> wrote:
> > On 6/1/2015 5:21 PM, Ana Emília M. Arruda wrote: > > Hello, > > Maybe you could use the "virtual autochanger" resource: > > > This will not work as expected. If the ArchiveDevice in the two Device > resources specifies different directories (mountpoints), then the two > Device resources cannot have the same MediaType. This is because Bacula > expects to be able to load any volume that has MediaType=File into any > Device having that same MediaType, and a volume in > > > /sdb1/bacula/backup cannot be loaded into > > Device > > vDrive-1, not can a volume in > > > /bacula/backup be loaded into > > vDrive-2. > No, volumes in /sdb1/bacula/backup will not be loaded into vDrive-1 and volumes in /bacula/backup will not be loaded into vDrive-2. I read about this in the white papers from blog.bacula.org. I decided to do some tests with this. Lots of people are working with virtual autochangers this way. When you submit concurrent jobs, the volumes are mounted into their respective devices. If a requested volume is in /sdb1/bacula/backup, it will be loaded into vDrive-1 and if a requested volume is in /bacula/backup, it will be loaded into vDrive-2. This works this way and gives no error. But I agree with you that the option using LVM is a lot better. Best regards, Ana > To use multiple HDDs as a single autochanger, you must: > > Define each Device resource to have a unique MediaType, if using the > native virtual autochanger > > or > > Use vchanger, which is designed for using multiple removable HDDs (See > http://sourceforge.net/projects/vchanger/) > > or > > Combine the HDD partitions using LVM2 or md so that there is only a single > mountpoint > > . > > > bacula-sd.conf: > > Autochanger { > Name = VChanger > Changer Device = /dev/null > Changer Command = "" # versão 5.2.6. For 7.0.5 version, use /dev/null > Device = vDrive-1, vDrive-2 > } > > Device { > Name = vDrive-1 > Drive Index = 0 > Device Type = File > Media Type = File > Archive Device = /bacula/backup > ... > } > Device { > Name = vDrive-2 > Drive Index = 1 > Device Type = File > Media Type = File > Archive Device = /sdb1/bacula/backup # is this your mount point? > ... > } > > In your bacula-dir.conf (or wherever you have your storage definiton for > director): > > Storage { > Name = MyVirtualAutochanger > Address = X.X.X.X > SDPort = 9103 > Password = "xxxxxxxxxx" > Device = VChanger > Media Type = File > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = XX > Autochanger=yes > } > > Best regards, > Ana > > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 1:32 PM, SPQR <bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com> > wrote: > >> I would like to set up bacula - well, my first steps have been successful. >> >> All my backups are written to /bacula/backup. But / has only 900GB. So I >> want bacula to write to /sdb1/bacula/backup, too. /sdb1 has another 950GB >> of space. The sum of available backup-space should be 1850GB HDD: >> >> Well, I got the following config of /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf: >> >> > >> > Storage { # definition of myself >> > Name = backup-sd >> > SDPort = 9103 # Director's port >> > WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula" >> > Pid Directory = "/var/run/bacula" >> > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20 >> > SDAddress = backup.example.com >> > } >> > >> > Director { >> > Name = backup-dir >> > Password = "doyoureallywanttoknow" >> > } >> > Device { >> > Name = FileStorage >> > Media Type = File >> > Archive Device = /bacula/backup >> > LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled >> media >> > Random Access = Yes; >> > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it >> > RemovableMedia = no; >> > AlwaysOpen = no; >> > } >> > >> >> Okay - now I would like to add another device. I guess I could just add a >> second entry like this: >> >> > >> > Device { >> > Name = FileStorage >> > Media Type = File >> > Archive Device = /sdb1/bacula/backup >> > LabelMedia = yes; # lets Bacula label unlabeled >> media >> > Random Access = Yes; >> > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it >> > RemovableMedia = no; >> > AlwaysOpen = no; >> > } >> > >> >> ? >> >> Do I have to change something else so that bacula is able to write more >> than 900GB - if the first 900GB are "full" it should switch to the second >> hdd. >> >> >> Thank you very much :-) >> >> +---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> |This was sent by r...@ehrenwert.it via Backup Central. >> |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. >> +---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing > listBacula-users@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > >
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