Thanks for the rplies, I include here some of the requested informations.
First abouth the "bconsole reload", yes I did not do, but I did restart the director, the storage and file deamons several times after the config change. Also because I did run them in forground with debug. *show job=Backup-james1 Job: name=Backup-james1 JobType=66 level=Incremental Priority=10 Enabled=1 MaxJobs=1 NumJobs=0 Resched=0 Times=0 Interval=1,800 Spool=0 WritePartAfterJob=1 Accurate=1 --> Client: Name=james1-fd Enabled=1 Address=james1.home FDport=9102 MaxJobs=1 NumJobs=0 JobRetention=6 months FileRetention=2 months AutoPrune=1 FDStorageAddress=bacula.home --> Catalog: name=MyCatalog address=*None* DBport=0 db_name=bacula db_driver=PostgreSQL db_user=bacula MutliDBConn=0 --> FileSet: name=Full Set IgnoreFileSetChanges=0 O Z6MAKcXf X ext2 X ext4 X xfs X zfs X brtfs N I / N E /opt/bacula/working E /tmp E /proc E /tmp E /sys E /.journal E /.fsck E /dev E /media E /mnt N --> Schedule: Name=WeeklyCycle Enabled=1 --> Run Level=Full hour=1 mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 wday=1 wom=0 woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 mins=0 --> Run Level=Differential hour=1 mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 wday=1 wom=1 2 3 4 woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 mins=0 --> Run Level=Incremental hour=1 mday=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 month=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 wday=0 2 3 4 5 6 wom=0 1 2 3 4 5 woy=0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 mins=0 --> WriteBootstrap=/opt/bacula/working/%c.bsr --> Autochanger: name=vTape1 address=bacula.home SDport=9103 MaxJobs=2 NumJobs=0 DeviceName=vChanger1 MediaType=vtape1 StorageId=3 Autochanger=1 AC group=3 ShareStore=*none* --> Pool: name=Full-Backup-Pool PoolType=Backup use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1 max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=3 months 11 days VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=Full- CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0 RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0 MaxVolJobs=1 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=20000000000 MaxPoolBytes=0 MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0 CacheRetention=0 secs JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs Catalog=MyCatalog --> Autochanger: name=vTape1 address=bacula.home SDport=9103 MaxJobs=2 NumJobs=0 DeviceName=vChanger1 MediaType=vtape1 StorageId=3 Autochanger=1 AC group=3 ShareStore=*none* --> FullBackupPool: name=james1-Full-Pool PoolType=Backup use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1 max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=3 months 11 days VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=james1-full- CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0 RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0 MaxVolJobs=1 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=20000000000 MaxPoolBytes=0 MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0 CacheRetention=0 secs JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs Catalog=MyCatalog --> Autochanger: name=vTape2 address=nas1.home SDport=9103 MaxJobs=2 NumJobs=0 DeviceName=vChanger2 MediaType=vtape2 StorageId=5 Autochanger=1 AC group=5 ShareStore=*none* --> IncrementalBackupPool: name=james1-Incr-Pool PoolType=Backup use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1 max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=1 month 9 days VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=james1-incr- CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0 RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0 MaxVolJobs=5 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=20000000000 MaxPoolBytes=0 MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0 CacheRetention=0 secs JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs Catalog=MyCatalog --> Autochanger: name=vTape2 address=nas1.home SDport=9103 MaxJobs=2 NumJobs=0 DeviceName=vChanger2 MediaType=vtape2 StorageId=5 Autochanger=1 AC group=5 ShareStore=*none* --> DifferentialBackupPool: name=james1-Diff-Pool PoolType=Backup use_cat=1 use_once=0 cat_files=1 max_vols=0 auto_prune=1 VolRetention=3 months 11 days VolUse=0 secs recycle=1 LabelFormat=james1-diff- CleaningPrefix=*None* LabelType=0 RecyleOldest=0 PurgeOldest=0 ActionOnPurge=0 MaxVolJobs=1 MaxVolFiles=0 MaxVolBytes=20000000000 MaxPoolBytes=0 MigTime=0 secs MigHiBytes=0 MigLoBytes=0 CacheRetention=0 secs JobRetention=0 secs FileRetention=0 secs Catalog=MyCatalog --> Autochanger: name=vTape2 address=nas1.home SDport=9103 MaxJobs=2 NumJobs=0 DeviceName=vChanger2 MediaType=vtape2 StorageId=5 Autochanger=1 AC group=5 ShareStore=*none* --> Messages: name=Standard mailcmd=/opt/bacula/bin/bsmtp -h smtp.pt.lu -f "(Bacula) <%r>" -s "Bacula: %t %e of %c %l" %r opcmd=/opt/bacula/bin/bsmtp -h smtp.pt.lu -f "(Bacula) <%r>" -s "Bacula: Intervention needed for %j" %r For me thsio all look slike expected. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the client definition file (below) I did basically only change vTape1 to vTape2 storage in the pools. # # Specification: # # ?<VAR> : Only include if VAR is not empty # %{<opt><VAR>}: reüplace by contents of var # <opt>: ^ : capitalize # : ^^ : upper case Client { Name = "james1-fd" Address = "james1.home" FdStorageAddress = "bacula.home" FdPort = 9102 Password = "xxx" Catalog = "MyCatalog" FileRetention = 5184000 JobRetention = 15552000 AutoPrune = yes } Job { Name = "Backup-james1" Type = "Backup" Client = "james1-fd" JobDefs = "DefaultJob" ReRunFailedLevels = yes Accurate = yes FullBackupPool = "james1-Full-Pool" IncrementalBackupPool = "james1-Incr-Pool" DifferentialBackupPool = "james1-Diff-Pool" } Pool { Name = "james1-Full-Pool" Description = "Pool for client james1 full backups" PoolType = "Backup" LabelFormat = "james1-full-" MaximumVolumeJobs = 1 MaximumVolumeBytes = 20000000000 VolumeRetention = 8726400 Storage = "vTape2" Catalog = "MyCatalog" } Pool { Name = "james1-Diff-Pool" Description = "Pool for client james1 diff backups" PoolType = "Backup" LabelFormat = "james1-diff-" MaximumVolumeJobs = 1 MaximumVolumeBytes = 20000000000 VolumeRetention = 8726400 Storage = "vTape2" Catalog = "MyCatalog" } Pool { Name = "james1-Incr-Pool" Description = "Pool for client james1 incremental backups" PoolType = "Backup" LabelFormat = "james1-incr-" MaximumVolumeJobs = 5 MaximumVolumeBytes = 20000000000 VolumeRetention = 3369600 Storage = "vTape2" Catalog = "MyCatalog" } -----Original Message----- From: Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users <bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thursday, 25 April, 2024 20:40 To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-fd appearing to use wrong storage server On 4/25/24 3:17 AM, gaston.gloesener--- via Bacula-users wrote: > > Until now I did run bacula in a virtual machine running the director > and storage deamon. The storage daemon was stroing data to files on a shared > directory as the storage is on a NAS. > > Now I have build bacula-sd for the NAS to avoid this duplicate > transfer. I have configured one client to use the new storage but while it > uses it, it claims to still contact the “old” storage daemon on the bacula > node. Hello Gaston, A bconsole `show job=xxxx` will show what the Director knows about this job. It is quite possible, and my guess that one of two possible things has happened: #1: You forgot to issue the bconsole reload command #2: The Director has reached its default configuration reload limit of 32 and is no longer reloading You can check with: * status director ...and look at the header line: `Daemon started 24-Apr-24 18:55, conf reloaded 24-Apr-2024 18:55:27` If the `conf reloaded` time is not recent, then you have hit #2 above and simply need to restart the Director. Hope this helps, Bill -- Bill Arlofski w...@protonmail.com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users