Re: [Bacula-users] Backup with multiple tape drives

2009-04-23 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 22.04.2009 22:47, Benjamin Minshall wrote: > Arno Lehmann wrote: >> Alternatively, you could also create a "fake" autochanger (beware - >> work included:-) with three slots, where each slot actually represents >> a drive. Basically, you'd create a symlink pointing to the drive you >> actual

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup with multiple tape drives

2009-04-22 Thread Benjamin Minshall
Arno Lehmann wrote: > Alternatively, you could also create a "fake" autochanger (beware - > work included:-) with three slots, where each slot actually represents > a drive. Basically, you'd create a symlink pointing to the drive you > actually want to use, and manage that link with the changer

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup with multiple tape drives

2009-04-22 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 22.04.2009 18:23, John Drescher wrote: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Benjamin Minshall > wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I would like to know if there is a way to make bacula 2.4.4 backup a single >> job to multiple tape drives? > > No. Bacula will only use 1 storage device per job for the ent

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup with multiple tape drives

2009-04-22 Thread John Drescher
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Benjamin Minshall wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know if there is a way to make bacula 2.4.4 backup a single > job to multiple tape drives? No. Bacula will only use 1 storage device per job for the entire execution of the job. Split the job in smaller part

[Bacula-users] Backup with multiple tape drives

2009-04-22 Thread Benjamin Minshall
Hello, I would like to know if there is a way to make bacula 2.4.4 backup a single job to multiple tape drives? I have a machine with three DDS drives and the monthly full backup is large enough to require at least two, sometimes three tapes. I would like to load a freshly labeled tape into e