Hi, Got my new AIT5 tape drive delivered today, did a firmware upgrade of the autochanger and installed it alongside with the old AIT3 one. All btape tests on the new drive completed with flying colors. Now I need advice on how to configure Bacula for two drives which use different (and incompatible) types of media in the same autochanger. Documentation is not very clear about it and apparently no one actually tested such setup but it seems to be possible.
Documentation states: "The MediaType specified in the Director's Storage resource, must correspond to the Media Type specified in the Device resource of the Storage daemon configuration file". But what if I have two Devices configured in SD file with different MediaTypes? Do I need a second Storage resource in DIR config file pointing to the same Autochanger resource in SD config, but with the different MediaType? Will it work this way? Any example configs (DIR/SD) would be greatly appreciated! In fact, I am curious of why such kind of setup would be so rare. I mean, our Qualstar tape changer is built as a tank, has lots of space for expansion, and obviously would last for many decades easily, subject to regular upgrades during its lifespan. Tape drives, on the contrary, double the speed and capacities every couple years. What do you do with your old drives, just dump them? My AIT3 drive is 4 years old but yet to produce a single error, don't really want to trough it away... Thanks, Ivan The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at 800-856-1983 and properly dispose of this information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
