Re: [Bacula-users] Continue to spool to disk when tape is full?
> If I understand the documentation correctly, raising dir.conf Maximum > Concurrent Jobs will interleave multiple backups to tape, which I want > to avoid. Not if you use data spooling. >> Bacula is capable of only one spool file, it seems? Each job is spooled to a separate file, which is deleted as soon as the job is completely despooled. >> I suppose a more specific question would be "can I have Bacula close a >> spool file if it cannot despool, and write to tape when it is >> available?" AFAIK Bacula will not start a job unless it can mount a suitable volume, even if the job is configured to use data spooling. However, if you have multiple jobs and enable concurrency, you can start a batch of spooled jobs at the same time (ie when the tape is empty); completed jobs will then be despooled one at a time. In this scenario a blocked drive will only halt despooling: incomplete jobs will keep spooling until they are all finished or the configured spool size limit is reached. andrea -- Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Continue to spool to disk when tape is full?
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:01 PM, John Drescher wrote: >> >> Bacula is capable of only one spool file, it seems? >> >> I suppose a more specific question would be "can I have Bacula close a >> spool file if it cannot despool, and write to tape when it is >> available?" >> > > Looks like that is item #14 on the projects list. > > http://bacula.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=bacula/bacula;a=blob;f=bacula/projects;hb=HEAD > Ah, yes that does look like what I am looking for. > If you do not know the projects list is a list of submitted feature > requests that generally get voted on before each major release and the > results of the vote steer the developers on what is most important to > users. > That is good to know. Thanks for the quick reply! -- Glen Barber -- Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Continue to spool to disk when tape is full?
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi John, > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:26 PM, John Drescher wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Glen Barber wrote: >>> Hi Martin, >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Martin Simmons >>> wrote: > > If I understand the documentation correctly, raising dir.conf Maximum > Concurrent Jobs will interleave multiple backups to tape, which I want > to avoid. Is there something obvious I've missed in the > documentation, or is Bacula expected to stop spooling to disk when the > tape is full? The latter -- it stops because it can't simultaneously read and write the spool file. >> >> Is simultaneous spooling / despooling in bacula yet? I thought that >> was not yet implemented. >> > > I don't necessarily mean "simultaneous" - in my scenario, the > despooling was not possible. > >> What I have seen is if there is no appendable volume in the device >> (and its not an autochanger that can load new volumes) the next time >> it needs to spool will be blocked. >> > > Bacula is capable of only one spool file, it seems? > > I suppose a more specific question would be "can I have Bacula close a > spool file if it cannot despool, and write to tape when it is > available?" > Looks like that is item #14 on the projects list. http://bacula.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=bacula/bacula;a=blob;f=bacula/projects;hb=HEAD If you do not know the projects list is a list of submitted feature requests that generally get voted on before each major release and the results of the vote steer the developers on what is most important to users. John -- Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Continue to spool to disk when tape is full?
Hi John, On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:26 PM, John Drescher wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Glen Barber wrote: >> Hi Martin, >> >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Martin Simmons wrote: If I understand the documentation correctly, raising dir.conf Maximum Concurrent Jobs will interleave multiple backups to tape, which I want to avoid. Is there something obvious I've missed in the documentation, or is Bacula expected to stop spooling to disk when the tape is full? >>> >>> The latter -- it stops because it can't simultaneously read and write the >>> spool file. >>> > > Is simultaneous spooling / despooling in bacula yet? I thought that > was not yet implemented. > I don't necessarily mean "simultaneous" - in my scenario, the despooling was not possible. > What I have seen is if there is no appendable volume in the device > (and its not an autochanger that can load new volumes) the next time > it needs to spool will be blocked. > Bacula is capable of only one spool file, it seems? I suppose a more specific question would be "can I have Bacula close a spool file if it cannot despool, and write to tape when it is available?" Regards, -- Glen Barber -- Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Continue to spool to disk when tape is full?
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi Martin, > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Martin Simmons wrote: >>> >>> If I understand the documentation correctly, raising dir.conf Maximum >>> Concurrent Jobs will interleave multiple backups to tape, which I want >>> to avoid. Is there something obvious I've missed in the >>> documentation, or is Bacula expected to stop spooling to disk when the >>> tape is full? >> >> The latter -- it stops because it can't simultaneously read and write the >> spool file. >> Is simultaneous spooling / despooling in bacula yet? I thought that was not yet implemented. What I have seen is if there is no appendable volume in the device (and its not an autochanger that can load new volumes) the next time it needs to spool will be blocked. John -- Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Continue to spool to disk when tape is full?
Hi Martin, On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Martin Simmons wrote: >> >> If I understand the documentation correctly, raising dir.conf Maximum >> Concurrent Jobs will interleave multiple backups to tape, which I want >> to avoid. Is there something obvious I've missed in the >> documentation, or is Bacula expected to stop spooling to disk when the >> tape is full? > > The latter -- it stops because it can't simultaneously read and write the > spool file. > That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. -- Glen Barber -- Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Continue to spool to disk when tape is full?
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:51:13 -0500, Glen Barber said: > > Hello, > > I'm running Bacula version 2.4.3 on a machine with a single tape > drive, and on occasion the tape will become full overnight. 'status > dir' shows the following: > > server1.-MM-DD_HH.MM.SS is waiting on max Storage jobs > > Since the machine has plenty of space to spool the data, I'd like to > continue to spool to disk when the tape is full so despooling to tape > can take place when the tape is changed. > > I have the following Maximum Concurrent Jobs set: > > bacula-dir.conf: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1 > bacula-sd.conf: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 30 > > If I understand the documentation correctly, raising dir.conf Maximum > Concurrent Jobs will interleave multiple backups to tape, which I want > to avoid. Is there something obvious I've missed in the > documentation, or is Bacula expected to stop spooling to disk when the > tape is full? The latter -- it stops because it can't simultaneously read and write the spool file. __Martin -- Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] Continue to spool to disk when tape is full?
Hello, I'm running Bacula version 2.4.3 on a machine with a single tape drive, and on occasion the tape will become full overnight. 'status dir' shows the following: server1.-MM-DD_HH.MM.SS is waiting on max Storage jobs Since the machine has plenty of space to spool the data, I'd like to continue to spool to disk when the tape is full so despooling to tape can take place when the tape is changed. I have the following Maximum Concurrent Jobs set: bacula-dir.conf: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1 bacula-sd.conf: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 30 If I understand the documentation correctly, raising dir.conf Maximum Concurrent Jobs will interleave multiple backups to tape, which I want to avoid. Is there something obvious I've missed in the documentation, or is Bacula expected to stop spooling to disk when the tape is full? Regards, -- Glen Barber -- Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
