[Bacula-users] Multiple Tapedrives as one Storage
Hi ! I`m not sure if this is possible so i`m asking here. We have 4 tapedrives connected to our backupserver. Is it possible to insert a blank tape into each one, bacula then starts to write to the first tapedrive (labeling the tape in the process) and when that tape is filled it continues to write on the second drive ? And after that the third and fourth and then wait for a new tape to be inserted into drive 1 ? I would use this to migrate all disk-based volumes to one archive-pool on tapes. I got the impression that something like this would be possible with an autochanger configuration. Best regards, -- Daniel HoltkampRiege Software International GmbH System Administration Mollsfeld 10 40670 Meerbusch, Germany Phone: +49-2159-9148-41 mail: holtkamp [at] riege.comFax: +49-2159-9148-11 - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Multiple Tapedrives as one Storage
On Tuesday 16 January 2007 15:36, Daniel Holtkamp wrote: Hi ! I`m not sure if this is possible so i`m asking here. We have 4 tapedrives connected to our backupserver. Is it possible to insert a blank tape into each one, bacula then starts to write to the first tapedrive (labeling the tape in the process) and when that tape is filled it continues to write on the second drive ? This is not currently possible using Bacula directly. It will very likely work in the next major release. However, see below. And after that the third and fourth and then wait for a new tape to be inserted into drive 1 ? I would use this to migrate all disk-based volumes to one archive-pool on tapes. I got the impression that something like this would be possible with an autochanger configuration. Several people have written virtual mtx-changer scripts that could make what you want work. If I remember right, they are somewhere in the examples directory. In addition, there is a disk-changer script that *could* with some work accomplish this. That script is currently used for simulating multiple drive autochangers on disk, and the same principles that it uses (ln -s ...) can be used to accomplish what you want with tape drives. Regards, Kern - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] Multiple Tapedrives as one Storage
Hi, On 1/16/2007 3:36 PM, Daniel Holtkamp wrote: Hi ! I`m not sure if this is possible so i`m asking here. We have 4 tapedrives connected to our backupserver. Is it possible to insert a blank tape into each one, bacula then starts to write to the first tapedrive (labeling the tape in the process) and when that tape is filled it continues to write on the second drive ? And after that the third and fourth and then wait for a new tape to be inserted into drive 1 ? Well, there was some sample posted to the mailing list quite a time ago. I'll look it up later... I would use this to migrate all disk-based volumes to one archive-pool on tapes. I got the impression that something like this would be possible with an autochanger configuration. Yes, that's what I'd suggest. Basically modify the mtx-changer script to symlink the devices, not call mtx. Ths has been asked so often, I'm almost thinking about trying it :-) Arno Best regards, -- IT-Service Lehmann[EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
