Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue ** RESOLVED**

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Brown
Hi Arno, > You're testing as root. If the SD runs as a restricted user - which > it should - this user might not hold the necessary permissions to > access the device node. > > As you're already thinking about udev, just create a rule that sets > proper ownerships. > > Othe rthan that, try t

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread John Drescher
> # cat /etc/udev/rules.d/55-bacula.rules > SUBSYSTEM=="scsi",ATTRS{vendor}=="EXABYTE*",ATTRS{type}=="8", > SYMLINK+="autochanger1" > > You will have to replace the vendor with your vendor. And make sure > the type matches. I am not sure this number is universal. > > John > BTW, You can figure out

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread John Drescher
On Jan 29, 2008 3:31 PM, Matt Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The first thing I see is you do not have the Changer command in the > >> Autochanger part. > >> > > Scratch that. You do have that. I am not sure what the problem is. > > Ok, thanks for taking a look tho John, tis appreciated... >

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread John Drescher
> The first thing I see is you do not have the Changer command in the > Autochanger part. > Scratch that. You do have that. I am not sure what the problem is. John - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all chall

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread John Drescher
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var# tapeinfo -f /dev/sg6 > Product Type: Medium Changer > Vendor ID: 'ATL ' > Product ID: 'L500 632' > Revision: '0026' > Attached Changer API: No > SerialNumber: 'JF84918284' > SCSI ID: 0 > SCSI LUN: 0 > Ready: yes > > > It is /dev/autochanger1 for me because I wr

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Brown
Hi John, > Are you 100% sure /dev/sg6 is your autochanger? > Aye.. > tapeinfo -f /dev/sg6 > > will tell you. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var# tapeinfo -f /dev/sg6 Product Type: Medium Changer Vendor ID: 'ATL ' Product ID: 'L500 632' Revision: '0026' Attached Changer API: No SerialNumber: '

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread John Drescher
> Something silly I am doing wrong or a bug ? Any pointers would be > really appreciated :-) > I would start at a lower level than that. Are you 100% sure /dev/sg6 is your autochanger? tapeinfo -f /dev/sg6 will tell you. Here is what I get for my changer: # tapeinfo -f /dev/autochanger1 Produ

[Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Brown
Hi All, I wonder if someone might have some idea to the issue I am seeing ... I did have 2 Autochangers (L200 - 8 Tapes) and I used to be able to issue within bconsole issue an update slots command, which seemed to work fine (it would report 8 slots) - worked for both units and ran Bacula l

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-13 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 14.01.2008 00:43, Mike Seda wrote: > hi arno, > please see inline responses: > > Arno Lehmann wrote: job concurrency set up but not working: >> If that's more than one, you should check the job priorities - Bacula >> will only run jobs with identical priority simultaneously. >> > wow... i

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-13 Thread Mike Seda
hi arno, please see inline responses: Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 13.01.2008 00:06, Mike Seda wrote: > >> hi arno, >> i have matched up my config to the example that you gave. so now i have: >> FD: 20 >> SD: 20 >> DIR/Jobs: 1 >> DIR/Director: 20 >> DIR/Storage1(Autochanger): 4 >> >> but,

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-13 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 13.01.2008 00:06, Mike Seda wrote: > hi arno, > i have matched up my config to the example that you gave. so now i have: > FD: 20 > SD: 20 > DIR/Jobs: 1 > DIR/Director: 20 > DIR/Storage1(Autochanger): 4 > > but, jobs still seem to run in serial... any thoughts? Have you reloaded the conf

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-12 Thread Mike Seda
alan, a few weeks ago, i did in fact read the pertinent sections of the manual regarding "Maximum Concurrent Jobs". i changed what it told me to change in the configs, but i was still getting the same result as now. btw, i did restart the daemons after the config change in case someone was goin

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-12 Thread Mike Seda
hi arno, i have matched up my config to the example that you gave. so now i have: FD: 20 SD: 20 DIR/Jobs: 1 DIR/Director: 20 DIR/Storage1(Autochanger): 4 ...but, jobs still seem to run in serial... any thoughts? thx, mike Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 10.01.2008 20:34, Mike Seda wrote: > >>

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, John Drescher wrote: > I only use label barcodes when I insert new tapes. I just don't have > any new ones now.. Ok. > My procedure is > 1) Use a query command to determine which tapes in my archive are > full. Of that I select which ones I want to remove. > 2) Then I go to

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread John Drescher
On Jan 11, 2008 11:01 AM, Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, John Drescher wrote: > > > I am confused at that. I will have to try this the next time I get > > some new tapes. I did try the add command all the way to the question > > about the number of tapes to add. Since

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, John Drescher wrote: > I am confused at that. I will have to try this the next time I get > some new tapes. I did try the add command all the way to the question > about the number of tapes to add. Since I do not have a single new > tape I did not want to go any further... If

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread John Drescher
> Barcodes MUST be present and I got that. > the required labels MUST match the barcodes. > I am confused at that. I will have to try this the next time I get some new tapes. I did try the add command all the way to the question about the number of tapes to add. Since I do not have a single new ta

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, John Drescher wrote: > How do I add blank tapes to a pool? I thought bacula just ignores them. Inside bconsole, type "add" and follow the prompts. Barcodes MUST be present and the required labels MUST match the barcodes. AB -

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread John Drescher
> Why do you use "label barcodes" at all? > I use that to add all the new tapes it finds to the scratch pool. > > I just add the tapes to appropriate pools. > Bacula will automagically label > blank tapes the first time it encounters them. > How do I add blank tapes to a pool? I thought bacula just

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, John Drescher wrote: > Using label barcodes and then > selecting drive 1 will allow this to continue while drive 0 is > churning away. Why do you use "label barcodes" at all? I just add the tapes to appropriate pools. Bacula will automagically label blank tapes the first ti

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Mike Seda wrote: > hi arno, > i forgot to mention that i have: > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 > > should i increase that number? Yes - and read the fine manual, as the Maximum Concurrent Jobs directive needs to be tweaked in several locations in several different config file

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-10 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 10.01.2008 20:34, Mike Seda wrote: > hi arno, > i forgot to mention that i have: > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 Where do you have that setting? > should i increase that number? fyi, i just noticed that two concurrent > backup jobs do in fact run, but only for the _same_ host. it is weird. I

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-10 Thread John Drescher
> hi arno, > i forgot to mention that i have: > Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 > You do know there are 5 places that Maximum Concurrent Jobs can be set depending on what concurrency you wnat to allow with each daemon? Although I believe in your case you probably only need it in the main director conf

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-10 Thread John Drescher
> ok, for the records, the only right way to use a backup job on a x-Drive > changer is over the changer device, not directly to a drive inside the > changer. > Since the multidrive scheduling now works well (with bacula-2.3.6) I am pretty much back to sending all jobs to the autochanger device unl

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-10 Thread Mike Seda
hi arno, i forgot to mention that i have: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 should i increase that number? fyi, i just noticed that two concurrent backup jobs do in fact run, but only for the _same_ host. it is weird. regards, mike Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 08.01.2008 17:34, John Drescher wrote:

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-10 Thread Falk Sauer
Hi John, On Donnerstag 10 Januar 2008 06:45:32 wrote: > On Jan 10, 2008 12:31 AM, Falk Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and how you advice the changer wich volume you want to have in such a > > individual drive? > > If i understand your config correct you can making storage jobs directly > > t

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread John Drescher
On Jan 10, 2008 12:31 AM, Falk Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi John, > Bacula 2.2.6, Adic Scalar 24, 5,5TB Storage > > On Mittwoch 09 Januar 2008 22:31:12 wrote: > > > i already have "Prefer Mounted Volumes = no" set in bacula-dir.conf > > > > One other thing you can do is to use the individu

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread Falk Sauer
Hi John, Bacula 2.2.6, Adic Scalar 24, 5,5TB Storage On Mittwoch 09 Januar 2008 22:31:12 wrote: > > i already have "Prefer Mounted Volumes = no" set in bacula-dir.conf > > One other thing you can do is to use the individual drives in the job > and not the archive device. > > Here is what I have fo

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread John Drescher
> i already have "Prefer Mounted Volumes = no" set in bacula-dir.conf > One other thing you can do is to use the individual drives in the job and not the archive device. Here is what I have for my 2 drive changer: my bacula-sd.conf Autochanger { Name = Magnum224-0 Device = LTO2-0, LTO2-1 C

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread Mike Seda
Michael Short wrote: > I meant for this to hit the list: > > On Jan 8, 2008 3:22 PM, Michael Short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Mike, >> >> I recommend that you upgrade your FD agents, I have had some trouble >> with the volumes produced by 2.0FD->2.2SD/DIR >> yikes... i will upgrade th

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread John Drescher
> different pools would be extremely undesirable for me. i currently have > the following pools: > 1: Weekly > 2: Scratch > 3: Migrate > 4: Archive > 5: Monthly > 6: Daily > 7: Clone > > the aforementioned pools are very well organized, and i would rather > leave them be. > > i am willing to put th

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread Mike Seda
Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 08.01.2008 17:34, John Drescher wrote: > >> On Jan 8, 2008 11:21 AM, Mike Seda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> all, >>> i am frustrated beyond belief. >>> >>> i recently spent $8K for a second tape drive for my library. >>> >>> all i want is for two bacula ba

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread Mike Seda
John Drescher wrote: > On Jan 8, 2008 11:21 AM, Mike Seda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> all, >> i am frustrated beyond belief. >> >> i recently spent $8K for a second tape drive for my library. >> >> all i want is for two bacula backup jobs (one for each tape drive) to >> run concurrently. i u

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-08 Thread Michael Short
I meant for this to hit the list: On Jan 8, 2008 3:22 PM, Michael Short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, > > I recommend that you upgrade your FD agents, I have had some trouble > with the volumes produced by 2.0FD->2.2SD/DIR > > Sincerely, > -Michael ---

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-08 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 08.01.2008 17:34, John Drescher wrote: > On Jan 8, 2008 11:21 AM, Mike Seda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> all, >> i am frustrated beyond belief. >> >> i recently spent $8K for a second tape drive for my library. >> >> all i want is for two bacula backup jobs (one for each tape drive) to >> run

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-08 Thread John Drescher
On Jan 8, 2008 11:21 AM, Mike Seda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > all, > i am frustrated beyond belief. > > i recently spent $8K for a second tape drive for my library. > > all i want is for two bacula backup jobs (one for each tape drive) to > run concurrently. i upgraded the backup server to 2.2.7

[Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-08 Thread Mike Seda
all, i am frustrated beyond belief. i recently spent $8K for a second tape drive for my library. all i want is for two bacula backup jobs (one for each tape drive) to run concurrently. i upgraded the backup server to 2.2.7 (to take advantage of improved code for handling multiple drives). the c

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives query

2005-09-20 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 20.09.2005 12:34, Andrew J. Millar wrote: Hi OK, I've increased the Max Concurrent Jobs to 2 in bacula-dir, and run two jobs - one in the Filesystem pool and one in the Oracle Database pool, however they again didn't run in parallel, and in fact, when the 2nd job ran, it used the sam

RE: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives query

2005-09-20 Thread Andrew J. Millar
Hi OK, I've increased the Max Concurrent Jobs to 2 in bacula-dir, and run two jobs - one in the Filesystem pool and one in the Oracle Database pool, however they again didn't run in parallel, and in fact, when the 2nd job ran, it used the same tape drive as the first, rather than the other driv

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives query

2005-09-20 Thread Phil Stracchino
Andrew J. Millar wrote: > Greetings > > Apologies if similar questions have been asked before. I have a Scalar100 > autochanger with two tape drives and am running bacula-1.37.30. I have split > the 60 tapes in to two pools, one for filesystem backups, the other for > database backups. > > My

[Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives query

2005-09-20 Thread Andrew J. Millar
Greetings Apologies if similar questions have been asked before. I have a Scalar100 autochanger with two tape drives and am running bacula-1.37.30. I have split the 60 tapes in to two pools, one for filesystem backups, the other for database backups. My problem is that I am struggling to conf