I was taking a look in the Bacula manual and noticed something a kind weird.
In the latest versions of Bacula, it looks that the Storage resource in
bacula-dir.conf is created as "autochanger" instead "storage", and when a
resource "storage" is an "autochanger" is necessary to include the option
"autochanger = yes", like manual said:
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"Autochanger = yes|no - If you specify yes for this command (the default is
no), when you use the label command or the add command to create a new
Volume, Bacula will also request the Autochanger Slot number. This
simplifies creating database entries for Volumes in an autochanger. If you
forget to specify the Slot, the autochanger will not be used. However, you
may modify the Slot associated with a Volume at any time by using the
update volume or update slots command in the console program. When
autochanger is enabled, the algorithm used by Bacula to search for
available volumes will be modified to consider only Volumes that are known
to be in the autochanger's magazine. If no in changer volume is found,
Bacula will attempt recycling, pruning, ..., and if still no volume is
found, Bacula will search for any volume whether or not in the magazine. By
privileging in changer volumes, this procedure minimizes operator
intervention. The default is no.
For the autochanger to be used, you must also specify Autochanger = yes in
the Device ResourceAutochanger in the Storage daemon's configuration file
as well as other important Storage daemon configuration information. Please
consult the Using AutochangersAutochangersChapter manual of this chapter
for the details of using autochangers."
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But I noticed that the new configuration are coming with "autochanger =
File1" (I guess is Media Type), but this is not documented.
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# Definition of file Virtual Autochanger device
Autochanger {
Name = File1
# Do not use "localhost" here
Address = debian # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
SDPort = 9103
Password = "PVVUz249K/Lay7zJ4IqcRsBnEe7JW1LkrwiTOHSoPMy0"
Device = FileChgr1
Media Type = File1
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10 # run up to 10 jobs a the same time
Autochanger = File1 # point to ourself
}
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I also noticed the latest releases of the community version with a very
poor documentation, without any examples or more detailed explanations.
How could the community or developers could help to we improve that and
have am updated documentation?
Best regards
*Wanderlei Hüttel*
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