Hello Kern
Thanks for answer! I understand you.
Atenciosamente
*Wanderlei Hüttel*
http://www.huttel.com.br
2018-05-28 10:53 GMT-03:00 Kern Sibbald <k...@sibbald.com>:
> Yes, the documentation is a bit out of date and I am planning to get
> around it sometime in the near future.
>
> I have the option of either adding new features, backporting new features,
> and working on bugs OR working on the manual which needs a major overhaul
> so that it conforms better with the Enterprise document, otherwise,
> updating the document, which consists of pulling lots of stuff from the
> Enterprise document is a *major* task. I cannot do both development and
> documentation at the same time. I chose the former, which creates some
> minor inconsistencies with the documentation. Those will ultimately be
> fixed.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kern
>
> On 05/28/2018 03:06 PM, Wanderlei Huttel wrote:
>
> 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:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------
> "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."
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------
>
> But I noticed that the new configuration are coming with "autochanger =
> File1" (I guess is Media Type), but this is not documented.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------
> # 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
> }
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------
>
> 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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