On Monday 26 February 2007 22:11, Tim Schoellhammer wrote: > The answer was in > > http://www.nabble.com/Slow-positioning-at-the-end-of-the-tape--tf2826338.ht >ml#a7909209 > > Now with: > Autochanger { > Name = MSL > Device = Drive-1, Drive-2 > Changer Command = "/usr/local/share/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d" > Changer Device = /dev/pass0 > } > > Device { > Name = Drive-1 # > Drive Index = 0 > Media Type = LTO-2 > Device Type = Tape > Archive Device = /dev/nsa0 > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it > AlwaysOpen = yes; > RemovableMedia = yes; > RandomAccess = no; > AutoChanger = yes > # Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded > Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'" > Hardware End of Medium = No > #Fast Forward Space File = No > # BSF at EOM = yes > # Backward Space Record = yes > # Fast Forward Space File = no > # TWO EOF = yes > } > > Device { > Name = Drive-2 # > Drive Index = 1 > Media Type = LTO-2 > Device Type = Tape > Archive Device = /dev/nsa1 > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it > AlwaysOpen = yes; > RemovableMedia = yes; > RandomAccess = no; > AutoChanger = yes > # Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded > Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'" > Hardware End of Medium = No > #Fast Forward Space File = No > #BSF at EOM = yes > #Backward Space Record = yes > # Fast Forward Space File = no > #TWO EOF = yes > } > > and > mt -f /dev/nsa0 seteotmodel 1 > mt -f /dev/nsa0 blocksize 0 > mt -f /dev/nsa0 comp enable > mt -f /dev/nsa1 seteotmodel 1 > mt -f /dev/nsa1 blocksize 0 > mt -f /dev/nsa1 comp enable > > it works fine. > > It is two times faster in recovery as the veritas backupexec.
Nice. Thanks for reporting that. It is always nice to be faster than the big guys :-) By the way, I imagine you have done so, but please run a btape "test" to ensure that your new Device resource works correctly with your drive. I have no reason to believe that it won't but it is always good to check. btape "test" is not 100% foolproof, but it will catch a lot of subtile problems that could show up later ... > > I love it. :) > > Tim > > Tim Schoellhammer schrieb: > > Hi list, > > > > first of all i will thanks the developer of this great software. > > > > I have a question about the bacula tape handling. > > > > Environment: FreeBSD amd64 6.2 Bacula 2.0.2 Autochanger MSL6030 with two > > LTO-2 drives. > > > > Backup an Restore worked how i expected. > > But the restore of selected files from a backup is very slow. > > > > Tested with to jobs one restore 102mb an a solaris server. Takes 50 > > minutes to restore. The second job was restore 400mb on a windows 2003 > > server. This takes 1h and 20 minutes. > > > > Now the question. > > When i do a restore job in bacula. The SD load the Tape for the restore. > > How get Bacula the position of the files. > > > > Any settings to the sd-conf or the dir-conf to force bacula to write a > > signature an the tape to speed the spool of the drive up? > > > > > > Sorry for the bad english. > > I hope anyone understand my question. > > > > Tim > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
