Hi,
10.09.2007 05:12,, Hydro Meteor wrote::
> Hello,
>
> In Chapter 6.3.4 of the Bacula User's Guide, with regard to naming
> resources, the Guide states that:
>
> Each of your Bacula components must have a unique name.
>
>
> This is especially necessary when backing up a fleet machines.
>
> I didn't see any similar requirements that the Address fields of
> resources also be unique. Can anyone confirm this? For example, would
> the following (in the bacula-dir.conf file) have any conflicts?
>
> # Client (File Services) to backup
> Client {
> Name = myunique-machine-name-1
> Address = 192.168.1.25 <http://192.168.1.25>
> FDPort = 9102
> Catalog = MyCatalog
> Password = "YxR21sehW8stTml8RUKYAfln3WSVPoyvJVJ276RqXRmY"
> # password for FileDaemon
> File Retention = 30 days # 30 days
> Job Retention = 6 months # six months
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> }
>
>
> and
>
> # Client (File Services) to backup
> Client {
> Name = myunique-machine-name-2
> Address = 192.168.1.25 <http://192.168.1.25>
> FDPort = 9102
> Catalog = MyCatalog
> Password = "YxR21sehW8stTml8RUKYAfln3WSVPoyvJVJ276RqXRmY"
> # password for FileDaemon
> File Retention = 30 days # 30 days
> Job Retention = 6 months # six months
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired Jobs/Files
> }
>
>
> As much as it would be ideal to use a FQDN for the Address fields, there
> are some scenarios where this isn't possible and there is a concern from
> my colleague, about a collision in the Address fields. Hopefully as
> interpreted from the User's Guid, the uniqueness of the Name fields is
> all that's required (but better to check ahead of time to be safe than
> sorry later).
I think what you intend to do would work. It's even a procedure I
suggested a few times, and nobody complained that it didn't work :-)
Although, in most cases, I suspect you won't need this sort of setup.
Would yo mind explaining why you think you need this?
Arno
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Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
www.its-lehmann.de
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