On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 16:17 -0400, John Drescher wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Jonathan Bayer<jba...@regiscope.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 21:09 +0200, Arno Lehmann wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> 15.06.2009 19:49, Dirk Bartley wrote: > >> > OK, just re-read the storage= option under pool and it is a little bit > >> > confusing to me because I always thought the storage came from the job > >> > defaults, then the schedule resource for that run if it has an override. > >> > > >> >>From the docs, this means my assumtion was incorrect. > >> > > >> > "The Storage resource may also be specified in the Job resource, but the > >> > value, if any, in the Pool resource overrides any value in the Job. This > >> > Storage resource definition is not required by either the Job resource > >> > or in the Pool, but it must be specified in one or the other. If not > >> > configuration error will result." > >> > > >> > I'd still look at the storage on the job's log. You may want to choose > >> > to put the storage= in the schedule resource just to make sure. > >> > >> It's also important to NOT use the same media type for volumes handled > >> by different storage devices that don't really share the same set of > >> volumes. > > > > But this is EXACTLY what I'm doing. Same media type (File), two > > different devices. > > > > In fact, I can see this happening in many environments. What about a > > site that has multiple tape drives, all of the same type > > > That is fine if a user can insert the media from one drive to the > other. If they are in separate locations or you do not want to switch > media back and forth between devices its best to make them different > media type so bacula does not request media that you will not have.
OK. So how do I make the media type different if they both are disk-based volumes? (re-read the manual) Oh. So if I simply name the external type as "ExternalFile", that would work? So even if the physical media is the same, you give each a different Media Type, right? > I am confused at that. A single volume can only have 1 label. > > Also you really should be limiting your volume size on both media in > some way (max volume size, use volume once ...) otherwise you will > have to recycle the entire volume when it eventually fills up. Actually, I have two external drives. I rotate them, keeping one off-site. When I bring the off-site drive here, I purge the volume which is on it. This is done as a minimal disaster recovery solution. I'm not crazy about it, but it does work. > > I think when you created what you call a new label you actually > created a second volume on the hard drive. I think you are correct. There are two volumes on a single hard disk. Because it is a hard disk, each volume is a different file. > > John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
