On 5/10/2013 11:10 AM, Kern Sibbald wrote: > On 05/10/2013 04:12 PM, Martin Simmons wrote: > >> Can you indicate where the kludge is please? > Changer Command = "" > and > Changer Device = /dev/null
Is this documented anywhere, out of curiosity? I don't think it is general knowledge. > I probably should have called the resource VirtualChanger. I guess I can > still do so ... > >> Also, do the Device resources need AutoChanger = yes like in the other >> examples? > No, and I you don't need the Drive Index = either, since in both cases > it is not a real autochanger. The autochanger code is called, but when it > sees it is a virtual changer, How does it see this? Because the Changer Command is blank? > it just returns, and the Bacula SD core > code just handles it correctly. The main effect of this form of the > Autochanger resource is to group the Devices so you can access > any one of them with a single name. If you start using different > directories as Archive Device names, there might be problems, unless > you make a simultaneous change to the Media Type. > > It was so simple that in the beginning I couldn't believe that it > would work correctly in all cases, but it does. > > Kern > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and > their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed > leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. > Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
