On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 5:13:35 PM UTC+1, Bruno Friedmann wrote: > On mercredi, 4 janvier 2017 05.30:13 h CET Robert N wrote: > > Hi Bruno, > > > > thanks for your reply. > > I've got it in the end working with Device = "| magic script" I think, but > > unfortunately doesn;t solve the problem. I think with @| bareos will > > execute it only once at startup, because it's a config include, I needed it > > executed every time a resource is being used. Nevertheless, the problem is > > always the same, when bareos has more than 1 device to write to, the jobs > > fail with the "No volume name given error", see here : > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/bareos-users/Nbv-_fRWxa > > Y. > > > > I tried 3 diff scenarios: > > > > 1. define multiple devices in storage resource, as recommended in bareos > > doku. 2. script the device definition as described above. > > 3. use a virtual autochanger as described here: > > http://blog.bacula.org/whitepapers/CommunityDiskBackup.pdf > > > > the problem is the volume selection I think, when more than 1 device is > > available in the storage. > > > > any clues how to solve this? > > > > thanks, > > Robert > > I'm using mono device for each storage location always since too long. > I've no autochanger and if I have to use one (when doing training) I'm using > mvhtl (available at bareos) > > What I'm doing when I want to merge several backups jobs coming from several > backup clients is using spooling. And this for several years now, has always > works, and when the infrastructure permit it, the storage do all the > compression with autoxflate plugin. > > Why, do I do this, because multiple device was initially implemented and made > for autoloaders with all the mechanics and so on.... > ;-) > > -- > > Bruno Friedmann > Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch > Bareos Partner, openSUSE Member, fsfe fellowship > GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 > irc: tigerfoot > > openSUSE Tumbleweed > Linux 4.9.0-2-default x86_64 GNU/Linux, nvidia: 375.26 > Qt: 5.7.1, KDE Frameworks: 5.29.0, Plasma: 5.8.4, kmail2 5.4.0
thanks. what I'd like to achieve is, to run more jobs in parallel, doing 1 job/volume. not sure how could I achieve this with spooling and only one device in storage. talking about backup to disk. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
