On mercredi, 4 janvier 2017 08.35:12 h CET Robert N wrote:
> 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-_fR
> > > Wxa
> > > 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....
> > ;-)
> 
> 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.

I you want (the why is to determine, cause it can be a good idea, as a bad 
one) to achieve one job per volume then you will need one storage per job.

Joba -> poolA -> storage A (with device type A) -> sd / device A 

What is the motivation to have this one job per volume when using disk ?


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