This may not be exactly what you want, but I spool my data to a disk and then stream to the tape drive. This keeps up a constant stream of data to the tape.
In /etc/bareos/bareos-sd.d/device/tape.conf: Device { ... Maximum Spool Size = 1500Gb Spool Directory = /mnt/bacula-spool } In /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/jobdefs/LTO-Backup.conf: JobDefs { ... Spool Data = yes } This spools up to 1.5TB of data to /mnt/bacula-spool on the bareos server. When that limit is reached or the job finishes, then the data is despooled to the tape drive. Jon Schewe Research Scientist C: +1 612.263.2718 O: +1 952.545.5720 jon.sch...@rtx.com<mailto:n...@rtx.com> Raytheon Technologies Raytheon Intelligence & Space 5775 Wayzata Blvd. Suite 630 St. Louis Park, MN 55416 RTX.com<https://www.rtx.com/> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/raytheontechnologies> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/raytheontech> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/raytheontechnologies> ________________________________ From: 'Frank Cherry' via bareos-users <bareos-users@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 23:59 To: bareos-users <bareos-users@googlegroups.com> Subject: [External] [bareos-users] some newbie questions Hello there, I'm Frank, changing from Bacula to Bareos because didn't get it running. Now Bareos is working well after installation, the test backup and restore of /usr/sbin was successful with "file" as storage on a dedicated hard disk. Now my goal is the following scenario: 1. using the Quantum Ultrium LTO-7 tape drive: - I can read an write to tape, using the devices /dev/st0 or /dev/nst0 or /tape Have add in /etc/bareos/bareos-sd/device a file with this content: Device { Name = TapeStorage Media Type = LTO-7 Archive Device = /dev/st0 LabelMedia = no; # lets Bareos label unlabeled media Random Access = no; AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it RemovableMedia = yes; AlwaysOpen = yes; Description = "LTO 7 Tape." } With this file, bareos SD daemon won't start. What's wrong? 2. My backup plan is, to collect the data from several servers by NFS / GulsterFS connection, store it on a dedicated local disk on the Bareos server and than stream it to the tape inside the bareos server too. Can anyone give me please some hints, which configuration steps I have to do for this scenario? Thans for any help, Frank -- 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 bareos-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:bareos-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/e53797d1-7bbd-48a5-a1bc-debb6991450fn%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/e53797d1-7bbd-48a5-a1bc-debb6991450fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 bareos-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bareos-users/SN1P110MB025354C113D02DB5AE241D5AEDDE0%40SN1P110MB0253.NAMP110.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.