Re: [Bacula-users] How to change which drive is used by default
Hello, On 11/20/20 12:41 PM, Josh Fisher wrote: On 11/19/20 1:32 PM, byron wrote: I'm running version 9.0.6 on debian stretch I have a tape library with two drives configured as follows in bacula-sd.conf. I run 10 jobs every night and they always all run on Drive-1. I'm now having a problem with that Drive and would like to force all jobs to run on Drive-2. What's the easiest way to do that? In bacula-sd.conf, place 'Autoselect = no' in the Device stanza of the drive that is malfunctioning. Be sure to unload any tape that may be in the drive before doing so. After updating bacula-sd.conf you will need to restart SD. In addition, you can change the order in the Device list of the Autochanger resource, remove the faulty drive from the Autochanger device list. In more recent versions, the storage daemon will do some round robin allocation to not use only the first device of the list. I don't remember exactly when it was introduced, I would suggest to look the ReleaseNotes. Best Regards, Eric ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] How to change which drive is used by default
On 11/19/20 1:32 PM, byron wrote:
I'm running version 9.0.6 on debian stretch
I have a tape library with two drives configured as follows in
bacula-sd.conf. I run 10 jobs every night and they always all run on
Drive-1. I'm now having a problem with that Drive and would like to
force all jobs to run on Drive-2. What's the easiest way to do that?
In bacula-sd.conf, place 'Autoselect = no' in the Device stanza of the
drive that is malfunctioning. Be sure to unload any tape that may be in
the drive before doing so. After updating bacula-sd.conf you will need
to restart SD.
Thanks
#
# An autochanger device with two drives
#
Autochanger {
Name = Autochanger
Device = Drive-1
Device = Drive-2
Changer Command = "/soft/general/bacula-9.0.6/conf/mtx-changer %c %o
%S %a %d"
#Changer Device = /dev/sg0
Changer Device = /dev/changer
}
Device {
Name = Drive-1
Media Type = LTO-7
Archive Device = /dev/tapedrive1
#Archive Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-350014380272c4ac9-nst #
points to nst1
Drive Index = 0
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
AlwaysOpen = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
RandomAccess = no;
Maximum File Size = 50GB
# Maximum Block Size = 1048576
Maximum Block Size = 524288
# Maximum Block Size = 262144
#Maximum Network Buffer Size = 65536
Changer Command = "/soft/general/bacula-9.0.6/conf/mtx-changer %c %o
%S %a %d"
Changer Device = /dev/changer
#Changer Device = /dev/sg0
AutoChanger = yes
Spool Directory = /bacula/spool/
#
# New alert command in Bacula 9.0.0
# Note: you must have the sg3_utils (rpms) or the
# sg3-utils (deb) installed on your system.
# and you must set the correct control device that
# corresponds to the Archive Device
Control Device = /dev/tapescsi1 # must be SCSI ctl for /dev/nst0
Alert Command = "/soft/general/bacula-9.0.6/conf/tapealert %l"
# Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded
# Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'"
# If you have smartctl, enable this, it has more info than tapeinfo
#Alert Command = "sh -c 'smartctl -H -l error %c'"
}
Device {
Name = Drive-2
Drive Index = 1
Media Type = LTO-7
Archive Device = /dev/tapedrive2
#Archive Device = /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-350014380272c4acc-nst #
points to nst0
AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
AlwaysOpen = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
RandomAccess = no;
Maximum File Size = 50GB
# Maximum Block Size = 1048576
Maximum Block Size = 524288
# Maximum Block Size = 262144
#Maximum Network Buffer Size = 65536
Changer Command = "/soft/general/bacula-9.0.6/conf/mtx-changer %c %o
%S %a %d"
Changer Device = /dev/changer
#Changer Device = /dev/sg0
AutoChanger = yes
Spool Directory = /bacula/spool/
#
# New alert command in Bacula 9.0.0
# Note: you must have the sg3_utils (rpms) or the
# sg3-utils (deb) installed on your system.
# and you must set the correct control device that
# corresponds to the Archive Device
Control Device = /dev/tapescsi2 # must be SCSI ctl for /dev/nst0
Alert Command = "/soft/general/bacula-9.0.6/conf/tapealert %l"
# Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded
# Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'"
# If you have smartctl, enable this, it has more info than tapeinfo
#Alert Command = "sh -c 'smartctl -H -l error %c'"
}
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