Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread John Drescher
On Jan 29, 2008 3:31 PM, Matt Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first thing I see is you do not have the Changer command in the Autochanger part. Scratch that. You do have that. I am not sure what the problem is. Ok, thanks for taking a look tho John, tis appreciated... Also if you

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread John Drescher
The first thing I see is you do not have the Changer command in the Autochanger part. Scratch that. You do have that. I am not sure what the problem is. John - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread John Drescher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var# tapeinfo -f /dev/sg6 Product Type: Medium Changer Vendor ID: 'ATL ' Product ID: 'L500 632' Revision: '0026' Attached Changer API: No SerialNumber: 'JF84918284' SCSI ID: 0 SCSI LUN: 0 Ready: yes It is /dev/autochanger1 for me because I wrote a udev

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Brown
Hi John, Are you 100% sure /dev/sg6 is your autochanger? Aye.. tapeinfo -f /dev/sg6 will tell you. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var# tapeinfo -f /dev/sg6 Product Type: Medium Changer Vendor ID: 'ATL ' Product ID: 'L500 632' Revision: '0026' Attached Changer API: No SerialNumber:

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread John Drescher
Something silly I am doing wrong or a bug ? Any pointers would be really appreciated :-) I would start at a lower level than that. Are you 100% sure /dev/sg6 is your autochanger? tapeinfo -f /dev/sg6 will tell you. Here is what I get for my changer: # tapeinfo -f /dev/autochanger1 Product

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue

2008-01-29 Thread John Drescher
# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/55-bacula.rules SUBSYSTEM==scsi,ATTRS{vendor}==EXABYTE*,ATTRS{type}==8, SYMLINK+=autochanger1 You will have to replace the vendor with your vendor. And make sure the type matches. I am not sure this number is universal. John BTW, You can figure out this info using

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives - Slots Issue ** RESOLVED**

2008-01-29 Thread Matt Brown
Hi Arno, You're testing as root. If the SD runs as a restricted user - which it should - this user might not hold the necessary permissions to access the device node. As you're already thinking about udev, just create a rule that sets proper ownerships. Othe rthan that, try testing

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-13 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 13.01.2008 00:06, Mike Seda wrote: hi arno, i have matched up my config to the example that you gave. so now i have: FD: 20 SD: 20 DIR/Jobs: 1 DIR/Director: 20 DIR/Storage1(Autochanger): 4 but, jobs still seem to run in serial... any thoughts? Have you reloaded the

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-13 Thread Mike Seda
hi arno, please see inline responses: Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, 13.01.2008 00:06, Mike Seda wrote: hi arno, i have matched up my config to the example that you gave. so now i have: FD: 20 SD: 20 DIR/Jobs: 1 DIR/Director: 20 DIR/Storage1(Autochanger): 4 but, jobs still seem to

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-13 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 14.01.2008 00:43, Mike Seda wrote: hi arno, please see inline responses: Arno Lehmann wrote: job concurrency set up but not working: If that's more than one, you should check the job priorities - Bacula will only run jobs with identical priority simultaneously. wow... i think you

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-12 Thread Mike Seda
hi arno, i have matched up my config to the example that you gave. so now i have: FD: 20 SD: 20 DIR/Jobs: 1 DIR/Director: 20 DIR/Storage1(Autochanger): 4 ...but, jobs still seem to run in serial... any thoughts? thx, mike Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, 10.01.2008 20:34, Mike Seda wrote: hi

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, John Drescher wrote: Using label barcodes and then selecting drive 1 will allow this to continue while drive 0 is churning away. Why do you use label barcodes at all? I just add the tapes to appropriate pools. Bacula will automagically label blank tapes the first time

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, John Drescher wrote: How do I add blank tapes to a pool? I thought bacula just ignores them. Inside bconsole, type add and follow the prompts. Barcodes MUST be present and the required labels MUST match the barcodes. AB

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, John Drescher wrote: I only use label barcodes when I insert new tapes. I just don't have any new ones now.. Ok. My procedure is 1) Use a query command to determine which tapes in my archive are full. Of that I select which ones I want to remove. 2) Then I go to the

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread John Drescher
On Jan 11, 2008 11:01 AM, Alan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, John Drescher wrote: I am confused at that. I will have to try this the next time I get some new tapes. I did try the add command all the way to the question about the number of tapes to add. Since I do not

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-11 Thread John Drescher
Barcodes MUST be present and I got that. the required labels MUST match the barcodes. I am confused at that. I will have to try this the next time I get some new tapes. I did try the add command all the way to the question about the number of tapes to add. Since I do not have a single new tape

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-10 Thread Mike Seda
hi arno, i forgot to mention that i have: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 should i increase that number? fyi, i just noticed that two concurrent backup jobs do in fact run, but only for the _same_ host. it is weird. regards, mike Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, 08.01.2008 17:34, John Drescher wrote:

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-10 Thread John Drescher
ok, for the records, the only right way to use a backup job on a x-Drive changer is over the changer device, not directly to a drive inside the changer. Since the multidrive scheduling now works well (with bacula-2.3.6) I am pretty much back to sending all jobs to the autochanger device unless

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-10 Thread John Drescher
hi arno, i forgot to mention that i have: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 You do know there are 5 places that Maximum Concurrent Jobs can be set depending on what concurrency you wnat to allow with each daemon? Although I believe in your case you probably only need it in the main director config.

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-10 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 10.01.2008 20:34, Mike Seda wrote: hi arno, i forgot to mention that i have: Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 Where do you have that setting? should i increase that number? fyi, i just noticed that two concurrent backup jobs do in fact run, but only for the _same_ host. it is weird. I'm

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread Mike Seda
John Drescher wrote: On Jan 8, 2008 11:21 AM, Mike Seda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: all, i am frustrated beyond belief. i recently spent $8K for a second tape drive for my library. all i want is for two bacula backup jobs (one for each tape drive) to run concurrently. i upgraded the

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread John Drescher
different pools would be extremely undesirable for me. i currently have the following pools: 1: Weekly 2: Scratch 3: Migrate 4: Archive 5: Monthly 6: Daily 7: Clone the aforementioned pools are very well organized, and i would rather leave them be. i am willing to put the two jobs i

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread Mike Seda
Michael Short wrote: I meant for this to hit the list: On Jan 8, 2008 3:22 PM, Michael Short [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike, I recommend that you upgrade your FD agents, I have had some trouble with the volumes produced by 2.0FD-2.2SD/DIR yikes... i will upgrade the FDs after the

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread John Drescher
i already have Prefer Mounted Volumes = no set in bacula-dir.conf One other thing you can do is to use the individual drives in the job and not the archive device. Here is what I have for my 2 drive changer: my bacula-sd.conf Autochanger { Name = Magnum224-0 Device = LTO2-0, LTO2-1

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread Mike Seda
Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi, 08.01.2008 17:34, John Drescher wrote: On Jan 8, 2008 11:21 AM, Mike Seda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: all, i am frustrated beyond belief. i recently spent $8K for a second tape drive for my library. all i want is for two bacula backup jobs (one for each

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread Falk Sauer
Hi John, Bacula 2.2.6, Adic Scalar 24, 5,5TB Storage On Mittwoch 09 Januar 2008 22:31:12 wrote: i already have Prefer Mounted Volumes = no set in bacula-dir.conf One other thing you can do is to use the individual drives in the job and not the archive device. Here is what I have for my 2

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-09 Thread John Drescher
On Jan 10, 2008 12:31 AM, Falk Sauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John, Bacula 2.2.6, Adic Scalar 24, 5,5TB Storage On Mittwoch 09 Januar 2008 22:31:12 wrote: i already have Prefer Mounted Volumes = no set in bacula-dir.conf One other thing you can do is to use the individual drives in

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-08 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, 08.01.2008 17:34, John Drescher wrote: On Jan 8, 2008 11:21 AM, Mike Seda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: all, i am frustrated beyond belief. i recently spent $8K for a second tape drive for my library. all i want is for two bacula backup jobs (one for each tape drive) to run concurrently. i

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger with two drives

2008-01-08 Thread Michael Short
I meant for this to hit the list: On Jan 8, 2008 3:22 PM, Michael Short [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike, I recommend that you upgrade your FD agents, I have had some trouble with the volumes produced by 2.0FD-2.2SD/DIR Sincerely, -Michael

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives query

2005-09-20 Thread Phil Stracchino
Andrew J. Millar wrote: Greetings Apologies if similar questions have been asked before. I have a Scalar100 autochanger with two tape drives and am running bacula-1.37.30. I have split the 60 tapes in to two pools, one for filesystem backups, the other for database backups. My

RE: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives query

2005-09-20 Thread Andrew J. Millar
Hi OK, I've increased the Max Concurrent Jobs to 2 in bacula-dir, and run two jobs - one in the Filesystem pool and one in the Oracle Database pool, however they again didn't run in parallel, and in fact, when the 2nd job ran, it used the same tape drive as the first, rather than the other

Re: [Bacula-users] Autochanger with two drives query

2005-09-20 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 20.09.2005 12:34, Andrew J. Millar wrote: Hi OK, I've increased the Max Concurrent Jobs to 2 in bacula-dir, and run two jobs - one in the Filesystem pool and one in the Oracle Database pool, however they again didn't run in parallel, and in fact, when the 2nd job ran, it used the