Hi,

28.05.2008 11:22, Peter Buschman wrote:
> At 09:33 28.5.2008, Arno Lehmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 28.05.2008 05:32, Reynier Perez Mira wrote:
>>> Hi:
>>> I still Reading the doc and now I found this 
>> "6.5 Testing Compatibility with Your Tape 
>> Drive". I have Bacula installed in a Server PC 
>> with Linux but this PC haven't the Tape Drive. 
>> This are attached to a Server with Windows 2003 
>> R2. I'm asking if I can save from Bacula to 
>> this Tape Drives, maybe mounting it as a 
>> resource or something else. Is this a madness or it can be done?
>>
>> You can do this by having an SD run on the windows machine.
>>
>> Windows as an SD or DIR server is quite reliable, but not "officially"
>> supported due to lack of a supporting developer, though.
>>
>> If possible, I'd attach the tape drive(s) you need to a linux or unix box.
> 
> Another option would be to run the free version 
> of vmware server, create a small virtual machine 
> running Linux, and pass-through the tape device. 

Hmm... I'm not sure if the vmware server can do this...

> Without a GUI desktop running, a VM need not take 
> up that much memory. Since vmware allows the 
> creation of fast virtual networks between the 
> host and the virtual machine, Windows can back-up 
> through the virtual machine to the tape.

Also, I'd be very carful running Bacula's daemons in VMWare virtual 
machines. Some users had massive problems - i.e. the host system 
locking up, or the VM blocked. I never found out why, I only know it's 
not always a problem.

> Arno's way is the best though ;-)

Sure :-)

Arno

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>> Arno
>>
>>> Cheers
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