We just added a new LTO4 drive to our Neo8000 with two
existing LTO3 drives. I thought I would just have to add the drive into the
device section of the SD with a new Media Label and things would be set to go.
Well, the director wants to know what media type the SD is. I’ve created
a second SD block in the dir pointing to the same SD with a different name and
Media type. Doing a stat storage on both result in the same info.
Can someone please help me to make sure I’m not
shooting myself in the foot. I was able to label a tape using the LTO3 SD
directive with the LTO4 device, but it did show up as LTO3 media despite what
the device setting is. Relabeling the tape with the second directive did label
the tape as LTO4.
Bacula-sd.conf:
Autochanger {
Name = Neo8000
Device = Drive-0
Device = Drive-1
Device = Drive-2
Changer Command =
"/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
Changer Device = /dev/tape/neo8000
}
Device {
Name =
Drive-0
#
Drive Index = 0
Media Type = LTO3
Archive Device = /dev/tape/drive0
AutomaticMount =
yes;
# when device opened, read it
AlwaysOpen = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
RandomAccess = no;
AutoChanger = yes
Spool Directory = /backup/spool
Maximum Network Buffer Size = 65536
# 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-1
#
Drive Index = 1
Media Type = LTO3
Archive Device = /dev/tape/drive1
AutomaticMount =
yes;
# when device opened, read it
AlwaysOpen = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
RandomAccess = no;
AutoChanger = yes
Spool Directory = /backup/spool
Maximum Network Buffer Size = 65536
# 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 = 2
Media Type = LTO4
Archive Device = /dev/tape/drive2
AutomaticMount =
yes;
# when device opened, read it
AlwaysOpen = yes;
RemovableMedia = yes;
RandomAccess = no;
AutoChanger = yes
Spool Directory = /backup/spool
Maximum Network Buffer Size = 65536
# 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'"
}
Bacula-dir.conf
Storage {
Name = Neo8000
Address = 192.168.3.18 # N.B. Use a fully qualified
name here
SDPort = 9103
Password = "mysecretpassword"
Media Type =
LTO3
# must be same as MediaType in Storage daemon
Device = Neo8000
Autochanger =
yes
# enable for autochanger device
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2
}
Storage {
Name = Neo8000-LTO4
Address = 192.168.3.18 # N.B. Use a fully qualified
name here
SDPort = 9103
Password = " mysecretpassword "
Media Type =
LTO4
# must be same as MediaType in Storage daemon
Device = Neo8000
Autochanger =
yes
# enable for autochanger device
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2
}
Robert LeBlanc
College of Life Sciences Computer Support
Brigham Young University
(801) 422-1882
leblanc AT byu DOT edu
