Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] how to use a raw disk?

2009-07-02 17:02:24
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] how to use a raw disk?
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: ginzzer <ginzzer AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:27:39 -0400
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:09 PM, ginzzer<ginzzer AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> I have an extra disk, I format it as ext3 (no partition), I can mount
> and do i/o from it. I set a device like
>
>
> Device {
>  Name = FileStorage
>  Media Type = File
>  Archive Device = /dev/sdg
>  LabelMedia = yes;                   # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
>  Random Access = Yes;
>  AutomaticMount = yes;               # when device opened, read it
>  RemovableMedia = no;
>  AlwaysOpen = no;
> }
>
> But seems that bacula fail to backup on it, what's goning on?
>
> In addition, if backup to the /dev/sdg works, then I wonder how to make the
> following works. I also have a tape machine installed, I can make bacula 
> working
> on that tape without any problem. But I want bacula to backup on the tape on
> every sunday and make another backup on  /dev/sdg on every wednesday, how to
> change configuration to do that?
>
>

You can not do this.

Mount the drive for a disk based backup.

Use the tape for a second storage device.

Use the schedule resource to select the disk based backup on wednesday
and tape on sunday.

John

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