Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Concurrent Jobs from differents clients to the same tape

2011-05-26 09:07:59
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Concurrent Jobs from differents clients to the same tape
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: ayacopino AT acasalud.com DOT ar, bacula-users <Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 09:04:54 -0400
> I am backing up 7 servers in daily basis, one of the servers take 5
> hours to backup (the other 6 take 2 hours), so i want to backup the
> large server at the same time i am backuping the others servers.
> I have one LTO4 drive, and the backups are running secuencially, one
> after another from differents servers to the same tape.
> I need to know:
>
> - ¿Is is possible to backup concurrently to the same tape?, i will be
> satisfied if two jobs are running at the same time.
>
Yes, I do that all the time. I believe I run 5 to 10 concurrent
clients to the same tape.

> I have set up this configuration but the jobs remains to run
> secuencially (server files):
>
> bacula-dir.conf:
>
> Director {
>  Name = acaiasnew.acasalud.com.ar-dir
>  DIRport = 9101
>  QueryFile = "/usr/local/bacula/etc/query.sql"
>  WorkingDirectory = "/usr/local/bacula/var/bacula/working"
>  PidDirectory = "/var/run"
>  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2
>  Password = xxxxx
>  Messages = Daemon
> }
>
> JobDefs {
>  Name = "JobTapeDiario"
>  Type = Backup
>  Level = Full
>  Storage = LIBRERIA
>  Messages = Standard
>  Pool = POOL_DIARIO
>  Schedule = "MadrugadaDiario"
>  Write Bootstrap = "/usr/local/bacula/var/bacula/working/%c_%n.bsr"
> }
>
> Job {
>  Name = "BackupAcamailDiario"
>  Client = acamail.acasalud.com.ar-fd
>  JobDefs = "JobTapeDiario"
>  FileSet = "Acamail Set"
>  Enabled = True
>  Priority = 1
>  #Spool Data = yes
> }
>
> Job {
>  Name = "BackupAcadbDiario"
>  Client = acadb.acasalud.com.ar-fd
>  JobDefs = "JobTapeDiario"
>  FileSet = "Acadb Set"
>  Enabled = True
>  Priority = 2
> }
>
> Job {
>  Name = "BackupAcaiasnewDiario"
>  Client = acaiasnew.acasalud.com.ar-fd
>  JobDefs = "JobTapeDiario"
>  FileSet = "Acaiasnew Set"
>  Enabled = True
>  Priority = 3
> }

What about your storage part of bacula-dir.conf. You need to set
"Maximum Concurrent Jobs" for the storage resource. Also I would
enable spooling with a 10GB or similar spool file.

> .....
>
> bacula-sd.conf:
>
> Storage {                             # definition of myself
>  Name = acaiasnew.acasalud.com.ar-sd
>  SDPort = 9103                  # Director's port
>  WorkingDirectory = "/usr/local/bacula/var/bacula/working"
>  Pid Directory = "/var/run"
>  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2
> }
>
>
> bacula-fd.conf
>
> FileDaemon {                          # this is me
>  Name = acaiasnew.acasalud.com.ar-fd
>  FDport = 9102                  # where we listen for the director
>  WorkingDirectory = /usr/local/bacula/var/bacula/working
>  Pid Directory = /var/run
>  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2
>  Maximum Network Buffer Size = 65536
> }
>
> What else do i need if it possibly?
> Thanks a lot,
>
> --
>
> *Andrés Fernando Yacopino*
>
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