I am trying to alter my Bacula configuration such that my backup jobs run
concurrently since sometimes a client can be offline and I want to have
Bacula wait up to 12 hours for that client to reappear without holding up
the whole queue of client jobs. As best as I can tell I've got everything
configured correctly but I still get "waiting on Storage File" status
messages for all clients except one. Only one client is running at a time,
although they all run successfully in sequential fashion.

I am using a removable hard drive for the backup media with one file per
client backup job. I have created separate pools, one per client, to ensure
that the right job matches up with the right backup file. Otherwise I found
that if an error occurred trying to start a backup of client #1, client #2
would use client #1's backup file, causing confusion since the backup files
are named after the client.

I am still running version 3.0.3 since 5.0 doesn't have Windows director and
storage binaries precompiled.

Hopefully I've provided enough background, including what I believe is all
of the relevant config  info below. So how do I fix this "waiting on Storage
File" problem so I can get clients backing up concurrently?

Director config (including a representative pool definition - remember that
I have one pool per client)...

Director {                            # define myself
  Name = myserver-dir
  DIRport = 9101                # where we listen for UA connections
  QueryFile = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Bacula\\bin\\query.sql"
  WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work"
  PidDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work"
  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
  Password = "mypassword"         # Console password
  Messages = Daemon
  FD Connect Timeout = 43200 # 12 hrs
}

# Definition of file storage device
Storage {
  Name = File
# Do not use "localhost" here
  Address = myserver                # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
  SDPort = 9103
  Password = "mypassword"
  Device = FileStorage
  Media Type = File
  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}

Pool {
  Name = myclientpool
  Pool Type = Backup
  Recycle = no                       # Bacula can automatically recycle
Volumes
  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
  Volume Retention = 365 days         # one year
  Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
  Label Format =
"myclient-${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}_${Level}_${JobId}"
}

Storage config...

Storage {                             # definition of myself
  Name = myserver-sd
  SDPort = 9103                  # Director's port      
  WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work"
  Pid Directory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
Data\\Bacula\\Work"
  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
}

Device {
  Name = FileStorage
  Media Type = File
  Archive Device = "H:\\Bacula\ Backup\ Volumes"
  LabelMedia = yes                   # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
  Random Access = Yes
  AutomaticMount = yes               # when device opened, read it
  RemovableMedia = yes
  AlwaysOpen = no
}



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