On 5/21/2012 12:26 PM, Martian333 wrote:
> Hey guys
>
> Hope you all had a nice weekend
>
> I have a problem which has me stumped at the moment.
>
> Currently running Bacula Version 5.0.3 on Debian connected to a Dell TL2000 
> autochanger with 2 x drives.
>
> I am trying to run backup jobs across both drives simultaneously but 
> consistently hit the "XXX job is waiting on storage storagedev-LTO" despite 
> the fact that only 1 drive of 2 is in use (1 drive free).
>
> Can anyone please shed any light on this?

Don't put MaximumConcurrentJobs=2 in the Jobdef. Rather, put 
MaximumConcurrentJobs=1 in each of the two Device definitions (LTO4-0 
and LTO4-1) in bacula-sd.conf.

>
> Current configuration:
>
> bacula-sd.conf
>
> Autochanger {
>    Name = "DELL-TL2000"
>    Device = LTO4-0, LTO4-1
>    Changer Device = /dev/changer
>    Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
> }
>
> Device {
>    Name = LTO4-0
>    Drive Index = 0
>    Media Type = LTO-4
>    Archive Device = /dev/nst0
>    AutomaticMount = yes;               # when device opened, read it
>    AlwaysOpen = yes;
>    RemovableMedia = yes;
>    RandomAccess = no;
>    Autochanger = yes
>    Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert| cat'"
> }
>
> Device {
>    Name = LTO4-1
>    Drive Index = 1
>    Media Type = LTO-4
>    Archive Device = /dev/nst1
>    AutomaticMount = yes;               # when device opened, read it
>    AlwaysOpen = yes;
>    RemovableMedia = yes;
>    RandomAccess = no;
>    Autochanger = yes
>    Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert| cat'"
> }
>
> The changer device is symlinked /dev/changer to sg6.
>
> JobsDef.conf:
>
> JobDefs {
>      Name = "testbackup"
>      Type = Backup
>      Level = VirtualFull
>      Schedule = "DailyVirtualFull"
>      Pool = Default
>      Messages = Standard
>      FileSet = "Full Set"
>      Prefer Mounted Volumes = no
>      Priority = 100
>      Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2
> }
>
> and finally "bacula-sd.conf":
>
> # Definition of file storage device
> Storage {
>    Name = bacula-LTO
> # Do not use "localhost" here
>    Address = bacula                # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
>    SDPort = 9103
>    Password = xyz
>    Device = "DELL-TL2000"
>    Media Type = LTO-4
>    Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2
>    Autochanger = yes
>    TLS Enable = yes
>    TLS Require = yes
>    TLS CA Certificate File = xyz
>    TLS Certificate = xyz
>    TLS Key = xyz
> }
>
> Does anyone have any tips or ideas as to why this is happening? Note I am 
> using "Prefer Mounted Volumes = no" - I understand that by default a single 
> pool utilizes only one drive, perhaps I need to define a second in order to 
> get around this issue - what do you think?
>
> Thank you for your help
>
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