Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger confusion

2008-10-16 17:32:35
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] autochanger confusion
From: Craig White <craigwhite AT azapple DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:26:34 -0700
On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 16:40 -0400, John Drescher wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Craig White <craigwhite AT azapple DOT com> 
> wrote:
> > I'm looking at the documentation and it suggests that I need to put the
> > 'Changer Command' in both the Storage definition and in the Autochanger
> > Resource. That seems redundant. I am gathering that I only need that
> > command in the Autochanger Resource.
> >
> > But what is bothering me more is my bacula-dir.conf is configured to use
> > 'LTO-3' as Storage.
> >
> > and a partial of my bacula-sd.conf (below) has
> >
> > Device {
> >  Name = LTO-3                        #
> >  Media Type = LTO-3
> >  Archive Device = /dev/nst0
> >  AutomaticMount = yes;               # when device opened, read it
> >  RemovableMedia = yes;
> >  RandomAccess = no;
> >  AutoChanger = yes
> > }
> This is not needed or wanted.
> 
> > Autochanger {
> >  Name = "Autochanger"
> >  Device = Drive-1, Drive-2...
> >  Changer Device = /dev/sg4
> >  Changer Command = "/usr/lib/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
> > }
> >
> > Device {
> >  Name = Drive-1
> >  Drive Index = 0
> >  Media Type = LTO-3
> >  Archive Device = /dev/nst0    # Normal archive device
> >  Autochanger = yes
> >  LabelMedia = no;
> >  AutomaticMount = yes;
> >  AlwaysOpen = yes;
> > }
> >
> > does this seem right?
> >
> Loose the first device otherwise it looks fine to me. Here is my
> definition for my 2 drive Exabyte Magnum 224:
> 
> Autochanger {
>   Name = Magnum224-0
>   Device = LTO2-0, LTO2-1
>   Changer Command = "/usr/libexec/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
> #  Changer Device = /dev/sg5
> # 02/12/2007 added udev rule to link /dev/autochanger1 to the changer
>   Changer Device = /dev/autochanger1
> }
> 
> Device {
>   Name = LTO2-0
>   Media Type = LTO-2
>   Drive Index = 0
>   Archive Device = /dev/nst0
>   Autochanger=yes
>   AutomaticMount = yes;               # when device opened, read it
>   AlwaysOpen = yes;
>   RemovableMedia = yes;
>   RandomAccess = no;
>   Spool Directory = /mnt/tmp/bacula/tape
>   Maximum Job Spool Size = 5G
> #  Maximum Block Size = 262144
> #  Minimum Block Size = 262144
> #  Volume Poll Interval = 5 minutes
> #  Close on Poll = Yes
> #  Offline On Unmount = no
>   LabelMedia = Yes
>   Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'"
> 
> #  Maximum blocksize = 512K
> }
> 
> Device {
>   Name = LTO2-1
>   Media Type = LTO-2
>   Drive Index = 1
>   Archive Device = /dev/nst1
>   Autochanger=yes
>   AutomaticMount = yes;               # when device opened, read it
>   AlwaysOpen = yes;
>   RemovableMedia = yes;
>   RandomAccess = no;
>   Spool Directory = /mnt/tmp/bacula/tape
>   Maximum Job Spool Size = 5G
> #  Maximum Block Size = 262144
> #  Minimum Block Size = 262144
> #  Volume Poll Interval = 5 minutes
> #  Close on Poll = Yes
> #  Offline On Unmount = no
>   LabelMedia = Yes
>   Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'"
> 
> #  Maximum blocksize = 512K
> 
> }
----
got it...am labeling tapes via barcodes now

awesome program

Thanks

Craig


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