>>>>> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:59:29 -0400, teksupptom said:
>
> Martin Simmons wrote:
> >
> > I think they are considered in the order that the Job definitions appear in
> > the bacula-dir.conf.
> >
> > To guarantee the order, it is best to use different priorities. I use
> > priorities 1, 2, 3 etc for the backups and 201, 202, 203 etc for the
> > corresponding verifies.
> >
> > __Martin
>
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> I wish it were that simple, unfortunately the testing I've done shows there
> is more involved than just the order. My nightly Incrementals are set for
> the same time, and they get scheduled in the order they appear in the
> file. Then the different verify jobs are scheduled at the same time, but the
> verifies for one job type get scheduled, then the verifies for the other job
> type. Also, the first gets scheduled in one order (first client to last),
> while the other gets scheduled in opposite (last client to first).
>
> It's like Bacula scans the job list from top to bottom, then back up, and
> back down, etc, until all jobs are queued for that day.
>
> I like your suggestion about priorities, but the way I read the instructions
> was that jobs of a lower priority would wait until all jobs of a higher
> priority finish before starting. Since we have two tape drives, and use one
> of them for our large filesets, there would be times where the first tape
> drive would sit idle for a day or two while waiting for all the higher
> priority jobs to complete.
>
> Am I misunderstanding the way priority is implemented?
I don't run concurrent jobs, so I'm not sure.
If you set Allow Mixed Priority = yes in all jobs, then they may run
concurrently at different priorities.
__Martin
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