Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Migrating to a different system

2010-03-26 12:44:05
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Migrating to a different system
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Peter Eisch <peter AT boku DOT net>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:42:18 -0400
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Peter Eisch <peter AT boku DOT net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I needed to move the tape changer device from the bacula dir/sd with disk
> (volga) to a system running just the sd (ruhr).  I can status/mount/umount
> from the dir (volga) just fine.
>
> The problem comes when it's time to migrate.
>
> 26-Mar 10:50 volga-dir JobId 74: Start Migration JobId 74,
> Job=onlineca-migrate.2010-03-26_10.50.19_44
> 26-Mar 10:55 ruhr-sd JobId 74: Fatal error: Device reservation failed for
> JobId=74:
> 26-Mar 10:50 volga-dir JobId 74: Fatal error:
>     Storage daemon didn't accept Device "someDev" because:
>     3924 Device "someDev" not in SD Device resources.
>
> I assumed that during the migrate that the dir reads the volumes and feeds
> it to the sd/tape.  Instead it appears by the errors that the the sd on the
> sd/tape system only looks locally for the media to migrate.  I don't have a
> definition in the bacula-sd.conf on the sd system for "someDev' because it's
> not local.
>
> I can work around this by adding the Device entry for "someDev" on the
> sd/tape system and NFS mounting the media.  This seems kludgy.  Is there a
> more elegant way have the sd/tape get the media from the dir/sd system?
>

I believe migration across different storage daemons is not implemented yet.

John

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