Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] switching between RAID-packs, marking Volume in Error

2010-03-29 15:23:10
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] switching between RAID-packs, marking Volume in Error
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Paul Binkley <paul.binkley AT ois DOT com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:20:59 -0400
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Paul Binkley <paul.binkley AT ois DOT com> 
wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have a backup scheme that has been working well, with 1 issue. We write to
> a 4.5 TB RAID pack for 30 days, then cycle it as offsite backup, replacing
> it with an identical array.
>
> Now obviously each RAID pack has a different set of volumes, so when I
> switch them, the first job can't seem to figure out which volume to use and
> it marks the one it expects as Error in the catalog. I have to force it to
> use a Volume on the new RAID and then it seems to work fine until I rotate
> it again. I am concerned that this one Volume is getting marked as
> erroneous, and would also like this to be as "hands-off" as possible. Has
> anyone done this sort of thing before, and did you experience similar
> issues?
>
> I may be missing something fundamental and your input is appreciated.
>
> SD and Director are both running 3.0.3 on separate CentOS 5.3 machines.
>

You probably should use separate pools for each raid set.

John

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