2010/4/28 Greg Golin <greg.golin AT etouchpoint DOT com>:
> Hello,
> I am trying to configure bacula to use vchanger for offsite backups.
> Basically I'd like to be able to swap USB drives every week and take them
> offsite. The vchanger howto does not state whether I should run label
> barcodes for each magazine. Could someone please clarify what operations
> should be performed to configure two drives?
> bacula-dir.conf relevant config:
> Storage {
>   Name = OffSiteChanger
>   Address = mfile.merus.local-sd
>   Password = "snip"
>   Device = OffSiteChanger
>   Media Type = File
>   Autochanger = yes;
> }
> bacula-sd.conf relevant config:
> Autochanger {
>   Name = OffSiteChanger
>   Device = OffSiteChanger-drive-0
>   Device = OffSiteChanger-drive-1
>   Changer Command = "/usr/local/bin/vchanger %c %o %S %a %d"
>   Changer Device = "/etc/bacula/removable.conf"
> }
> #---  drive 0 of the OffSiteChanger autochanger
> Device {
>   Name = OffSiteChanger-drive-0
>   DriveIndex = 0
>   Autochanger = yes;
>   DeviceType = File
>   MediaType = File
>   ArchiveDevice = /var/lib/bacula/OffSiteChanger/0/drive0
>   RemovableMedia = no;
>   RandomAccess = yes;
> }
> #---  drive 1 of the OffSiteChanger autochanger
> Device {
>   Name = OffSiteChanger-drive-1
>   DriveIndex = 1
>   Autochanger = yes;
>   DeviceType = File
>   MediaType = File
>   ArchiveDevice = /var/lib/bacula/OffSiteChanger/1/drive1
>   RemovableMedia = no;
>   RandomAccess = yes;
> }# ...
> vchanger config:
> changer_name = "OffSiteChanger"
> work_dir = "/var/lib/bacula/OffSiteChanger"
> logfile = "/var/lib/bacula/OffSiteChanger/OffSiteChanger.log"
> Virtual_Drives = 1
> slots_per_magazine = 4
> magazine_bays = 1
> automount_dir = /opt/bacula/removable
> magazine = "UUID:1125820e-3163-41d0-b571-36818eea5a78"
> magazine = "UUID:8a672f1d-9f79-4b68-8260-8285eeb6a1d8"
> With this configuration when I unplug one drive, plug in the second drive,
> and run update slots bacula says this:
> *update slots
> Automatically selected Catalog: MyCatalog
> Using Catalog "MyCatalog"
> The defined Storage resources are:
>      1: File
>      2: Archive
>      3: OffSiteChanger
> Select Storage resource (1-3): 3
> Enter autochanger drive[0]: 1
> Connecting to Storage daemon OffSiteChanger at mfile.merus.local-sd:9103 ...
> 3306 Issuing autochanger "slots" command.
> Device "OffSiteChanger" has 4 slots.
> Connecting to Storage daemon OffSiteChanger at mfile.merus.local-sd:9103 ...
> 3306 Issuing autochanger "list" command.
> Volume "OffSiteChanger_0002_0001" not found in catalog. Slot=1 InChanger set
> to zero.
> Volume "OffSiteChanger_0002_0002" not found in catalog. Slot=2 InChanger set
> to zero.
> Volume "OffSiteChanger_0002_0003" not found in catalog. Slot=3 InChanger set
> to zero.
> Volume "OffSiteChanger_0002_0004" not found in catalog. Slot=4 InChanger set
> to zero.
> *
> I expected it to link the volumes to the new slots. What am I doing wrong?
> Thanks,
> Greg

BTW, with vchanger the two usb drives should not be devices
themselves. They are represented as magazines that are swapped out
when you issue update slots. The only reason to have more than 1
device is concurrency. This however does not fix your issue.. Sorry.

John

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