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From: <mangabbs AT hotmail DOT com>
Date: Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Maximum concurrent jobs for devices
To: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:34 PM, <mangabbs AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
> >> On 05/03/10 08:35, John Drescher wrote:
> >> > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:16 AM, <mangabbs AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
> >> >> Greetings,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm using Bacula Version: 5.0.1 (24 February 2010)
> >> >> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu over Gentoo Linux. I've upgraded to be able to
> >> >> use some new features such as "Maximum Concurrent Jobs" for devices.
> >> >> Actually it seems to does not work (at least for me!). If I start 2
> >> >> different jobs at the same time the 2nd is waiting to reserve a
> >> >> drive.
> >> >>
> >> >> If I try to get status for storage from bconsole during the jobs I
> >> >> get:
> >> >>
> >> >> Running Jobs:
> >> >> Writing: Full Backup job BACKUP-vps-serverone JobId=742
> >> >> Volume="VOLUME-Full- vps-serverone-0362"
> >> >> pool="POOL-FULL-vps-serverone" device="bkp12-disk" (/bacula)
> >> >> spooling=0 despooling=0 despool_wait=0
> >> >> Files=1,634 Bytes=34,226,389 Bytes/sec=2,139,149
> >> >> FDReadSeqNo=13,839 in_msg=9397 out_msg=5 fd=5
> >> >> Writing: Full Backup job BACKUP-vps-servertwo JobId=743
> >> >> Volume="VOLUME-Full- vps-serverone-0362"
> >> >> pool="POOL-FULL-vps-servertwo" device="bkp12-disk" (/bacula)
> >> >> spooling=0 despooling=0 despool_wait=0
> >> >> Files=0 Bytes=0 Bytes/sec=0
> >> >> FDSocket closed
> >> >> ====
> >> >>
> >> >> Jobs waiting to reserve a drive:
> >> >> 3608 JobId=743 wants Pool="POOL-FULL-vps-servertwo" but have
> >> >> Pool="POOL- FULL-vps-serverone" nreserve=0 on drive "bkp12-disk"
> >> >> (/bacula). ====
> >> >
> >> > The problem is each job uses a different pool and only 1 volume can be
> >> > loaded in a device at a time so the second job has to wait.
> >>
> >> If it's a hard requirement that the two jobs use separate pools, you
> >> could create a second disk storage device on the same physical device.
> >>
> >> You could also possibly look into using the vchanger.
> >
> > Thank you Phil, the first solution sound nice to me. I am trying to use
> > the configuration described here: http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-
> > manuals/en/main/main/Basic_Volume_Management.html (it looks like the same
> > you suggested, the only difference is that I use the same folder for all
> > devices).
> >
> > I've setup all my "alias devices" to use the same folder /bacula to get
> > the tapes. But the storage daemon seems to does not recognize the old
> > tapes created from different devices on previous jobs, because with
> > storage status from console I get:
> >
> > Device "bkp12-disk-e" (/bacula) is not open.
> > Device is BLOCKED waiting to create a volume for:
> > Pool: POOL-FUL-bkp13
> > Media type: File12e
> >
> > It looks like very strange to me, because if I restart the job o the
> > original device it work as expected. Both devices are on the same storage
> > daemon and use the same folder.
> >
> > What can be?
>
> Do you have volumes of Media type File12e in your POOL-FUL-bkp13 pool
> already?
>
>
> Please post the output of
>
> list media pool=POOL-FUL-bkp13
>
> John
>
No I do not, all the volumes were created from File12 and not from File12e.
Should I edit the pool?
+---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| MediaId | VolumeName | VolStatus | Enabled | VolBytes |
VolFiles | VolRetention | Recycle | Slot | InChanger | MediaType | LastWritten
|
+---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
| 116 | VOLUME-Full-bkp13-0116 | Used | 1 | 58,972 | 0
| 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File12 | 2010-05-03 17:47:23
|
| 119 | VOLUME-Full-bkp13-0119 | Purged | 1 | 55,944 | 0
| 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File12 | 2010-04-26 09:58:05
|
| 124 | VOLUME-Full-bkp13-0124 | Used | 1 | 58,852 | 0
| 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File12 | 2010-04-28 08:10:50
|
| 127 | VOLUME-Full-bkp13-0127 | Used | 1 | 58,848 | 0
| 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File12 | 2010-04-30 09:15:07
|
| 136 | VOLUME-Full-bkp13-0136 | Used | 1 | 58,906 | 0
| 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File12 | 2010-05-02 08:37:03
|
| 145 | VOLUME-Full-bkp13-0145 | Used | 1 | 58,906 | 0
| 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File12 | 2010-05-03 08:33:35
|
| 150 | VOLUME-Full-bkp13-0150 | Used | 1 | 55,944 | 0
| 604,800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | File12 | 2010-04-24 11:17:02
|
+---------+---------------------------+-----------+---------+----------+----------+--------------+---------+------+-----------+-----------+---------------------+
Thank you,
Lorenzo
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John M. Drescher
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