On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Jeff Shanholtz <jeffsubs AT shanholtz DOT com>
wrote:
> I am trying to alter my Bacula configuration such that my backup jobs run
> concurrently since sometimes a client can be offline and I want to have
> Bacula wait up to 12 hours for that client to reappear without holding up
> the whole queue of client jobs. As best as I can tell I've got everything
> configured correctly but I still get "waiting on Storage File" status
> messages for all clients except one. Only one client is running at a time,
> although they all run successfully in sequential fashion.
>
> I am using a removable hard drive for the backup media with one file per
> client backup job. I have created separate pools, one per client, to ensure
> that the right job matches up with the right backup file. Otherwise I found
> that if an error occurred trying to start a backup of client #1, client #2
> would use client #1's backup file, causing confusion since the backup files
> are named after the client.
>
> I am still running version 3.0.3 since 5.0 doesn't have Windows director and
> storage binaries precompiled.
>
> Hopefully I've provided enough background, including what I believe is all
> of the relevant config info below. So how do I fix this "waiting on Storage
> File" problem so I can get clients backing up concurrently?
>
Bacula can not load more than 1 volume in a storage device at a time
so your pool and volume policy prevent concurrency. To get around this
add more storage devices. And to ease the management of multiple
storage devices use the bacula vchanger to create a virtual disk
autochanger.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vchanger/
> Director config (including a representative pool definition - remember that
> I have one pool per client)...
>
> Director { # define myself
> Name = myserver-dir
> DIRport = 9101 # where we listen for UA connections
> QueryFile = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Bacula\\bin\\query.sql"
> WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
> Data\\Bacula\\Work"
> PidDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
> Data\\Bacula\\Work"
> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
> Password = "mypassword" # Console password
> Messages = Daemon
> FD Connect Timeout = 43200 # 12 hrs
> }
>
> # Definition of file storage device
> Storage {
> Name = File
> # Do not use "localhost" here
> Address = myserver # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
> SDPort = 9103
> Password = "mypassword"
> Device = FileStorage
> Media Type = File
> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
> }
>
> Pool {
> Name = myclientpool
> Pool Type = Backup
> Recycle = no # Bacula can automatically recycle
> Volumes
> AutoPrune = yes # Prune expired volumes
> Volume Retention = 365 days # one year
> Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
> Label Format =
> "myclient-${Year}-${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}_${Level}_${JobId}"
> }
>
> Storage config...
>
> Storage { # definition of myself
> Name = myserver-sd
> SDPort = 9103 # Director's port
> WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
> Data\\Bacula\\Work"
> Pid Directory = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application
> Data\\Bacula\\Work"
> Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
> }
>
> Device {
> Name = FileStorage
> Media Type = File
> Archive Device = "H:\\Bacula\ Backup\ Volumes"
> LabelMedia = yes # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
> Random Access = Yes
> AutomaticMount = yes # when device opened, read it
> RemovableMedia = yes
> AlwaysOpen = no
> }
>
>
>
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