>>>>> On Fri, 10 May 2013 09:09:39 +0200, Kern Sibbald said:
> 
> I am a bit surprised that no one mentioned Bacula's built-in virtual
> autochanger feature that has been there for years.  The syntax for
> enabling it is a bit of a  "kludge" in my opinion, but it is the way 
> that Bacula
> Systems is recommending to handle multiple disk backup.
> 
> In the bacula-dir.conf file, define the autochanger in
> the normal way for a physical tape autochanger library.
> 
> In the bacula-sd.conf, one defines:
> 
> Autochanger {
>    Name = FileChgr1
>    Device = FileChgr1-Dev1, FileChgr1-Dev2
>    Changer Command = ""
>    Changer Device = /dev/null
> }
> 
> Device {
>    Name = FileChgr1-Dev1
>    Media Type = File1
>    Archive Device = /tmp
>    LabelMedia = yes          # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
>    Random Access = Yes
>    AutomaticMount = yes      # when device opened, read it
>    RemovableMedia = no
>    AlwaysOpen = no
>    Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
> }
> 
> Device {
>    Name = FileChgr1-Dev2
>    Media Type = File1
>    Archive Device = /tmp
>    LabelMedia = yes          # lets Bacula label unlabeled media
>    Random Access = Yes
>    AutomaticMount = yes      # when device opened, read it
>    RemovableMedia = no
>    AlwaysOpen = no
>    Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5
> }

Can you indicate where the kludge is please?

Also, do the Device resources need AutoChanger = yes like in the other
examples?

__Martin

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