Hi there,

I upgraded Bacula from 5.0.3-2 to 5.2.13. It has no problem to run a backup job and back data directly on to USB device except "Autochanger" setting. I was trying to configure "Autochanger" to swap USB drives automatically for data backup in order that I need not to manual exchange and mount HDD when one HDD is full.

I got below errors when trying below commands.

#Bacula is running as root

[root@backupsys bacula]# /etc/bacula/mtx-changer /etc/bacula/usbchanger1.conf list
/etc/bacula/usbchanger1.conf is not an sg device, or old sg driver

[root@backupsys bacula]# su bacula /etc/bacula/mtx-changer /etc/bacula/usbchanger1.conf list
cannot open SCSI device '/etc/bacula/usbchanger1.conf' - Permission denied

Also tried to run bacula as ID bacula but failed too

Configuration info:

Bacula version: bacula-5.2.13

OS: Fedora 14 (2.6.35.14-106.fc14.x86_64)

Postgresql: postgresql-8.4.9-1.fc14.x86_64

#setting in bacula-dir.conf file

JobDefs {
  Name = "TestJob"
  Type = Backup
  Level = Full
  Client = bacula-fd
  FileSet = "Test Backup"
  Storage = usbchanger1
  Messages = Standard
  Pool = TestPool
  Priority = 10
}

Storage {
  Name = usbchanger1
  Address = localhost
  SDPort = 9103
  Password = "PASSWORD"
  Device = usb-changer-1
  Media Type = File
  Autochanger = yes;
}

#setting in bacula-sd.conf file

Autochanger {
  Name = usb-changer-1
  Device = usb-changer-1-drive-0
  Device = usb-changer-1-drive-1
  Changer Command = "/etc/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"
  Changer Device = "/etc/bacula/usbchanger1.conf"
}

Device {
  Name = usb-changer-1-drive-0
  Drive Index = 0
  Autochanger = yes;
  Device Type = File
  Media Type = File
  Archive Device = /var/spool/bacula/usbchanger1/drive0     #symlink to /mnt/usbchanger1/magazine/volfiles
  Random Access = Yes;
  RemovableMedia = no;
}

#setting in usbchanger1.conf file

baculasd="usbchanger1"
baculasd_user=bacula
bconsole=/etc/bacula/bconsole
magslots=2
maxdrive=1
mountpoint=/mnt/usbchanger1/magazine
statedir=/var/spool/bacula/usbchanger1

Appreciate much for your help! Thanks in advance!

Regards,

Keith