Hi Vizo,
If I use the UUID:blah format, vchanger can't find the drives.
I found on another post to this list in the archives (via google) that
the following method worked - but I'm unsure if any further problems
were encountered.
It seems to be a problem with libuuid or similar?
On 18/05/14 12:47, Vizo Allman wrote:
> Ok I think you have magazine wrong
>
> magazine = "UUID:Your UID HERE"
>
>
> On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Steven Haigh <netwiz AT crc.id DOT au
> <mailto:netwiz AT crc.id DOT au>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm in the process of trying to change my backup system from TSM to
> Bacula - and there are a few things I can't quite find the answers to.
> Mostly in regards to the interaction with vchanger.
>
> I use a few eSATA drives to move data to. I also do the initial full
> backups to this pool - then a nightly incremental.
>
> I've set up vchanger as so:
> # cat /etc/bacula/vchanger.conf
> changer_name = esata-changer
> work_dir = /opt/bacula/working/esata
> logfile = "/var/log/vchanger.log"
> log_level = LOG_DEBUG
> Virtual_Drives = 2
> slots_per_magazine = 10
> magazine_bays = 1
> automount_dir = /mnt/vchanger
> magazine = /mnt/vchanger/a7122eae-bf9a-4b09-a67f-68db60cee026
>
> It seems I can't use UUID:a7122eae-bf9a-4b09-a67f-68db60cee026 as the
> magazine (maybe that leads to my problems restoring later on?) as
> vchanger continues to error out when I try.
>
> bacula-sd.conf is almost straight from the docs:
> Autochanger {
> Name = esata-changer
> Device = esata-changer-drive-0
> Device = esata-changer-drive-1
> Changer Command = "/usr/local/bin/vchanger %c %o %S %a %d"
> Changer Device = "/etc/bacula/vchanger.conf"
> }
> #--- drive 0 of the esata autochanger
> Device {
> Name = esata-changer-drive-0
> DriveIndex = 0
> Autochanger = yes;
> DeviceType = File
> MediaType = File
> ArchiveDevice = /opt/bacula/working/esata/0/drive0
> RemovableMedia = no;
> RandomAccess = yes;
> }
> #--- drive 1 of the esata autochanger
> Device {
> Name = esata-changer-drive-1
> DriveIndex = 1
> Autochanger = yes;
> DeviceType = File
> MediaType = File
> ArchiveDevice = /opt/bacula/working/esata/1/drive1
> RemovableMedia = no;
> RandomAccess = yes;
> }
>
> bacula-dir.conf is almost straight from the docs as well:
> Storage {
> Name = esata
> Address = bacula.crc.id.au
> <http://bacula.crc.id.au>
> Password = "mypassword"
> Device = esata-changer
> Media Type = File
> Autochanger = yes
> }
> Pool {
> Name = esata
> Pool Type = Backup
> Storage = esata
> Maximum Volume Bytes = 40G
> Recycle Pool = esata
> }
>
> Now, I've been using BAT to look at the director and I firstly have the
> following specific questions:
>
> 1) I have 10 inital slots for volumes on the eSATA drive. 10 x 40Gb =
> 400Gb. As the drives are 1Tb (mostly), will new volumes automatically be
> created as the other 10 reach full? Do I have to manually create the
> number of volumes up to X (ie a full drive?)
>
> 2) When I do a restore, will I get prompted to insert the esata drive
> for vchanger to play with? My initial experiments show that the restore
> terminated with the following errors:
> 17-May 19:03 bacula.crc.id.au-sd JobId 58: 3304 Issuing
> autochanger
> "load slot 9, drive 0" command.
> 17-May 19:03 lamp.crc.id.au-fd JobId 58: Fatal error: job.c:2435 Bad
> response from SD to Read Data command. Wanted 3000 OK data
> , got 3000 error
> 17-May 19:03 bacula.crc.id.au-sd JobId 58: Fatal error: 3992 Bad
> autochanger "load slot 9, drive 0": ERR=Unknown error during program
> execvp.
> Results=failed to convert slot 9 to valid volume file name
> 17-May 19:03 bacula.crc.id.au-sd JobId 58: Warning: acquire.c:232 Read
> open file device "esata-drive-0" (/opt/bacula/working/eSATA/0/drive0)
> Volume "eSATA-changer_0001_0009" failed: ERR=file_dev.c:172 Could not
> open(/opt/bacula/working/eSATA/0/drive0,OPEN_READ_ONLY,0640): ERR=No
> such file or directory
> 17-May 19:03 bacula.crc.id.au-sd JobId 58: 3304 Issuing autochanger
> "load slot 9, drive 0" command.
> 17-May 19:03 bacula.crc.id.au-sd JobId 58: Fatal error: 3992 Bad
> autochanger "load slot 9, drive 0": ERR=Unknown error during program
> execvp.
> Results=failed to convert slot 9 to valid volume file name
>
> I can't seem to find much on the who/what/where/why of this. I have
> however revisited the config from scratch, wiped the bacula DB and am
> starting fresh with a new install for my current lot of trials.
> (therefore this config didn't quite match the above).
>
> Any good suggestions or tips on gotchas for a new Bacula user?
--
Steven Haigh
Email: netwiz AT crc.id DOT au
Web: http://www.crc.id.au
Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
Fax: (03) 8338 0299
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