On 2017-07-05 09:27, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> Please carefully consider the advice from Josh Fisher.  It is very good
> advice.
> 
> Kern

Yes, agree.


> On 07/04/2017 12:46 AM, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
>> On 2017-07-03 17:01, Kern Sibbald wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> There is no way to get two autochangers to work on the same Volumes.
>>> You can try but it is almost sure to fail, because it was not
>>> designed that way.  You can potentially use the two autochangers with
>>> two separate pools, and get Bacula to use both of them.  This
>>> (multiple drives with separate pools) was implemented for stand-alone
>>> drives, but it was never tested, because it was not needed after
>>> implementing autochangers.
>>>
>>> If someone were *really* interested he/she would need to test it and
>>> correct any problems in the code.  I am *very* busy implementing
>>> other new features that are very important so I would not be the
>>> person to do it.
>>>
>>> Most people in your place would simply swap out his drive and put in
>>> a newer one with more capacity (unless you are already using LTO-7).
>>> Otherwise most other people would swap out the two autochangers and
>>> get a single one with more cartridges.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Kern
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If that is the case, no, I will not try and will mess with the code,
>> others do that better.
>>
>> But still, even if two changers cannot work with the same volume, they
>> can still work with the same pool which is good enough for me.
>>
>> And, changers are mechanical devices that sometimes break, having two
>> means you can loose one and still do your job.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> //per
>>
>>> On 07/03/2017 12:05 PM, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> As stated in the subject, how can one get two (identical) changers
>>>> work together seamlessly in the same pool so when one has its tapes
>>>> filled up the next will continue without intervention?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> //per
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