Bill, thank you for your response.  The C2T "Cycle to Tape" jobs are actually functioning properly.  The first job takes longer, and I have one tape drive.  I am using Priority to ensure that the C2T-Data job completes before the C2T-Archive job.  The D2D "Daily to Disk" jobs use a different set of devices.  But, if this could be the root of my problem I will investigate.  To complete the picture, the priority of the C2T-Data job is 10, the C2T-Archive is 11 and the D2D jobs are 9 except one the D2D-Bacula post backup job which is 99, due to wanting a clean backup after all jobs are complete. 

 

This is the behavior I am looking for: from the 7.4.6 manual: "Note that only higher priority jobs will start early. Suppose the director will allow two concurrent jobs, and that two jobs with priority 10 are running, with two more in the queue. If a job with priority 5 is added to the queue, it will be run as soon as one of the running jobs finishes. However, new priority 10 jobs will not be run until the priority 5 job has finished."

 

It seems I am limited to only 2 connections to my Storage, but I can’t see where that is configured improperly. 

 

As a quick rationale

Concurrency:

My DIR allows for up to 20 concurrent

My SD allows for up to 20 concurrent

My FD allows for up to 20 concurrent

My Clients allow for up to 2 concurrent (by schedule will only happen on Sundays)

My Bacula Client allows for up to 10 concurrent (just in case)

My Storage allows for up to 10 concurrent for each of two types Daily2Disk & Weekly2Disk and 1 concurrent for Cycle2Tape

 

Devices:

TapeChanger (Dell TL1000)

- ULT3580 - /dev/nst0 (IBM LTO-7)

 

FileChanger

- Daily2Disk - Media-Type: Daily

- Weekly2Disk - Media-Type: Weekly

- Monthly2Disk - Media-Type: Monthly

 

Schedule:

Cycle2Tape begin daily at 6PM  #-- Jobs will start first

Daily2Disk begin daily at 7PM #-- Jobs will start second except for Sundays

Daily2Disk-After Backup begin daily at 11:10 PM #-- Jobs will start last

Weekly2Disk begin Sunday at 12PM #-- Jobs will start first

 

-Run down

   934  Back Diff    106,028    537.4 G C2T-Data is running <- Job starts at 6PM with a priority of 10 no other jobs running

   935  Back Diff          0         0  C2T-Archive is waiting for higher priority jobs to finish <- Job starts at 6PM with a priority of 11 Job 934 is running job 935 waits

   936  Back Full     19,943    13.58 G D2D-DC02-Application is running <- Job starts at 7PM with a priority of 9, starts immediately just what we want.

   937  Back Full          0         0  D2D-HRMS-Application is waiting on Storage "Storage_Daily2Disk" <- Job starts at 7PM with priority of 9, but hangs, when it should start per concurrency settings and being the same priority as 936

   938  Back Full          0         0  D2D-Fish-Application is waiting on Storage "Storage_Daily2Disk" <- Job starts at 7PM with priority of 9, but hangs, when it should start per concurrency settings and being the same priority as 936 & 937

   939  Back Full          0         0  D2D-SPR01-Application is waiting on Storage "Storage_Daily2Disk" <- Job starts at 7PM with priority of 9, but hangs, when it should start per concurrency settings and being the same priority as 936, 937, & 938

 

Full Details:

/etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf

 

Director {                           

  Name = bacula-dir

  DIRport = 9101               

  QueryFile = "/etc/bacula/query.sql"

  WorkingDirectory = "/backup/bacula/spool"

  PidDirectory = "/var/run"

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20

  Password = "*"

  Messages = Daemon

}

 

###############################################################################

#--- SCHEDULES

Schedule {

  Name = "Daily2DiskCycle"

  Run = Pool=Pool_Monthly2Disk 1st sun at 19:00

  Run = Pool=Pool_Daily2Disk mon-sat at 19:00

  Run = Pool=Pool_Weekly2Disk 2nd-5th sun at 19:00

}

 

Schedule {

  Name = "Weekly2DiskCycle"

  Run = Pool=Pool_Monthly2Disk 1st sun at 12:00

  Run = Pool=Pool_Weekly2Disk sun at 12:00

}

 

Schedule {

  Name = "Days-Diff-MTWHFSU"

  Run = Full 1st sat at 19:00

  Run = Differential mon-sun at 19:00

}

 

Schedule {

  Name = "LogIT360_Cycle"

  Run = Level=Full sat at 6:00

  Run = Level=Differential sun at 18:00

  Run = Level=Incremental mon at 18:00

  Run = Level=Differential tue at 18:00

  Run = Level=Incremental wed at 18:00

  Run = Level=Differential thu at 18:00

  Run = Level=Incremental fri at 18:00

}

 

# This schedule does the catalog. It starts after the WeeklyCycle

Schedule {

  Name = "Daily2DiskCycle-AfterBackup"

  Run = Pool=Pool_Monthly2Disk 1st sun at 23:10

  Run = Pool=Pool_Daily2Disk mon-sat at 23:10

  Run = Pool=Pool_Weekly2Disk 2nd-5th sun at 23:10

}

 

###############################################################################

#--- DISK STORAGE OPTIONS

Storage {

  Name = Storage_Daily2Disk

  Address = backup.us.domain.com

  SDPort = 9103

  Password = "*"

  Device = FileChgr

  Media Type = DailyDisk

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10

}

 

Storage {

  Name = Storage_Weekly2Disk

  Address = backup.us.domain.com

  SDPort = 9103

  Password = "*"

  Device = FileChgr

  Media Type = WeeklyDisk

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10

}

 

Storage {

  Name = Storage_Monthly2Disk

  Address = backup.us.domain.com

  SDPort = 9103

  Password = "*"

  Device = FileChgr

  Media Type = MonthlyDisk

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10

 

}

 

###############################################################################

#--- TAPE STORAGE OPTIONS

Storage {

  Name          = Tape

  Address       = backup.us.domain.com

  SDPort        = 9103

  Password      = "*"

  Device        = "ULT3580"

  Media Type    = LTO-7

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10

  Autochanger   = yes

}

 

###############################################################################

#--- DEFAULT JOB DEFINITIONS

JobDefs {

  Name = "Daily2Disk Jobs"

  Type = Backup

  Level = Full

  Schedule = "Daily2DiskCycle"

  Messages = Standard

  SpoolAttributes = yes

  Write Bootstrap = "/backup/bacula/spool/%c-%n-%j.bsr"

  Priority = 9

  Allow Mixed Priority = yes

}

 

JobDefs {

  Name = "Weekly2Disk Jobs"

  Type = Backup

  Level = Full

  Schedule = "Weekly2DiskCycle"

  Messages = Standard

  SpoolAttributes = yes

  Write Bootstrap = "/backup/bacula/spool/%c-%n-%j.bsr"

  Priority = 9

  Allow Mixed Priority = yes

}

 

JobDefs {

  Name = "Daily2Disk Bacula Catalog"

  Type = Backup

  Level = Full

  Schedule = "Daily2DiskCycle-AfterBackup"

  Messages = Standard

  SpoolAttributes = no

  Write Bootstrap = "/backup/bacula/spool/%c-%n-%j.bsr"

  Priority = 99

}

 

JobDefs {

  Name = "TapeJobs"

  Type = Backup

  Level = Full

  Client = bacula-fd

  Storage = Tape

  Messages = Standard

  SpoolAttributes = yes

  Write Bootstrap = "/backup/bacula/spool/%c-%n-%j.bsr"

  Priority = 10

  Allow Mixed Priority = yes

}

 

###############################################################################

##--- SAMPLE CLIENT

Client {

  Name = sample-fd

  Address = 10.1.X.X

  FDPort = 9102

  Catalog = MyCatalog

  Password = "*"

  File Retention = 60 days

  Job Retention = 6 months

  AutoPrune = yes

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2

}

 

#-- SERVER JOBS

Job {

  Name = "W2D-Sample-System"

  Client = sample-fd

  JobDefs = "Weekly2Disk Jobs"

  FileSet = "Windows-Sample-System"

  Pool = Pool_Weekly2Disk

 RunScript {

    Command = "WBADMIN START SYSTEMSTATEBACKUP -backupTarget:E:  -quiet"

    RunsWhen = Before

    RunsOnClient = yes

  }

}

 

Job {

  Name = "D2D-Sample-Application"

  Client = sample-fd

  JobDefs = "Daily2Disk Jobs"

  FileSet = "Windows-Sample-Application"

  Pool = Pool_Daily2Disk

}

 

FileSet {

  Name = "Windows-Sample-Application"

  Include {

    Options {

      signature = MD5

      compression = GZIP

    }

    File = "E:/ShareFiles"

    File = "E:/Shares/Share"

    File = "C:/Shares/Scans"

  }

}

 

FileSet {

  Name = "Windows-Sample-System"

  Include {

    Options {

      signature = MD5

      compression = GZIP

    }

    File = "E:/WindowsImageBackup"

  }

}

 

/etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf

 

Storage {                            

  Name = bacula-sd

  SDPort = 9103                 

  WorkingDirectory = "/backup/bacula/spool"

  Pid Directory = "/var/run"

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20

}

 

Autochanger {

  Name = FileChgr

  Device = DailyDevice, WeeklyDevice, MonthlyDevice

  Changer Command = ""

  Changer Device = /dev/null

}

 

Device {

  Name = DailyDevice

  Media Type = DailyDisk

  Archive Device = /backup/bacula/daily

  Autochanger = yes;

  LabelMedia = yes;                  

  Random Access = Yes;

  AutomaticMount = yes;              

  RemovableMedia = no;

  AlwaysOpen = no;

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10

}

 

Device {

  Name = WeeklyDevice

  Media Type = WeeklyDisk

  Archive Device = /backup/bacula/weekly

  Autochanger = yes;

  LabelMedia = yes;                  

  Random Access = Yes;

  AutomaticMount = yes;              

  RemovableMedia = no;

  AlwaysOpen = no;

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10

}

 

Device {

  Name = MonthlyDevice

  Media Type = MonthlyDisk

  Archive Device = /backup/bacula/monthly

  Autochanger = yes;

  LabelMedia = yes;                  

  Random Access = Yes;

  AutomaticMount = yes;              

  RemovableMedia = no;

  AlwaysOpen = no;

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10

}

 

Autochanger {

  Name                  = "Dell-TL1000"

  Device                = ULT3580

  Description           = "Dell TL1000 (model IBM 3572-TL)"

  Changer Device        = /dev/sg5

  Changer Command       = "/usr/local/sbin/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"

}

 

Device {

  Name                  = ULT3580

  Description           = "IBM ULT3580-HH7"

  Media Type            = LTO-7

  Archive Device        = /dev/nst0

  Label Media           = yes

#  Label Type           = IBM;

  AutomaticMount        = yes;              

  AlwaysOpen            = yes;

  RemovableMedia        = yes;

  RandomAccess          = no;

  AutoChanger           = yes;

  Changer Device        = /dev/sg5

  Drive Index           = 0

  Spool Directory       = /backup/bacula/spool

  Changer Command       = "/usr/libexec/bacula/mtx-changer %c %o %S %a %d"

  # Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded

  Alert Command         = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'"

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1

}

 

/etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf

 

FileDaemon {                         

  Name = bacula-fd

  FDport = 9102                 

  WorkingDirectory = /var/spool/bacula

  Pid Directory = /var/run

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20

  Plugin Directory = /usr/lib64/bacula

}

 

Thanks you again and I hope we can find a resolution 😊

 

 

 

Jim Richardson

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Bill Arlofski [mailto:waa-bacula AT revpol DOT com]

Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 12:08 AM

To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Job is waiting on Storage

 

On 07/13/2017 06:50 PM, Jim Richardson wrote:

> I can’t seem to get Bacula to run simultaneous jobs when using the

> same storage device.  Can anyone offer advice?

>

> 

>

> Running Jobs:

>

> Console connected at 13-Jul-17 19:37

>

> JobId  Type Level     Files     Bytes  Name              Status

>

> ======================================================================

>

>    934  Back Diff    106,028    537.4 G C2T-Data is running

>

>    935  Back Diff          0         0  C2T-Archive is waiting for higher

> priority jobs to finish

>

>    936  Back Full     19,943    13.58 G D2D-DC02-Application is running

>

>    937  Back Full          0         0  D2D-HRMS-Application is waiting on

> Storage "Storage_Daily2Disk"

>

>    938  Back Full          0         0  D2D-Fish-Application is waiting on

> Storage "Storage_Daily2Disk"

>

>    939  Back Full          0         0  D2D-SPR01-Application is waiting on

> Storage "Storage_Daily2Disk"

 

Hi Jim,

 

To me, it looks like your settings are correct regarding MaximumConcurrentjobs (MCJ)...

 

What I think is going on here is that jobid 935 is holding everything else up due to it having a different priority.

 

Notice that its status is: "waiting for higher priority jobs to finish"

 

Unless you have set "AllowMixedPriority" in your Job resources, then the other jobs will wait until this one is finished. Personally, I do not recommend that this be set, as it causes more confusion than clarity in my opinion.

 

Just an FYI: The status "is waiting for higher priority jobs to finish", in my humble opinion is not really 100% correct. It could be that it "is waiting on LOWER priority jobs to finish", but the same message is printed in both cases.

I think this message could be more specific to the actual case, or made more generic to say "waiting on jobs of different priorities to finish, and 'AllowMixedPriority' not enabled..."  (something like this)

 

I wonder why though, that jobid  936 (after 935) is listed as running...

Perhaps check its priority to see if it is the same as jobid 934 "C2T-Data"

 

If you set the "C2T-Archive" job's priority to the same priority as the other backup jobs, then it will not be held up, and it will not hold up any other queued jobs.

 

You can investigate the "AllowMixedPriority" option, but I think it may not do what you want (exactly).

 

Another option is to set up some schedules to try to make sure this "Archive"

jobs is run when no other normal backup jobs are running.

 

 

Best regards,

 

Bill

 

--

Bill Arlofski

http://www.revpol.com/bacula

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