From d759b5a930a9c60726b60949349cb18617b15fcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kern Sibbald Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:19:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak changes to the Autochanger resource --- docs/manuals/en/main/newbsfeatures.tex | 29 ++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/main/newbsfeatures.tex b/docs/manuals/en/main/newbsfeatures.tex index 96713ab4..9520fe0c 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/main/newbsfeatures.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/main/newbsfeatures.tex @@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ Point In Time Recovery (PITR) with RMAN backup techniques. \section{Bacula Enterprise 6.0.2} -To make Bacula function properly with multiple Autochanger definition in the -Director configuration, you must adapt your {\bf bacula-dir.conf} {\bf Storage} -directives. +To make Bacula function properly with multiple Autochanger definitions, in +the Director's configuration, you must adapt your {\bf bacula-dir.conf} +{\bf Storage} directives. \smallskip Each autochanger that you have defined in an {\bf Autochanger} @@ -299,8 +299,10 @@ in the Director's {\bf bacula-dir.conf} file. Normally you will already have a {\bf Storage} resource that points to the Storage daemon's {\bf Autochanger} resource. Thus you need only to change the name of the {\bf Storage} resource to -{\bf Autochanger}. In addition no {\bf Autochanger = yes} -directive is needed in the Director's {\bf Autochanger} resource. +{\bf Autochanger}. In addition the {\bf Autochanger = yes} +directive is not needed in the Director's {\bf Autochanger} +resource, since the resource name is {\bf Autochanger}, the +Director already knows that it represents an autochanger. \smallskip In addition to the above change ({\bf Storage} to {\bf Autochanger}), @@ -331,8 +333,8 @@ Storage { Password = "xxxxxxxxxx" Device = LTO4_1_Drive0 Media Type = LTO-4 - Autochanger = Changer-1 # New directive Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5 + Autochanger = Changer-1 # New directive } Storage { @@ -342,8 +344,8 @@ Storage { Password = "xxxxxxxxxx" Device = LTO4_1_Drive1 Media Type = LTO-4 - Autochanger = Changer-1 # New directive Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5 + Autochanger = Changer-1 # New directive } ... @@ -351,16 +353,17 @@ Storage { Note that Storage resources {\bf Changer-1-Drive0} and {\bf Changer-1-Drive1} are not required since they make -up part of an autochanger. However, by referring to those -Storage definitions in a job, you will be sure to use only -the indicated drive. This is probably most used for -reserving a drive for restores. See the Storage daemon +up part of an autochanger, and normally, Jobs refer only +to the Autochanger resource. +However, by referring to those +Storage definitions in a Job, you will use only +the indicated drive. This is not normally what +you want to do, but it is very useful and often used +for reserving a drive for restores. See the Storage daemon example .conf below and the use of {\bf AutoSelect = no}. So, in summary, the changes are: \begin{itemize} -\item Remove the {\bf Shared Storage = yes} from the {\bf Director} -resource. \item Change {\bf Storage} to {\bf Autochanger} in the LTO4 resource. \item Remove the {\bf Autochanger = yes} from the {\bf Autochanger} LTO4 resource. -- 2.39.5