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Hello,

I'm trying to run concurrent jobs on different storage resources. For
example, there is no problem in doing a tape backup at the same time as
a disk backup and a DVD backup, but I don't really want two concurrent
backups to tape. So my configuration looks like this:
Director {
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 3
[...]
Client {
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 3
[...]
Storage {
Name = File
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
[...]
Storage {
Name = Tape
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
[...]
Storage {
Name = DVD
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
# At bacula-sd.conf
FileDaemon {
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 3

The fact is that it throttles one job at a time. Reading the
documentation, says this:

"To run concurrent jobs, you must set Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 in
five or six distinct places: in bacula-dir.conf in the Director, the
Job, the Client, the Storage resources; in bacula-fd in the FileDaemon
(or Client) resource, and in bacula-sd.conf in the Storage resource. If
any one is missing, it will throttle the jobs to one at a time. You may,
of course, set the Maximum Concurrent Jobs to more than 2."

Is it possible to configure the situation described above? Any hint on
what may I be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance, and keep the good work!

My understanding is that all the resources must also be set to the
max # of concurrent jobs in order for Bacula to run more than one job
at a time.

Therefore, you'll need to set your resources to 3 in all cases to get
three jobs running at once. The job resource gives you the ability to
specify which storage resource to use.

Pay particular attention to the tape media as there are risks with
running concurrent jobs to tape. If I recall, some of that can be
mitigated by how you handle spooling, but someone on the list with
tape and tape libraries experience would be better able to assist you
with that topic.

Erich

On Mar 20, 2007, at 7:58 AM, Ruben Lopez wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to run concurrent jobs on different storage resources. For
example, there is no problem in doing a tape backup at the same
time as
a disk backup and a DVD backup, but I don't really want two concurrent
backups to tape. So my configuration looks like this:
Director {
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 3
[...]
Client {
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 3
[...]
Storage {
Name = File
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
[...]
Storage {
Name = Tape
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
[...]
Storage {
Name = DVD
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
# At bacula-sd.conf
FileDaemon {
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 3

The fact is that it throttles one job at a time. Reading the
documentation, says this:

"To run concurrent jobs, you must set Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 2 in
five or six distinct places: in bacula-dir.conf in the Director, the
Job, the Client, the Storage resources; in bacula-fd in the FileDaemon
(or Client) resource, and in bacula-sd.conf in the Storage
resource. If
any one is missing, it will throttle the jobs to one at a time. You
may,
of course, set the Maximum Concurrent Jobs to more than 2."

Is it possible to configure the situation described above? Any hint on
what may I be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance, and keep the good work!

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