Re: [Bacula-users] Using CSWbacula package from Blastwave, is mtx supported?

[Ryan N. <nov...@um...>]

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I use the Blastwave packages, and as a matter of fact recently moved
from using my own packages to using Blastwave's packages (mainly for
ease of updates). Works great.

A note on your archive device... at the very least, you need 0n. Bacula
doesn't like tape devices that are rewinding (n is non-rewinding). b,
for BSD behavior, might also be required. Hopefully I'm not giving you
information you don't need, but:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/solaris-tape-device-names-and-control-the-tape-drive.html

(did a quick Google search) -- the others are pretty much up to you. I
tend to use cbn or lbn, depending upon the makeup of my data.

Aaron Wilson wrote:
> mtx is available from blastwave.
> http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/mtx
> 
> I too am testing bacula on Solaris using the blastwave packages. I don't 
> have an autochanger though, just a single tape dlt drive.
> 
> One thing I had to do is specify the tape backup device in the 
> bacula-sd.conf as follows:
> 
>   Archive Device = /dev/rmt/0mbn
> 
> 
> I would get errors if used for example:
> 
>   Archive Device = /dev/rmt/0m
> 
> or
> 
>   Archive Device = /dev/rmt/0
> 
> My experience is pretty good. I've got really simple backup needs 
> though. I use a different tape for each day of the week Mon -Thur and 
> have  multiple Friday tapes. The hardest part I have had to wrestle 
> with, other than finding the correct Archive Device, is getting bacula 
> to overwrite my volumes before the tape fills up. I think I have that 
> dialed in now.
> 
> 
> 
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