27 Oct
2007
27 Oct
'07
8:42 p.m.
--On Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:16 PM -0400 "Michael D. Kralka" michael.kralka@kvs.com wrote:
You can always set up a udev rule that will give the drive a known alias (e.g. "backup_drive") based on some fixed information that is stored in sysfs (such as vendor or model). Your scripts can then use the alias instead of the real drive name.
This article is a little out of date, but might be useful:
Here's a howto for using labeled USB drives as "tape drives" with the Bacula backup system:
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=47704&group_id=50727