On 7/15/2010 4:46 PM, Dan Langille wrote: > > On 7/15/2010 4:22 PM, Scott Briggs wrote: >> So there are references to a "Label Media" directive under the Device >> resource, however that directive is not listed in the the >> documentation for the Device directive. Whether this is documented >> elsewhere (as Kern Sibbald has implied but without providing any >> links) is irrelevant as it's implied that all the directives for a >> given resource are defined in the manual for that resource. It would >> be great if this could be added to the manual. > > There is a documentation mailing list. That might be a good spot to > start. but.... > >> >> Cheers, >> Scott >> >> >> Here are the original questions and subsequent snarky responses: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg04516.html >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg02515.html >> > > Those questions asked in the inappropriate place. They should have been > asked here. Those questions were asked back in 2009 & 2008. Good on you > for being persistent and following up. > > Using Google to search for LabelMedia, I found a few references, but no > primary reference for it. I would expect it to be defined here, probably > right next to 'Media Type'. > > http://www.bacula.org/3.0.x-manuals/en/install/install/Storage_Daemon_Configuratio.html > > > Can anyone else find a definition? A better place to define it?
At http://www.bacula.org/3.0.x-manuals/en/install/install/Autochanger_Resource.html found it: "Label media = yesno If Yes, permits this device to automatically label blank media without an explicit operator command. It does so by using an internal algorithm as defined on the Label FormatLabel record in each Pool resource. If this is No as by default, Bacula will label tapes only by specific operator command (label in the Console) or when the tape has been recycled. The automatic labeling feature is most useful when writing to disk rather than tape volumes." Jumping forward to the 5.x manual, that section is missing: http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Autochanger_Resource.html#12838 It is important to know this appears under the Capabilities section of the Autochanger documentation, but applies to the Device resource. Thus, I think it should appear on this page: http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Storage_Daemon_Configuratio.html#SECTION002030000000000000000 It appears that the Capabilities section was correctly removed from that page, but the 'Label media' and 'Automatic mount' directives were not added to Storage_Daemon_Configuratio.html -- Dan Langille - http://langille.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
