I can't believe I didn't see this in the manual before. Thanks for pointing it out! :)
Thanks, Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Stracchino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 01 August, 2005 08:20 > To: Chris Lee > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Forcing Pools for upgraded jobs > > Chris Lee wrote: > > Good morning everyone, > > > > Can a backup job which has been upgraded to Full be forced to use a > > different Pool in the director config? > > > > Example situation: > > 1) A new client is added to the director config in the > middle of the month. > > 2) Full backups occur at the beginning of the month. > > 3) The new client uses a generic schedule which is defined > for similar > > clients. > > 4) The next Run in that schedule is defined with Level=Incremental > > Pool=IncrPool. > > 5) So the director upgrades the job to Full, but still > wants to use the > > IncrPool because it's specified in the Run directive. > > > > What I would like to see (if it is possible) is optional > functionality such > > that when a job is upgraded during a scheduled Run, the > Pool for that Run > > can be overridden as well. > > > > The first thing that came to mind when I started thinking > about this is that > > job levels might have to be assigned to pools -- which may > not be want some > > users want. After some further consideration it occurs to > me that an > > optional Upgrade Pool directive could be added to the > Schedule resource. > > > > Of course, these considerations hinge on whether such > functionality is not > > currently available. > > It's already possible to specify which pool should be used for jobs of > specific levels: > > > JobDefs { > Name = Backup > Type = Backup > ... > Full Backup Pool = Full > Differential Backup Pool = Inc > Incremental Backup Pool = Inc > ... > } > > > Reason says all that SHOULD be required is to make Bacula honor these > directives when it upgrades Job levels. (I seem to recall this issue > has come up before, but I don't recall the resolution.) > > > -- > Phil Stracchino [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Renaissance Man, Unix generalist, Perl hacker > Mobile: 603-216-7037 Landline: 603-886-3518 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
