Isn't this what the scratch pool is for? I have to admit that I haven't got it working yet, but I wasn't sure if the scratch pool was one of those "Features" in the manual, that was not in the Stable version of the bacula code.
Cheers, Silas =0) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joe Rhett Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:28 AM To: Arno Lehmann Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Bacula-users] Auto-labeling volumes depending on tape-in-drive? Okay, Arno, you seem to know the most about the labelling so let's throw this at you. Obviously, with disk-based volumes, you have to not auto-label, or limit the number of volumes in the pool or it will keep growing. The physical reality can be created very quickly. But with tapes you do have the simple constraint of "is there really a tape for this?" Is it possible to constrain bacula to only create volumes when it has a blank tape in the drive to label? This whole thing with creating a volume that has no physical reality is what confuses me. Look at tape in drive. 1. If tape is new, auto-label it and use it. 2. If tape is available for recycling, recycle it and use it. But never "just make up a volume" without having a physical reality... Obviously, with autochangers you'd want to scan through the library and find the "best tape" based on the above logic... -- Joe Rhett senior geek meer.net ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
