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I may be speaking from old information. I've been dutifully setting my
archive tapes to archive nonetheless, and setting read-only on tapes
that are likely to get inserted but shouldn't be used for whatever
reason. Nice to know at some point they started to do something!
(I've been using Bacula since 1.36.3 and a lot has changed!)
Mike Seda wrote:
> Well, I think VolStatus=Archive is implemented. The latest
> rel-bacula.pdf says:
>
> "If the Volume has another status, such as Archive, Read-Only, Disabled,
> Busy, or
> Cleaning, the Volume status will not be changed to Purged."
>
> And, Kern told me to "Be sure to mark the tapes you are taking offsite
> as Archive."
>
>
> Jason King wrote:
>> Sure :)
>>
>> Ryan Novosielski wrote:
>>
> I could be wrong, but I don't believe either one is implemented. :-P Do
> I win? :)
>
> =R
>
> Jason King wrote:
>
>
>>>>> Not 100% sure, but archived volumes probably stay archived until their
>>>>> rentention period is up, then they would go into recycle which would
>>>>> then allow bacula to use them. Read-Only is set by the user and bacula
>>>>> will never change that attribute.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike Seda wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have the same question:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Could someone tell me if there is a difference in the way that Bacula
>>>>>> handles volumes with the status "Archive" and the status "Read-Only"?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did this ever get answered?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Neal Gamradt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Could someone tell me if there is a difference in the way that Bacula
>>>>>>> handles volumes with the status "Archive" and the status "Read-Only"?
>>>>>>> Does any data get removed from the database with "Archive"? I have
>>>>>>> some files I want to pertinently archive on a volume that I am going
>>>>>>> to take out of rotation, but I don't want to remove them from the
>>>>>>> database, that way I can restore quickly if I need to.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, does "Disabled" remove the information for that volume from the
>>>>>>> database? Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Running Redhat Enterprise 4.0 with Bacula 1.38.11 and a Superloader 3
>>>>>>> with an S4 tape drive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Neal
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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