Yes, use the "maximum volume bytes" directive to limit the amount of data stored to a tape. Once bacula sees that much data has been written, it should label the volume as "full" and ask you for the next tape in the pool.
Jason Brian Debelius wrote: > Brian Debelius wrote: > >> Is there a way I can work around the end of tape MTWEOF error by telling >> bacula to limit the amount of data written to the tape? Lets say I have >> an 80GB tape. Is there a way to tell bacula to only write 75 or 70GB >> and then start a new tape? >> >> My next thought is, Can logic be added to bacula such that when it >> realizes that it has written off the end of the tape, to have it rewind >> some amount of blocks, write an eof, and then continue onto the next >> tape, starting with and duplicating the blocks it backspaced over on the >> first tape? >> >> brian >> >> > Thinking out loud, I see that there is a 'Maximum Volume Bytes' > directive that can be used in the pool resource. Tapeinfo shows that > the tape size; Partition 0 Size in Kbytes: 76958720. If I multiply > this by 1024 to get bytes or 78805729280, can I use this as the Maximum > Volume Bytes to limit the the amount of data written to the tape? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
