Arno Lehmann napsal(a): > Hi, > > 01.11.2007 22:07,, Ondrej PLANKA wrote:: > .. automatic volume naming / numbers no longer per pool, but per > all volumes known... > > >> Kern and Arno thanks for advice. >> But my last question - why new version of Bacula changed this volumes >> names numbered sequentially per pool? Any reason? >> > > > I think Kern gave the reason - to prevent or rather, make more > unlikely, cases where the generated volume name doesn't work because > you have "holes" in the existing volume names. Like in V1, V2, V4, the > next volume would be created as V4 because there are only three > volumes in this sequence. > > (Bacula handles this _to some extent_ by retrying with an incremented > number, but this is limited.) > > By the way - even using the number of all volumes can fail, but the > most useful approach - taking the highest number in existence, and > then adding to it - is really more difficult to implement than it's worth. > > Arno >
Arno, THANK YOU VERY MUCH for explanation! Closing this thret. Ondrej. > > >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Ondrej. >> >>> >>> >>>> Thanks a lot Kern. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I personally don't see the problem, since Bacula knows quite well >>>>> what Volumes contain what, and in the prior scheme one was not >>>>> always guaranteed of having sequential volume numbers, though out of >>>>> sequence numbers only happened when you deleted volumes. >>>>> >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> >>>>> Kern >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >>>> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >>>> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >>>> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bacula-devel mailing list >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
