On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 21:38 +0100, Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > 02.11.2007 21:26,, Craig White wrote:: > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 15:08 -0400, John Drescher wrote: > >> On 11/2/07, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I am a bit befuddled. > >>> > >>> I have a 'Full' backup which consists of 4 jobs but it extends onto 2 > >>> tapes. > >>> > >>> the Pool permits 4 jobs > >>> Maximum Volume Jobs = 4 > >>> Volume Retention = 19d > >>> Volume Use Duration = 4d > >>> > >> I believe "Maximum Volume Jobs" here will allow at most 4 jobs to a > >> single volume and since there are only 2 jobs written to the last > >> volume it can hold 2 more. > > ---- > > I get that. I can't change the number to 2 because then it would stop > > after the second job and force me into a new tape leaving half the first > > tape filled and not enough room on second tape to complete the next 2 > > jobs (the second being a standard BackupCatalog job). > > > > I find it hard to believe that I am the only one who is spanning tapes > > on a single Pool and wanting to have the last tape marked 'Used' instead > > of 'Append' > > True... but as it is, many users try to avoid problems they might run > into when jobs are added, or don't run for whatever reason, so they > don't limit the volume use by the number of jobs, but rather by the > time it can be used after an initial write ;-) > > So my suggestion is to use "Volume Use Duration" instead of the job > limit. Depending on your needs, limiting by size might also be useful > - "Maximum Volume Bytes" is the corresponding option. > > Does that help? ---- in that I have set (as noted above) Volume Use Duration to 4d, if it marks the set as 'Used' on Tuesday (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday) constituting the 4 days and then Bacula respects the 'Volume Retention', I am good to go.
As you might expect, I am concerned that the next usage of ThursdayPool, that it asks for this Volume because it is still marked 'Append' and I would want it to ultimately ask for the one of the ThursdayPool volumes whose 'Volume Retention' has expired. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
