On my end, I used the pool name as part of the label, as well.
Otherwise, you can't really tell which volume belongs in which pool. And
unlike the job assignment, that's constant at least in my setup (I don't
use a scratch pool or the like).
Also, personally I preferred to use {NumVols} rather than allowing
bacula to assign the numbers, because bacula uses the media id. NumVols
will usually result in consecutive numbers that appeal to my sense of
elegance. Note: this is a two-edged sword, because if you already have
volumes in your pool, {NumVols} can lead to naming conflicts.
ML mail wrote:
> As you say this is very confusing... I think the easiest for me is simply
> then to create one pool per server and have the name of the server in the
> label without any other variables so that it will automatically add an
> incremented number after it. For example I may just use this:
>
> LabelFormat = "server1-"
>
> or how did you solve this problem on your side ? I guess you are then also
> using files instead of tapes...
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/13/09, Kevin Keane <subscript...@kkeane.com> wrote:
>
>
>> From: Kevin Keane <subscript...@kkeane.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] LabelFormat question
>> To:
>> Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 5:40 AM
>> Actually, you have two problems in that label format. The
>> first one is
>> that, indeed, the NumVols is global per pool. The second
>> problem is that
>> once bacula starts recycling tapes, it may well use this
>> tape for a
>> different job than what the label suggests. I fell into
>> that trap myself
>> when I started using bacula. In fact, I actually don't
>> quite understand
>> why bacula would ever let you even put the job name into
>> the label in
>> the first place. It seems to me that unless you never
>> recycle volumes,
>> there really is no scenario where it makes sense, and is
>> actually very
>> confusing.
>>
>> As for your second question: bacula only appends the volume
>> ID (not a
>> self-incrementing number as the documentation suggests) if
>> you don't use
>> any variable expansion. That behavior is documented here
>> http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Configuring_Director.html#Label
>>
>> ML mail wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am using Bacula to backup 3 servers and store the
>>>
>> backup files on the hard disk, each in different directories
>> by setting up 3 different Devices and using one single Pool.
>>
>>> Now I have noticed that the filename is not exactly as
>>>
>> I wish it to be: I am using the following LabelFormat in my
>> Pool:
>>
>>> LabelFormat = "backup-${Job}-${NumVols}"
>>>
>>> with the idea in mind to have a filename with the job
>>>
>> name (this would be the server name) and then the volume
>> number for that server, but unfortunately the volume number
>> is global (for all 3 servers). So should I actually define
>> one Pool per server, or is there an easier way to do it ?
>>
>>> Also if I used:
>>>
>>> LabelFormat = "backup-${Job}-"
>>>
>>> would the volume number be added automatically as
>>>
>> epxlained in
>> http://www.bacula.org/fr/dev-manual/Basic_Volume_Management.html#SECTION006131200000000000000
>> ?
>>
>>> Thank you very much for the help
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
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