-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Drescher wrote: >> On 04/04/2009 04:52, Kevin Keane wrote: >>> No, it's documented behavior. The numbers are actually the media IDs - >>> basically, the database primary key. If you deleted these volumes from >>> bacula completely, the numbering would start at 0005. >>> >> Documented where, exactly? I see no reference to this in the Director >> configuration documentation. >> >>> The reason for this scheme is to ensure that there are no collisions. >>> > > This happened as a result of a bugfix. I am not sure of the exact > conditions that could lead to the bug but I believe deleting a volume > could cause 2 volumes to have the same label. There were long > discussions on the lists a few years back on how to fix this bug and > the current method was what was chosen by the developers.
Also, you are not guaranteed to not have gaps. All this solution promises is that labeling will work. - -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknZK/EACgkQCgsXFM/7nTy4sACghqh1yO2PdyD96GW5MQua4amf Ed4AnipN2qIlFJEmF2ua+Mxbhm7qZFN3 =lV0S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
