>> That is fine if a user can insert the media from one drive to the >> other. If they are in separate locations or you do not want to switch >> media back and forth between devices its best to make them different >> media type so bacula does not request media that you will not have. > > OK. So how do I make the media type different if they both are > disk-based volumes? (re-read the manual) Oh. So if I simply name the > external type as "ExternalFile", that would work? So even if the > physical media is the same, you give each a different Media Type, right? > Yes, You can name the media Type whatever you want.
This is more of a way to inform bacula that X media can only be used in Y storage. And X1 media can only be used in Y1 storage. It makes no difference to bacula if X and X1 are the same physical type bacula just knows that should be handled different. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
