On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 01:57:52PM +0100, Daniel Kamm wrote: > Hi all > > Just an idea of mine, let me know if this is possible or not. > > Let's say I have a huge autochanger with lots of space and lots of > cartriges available. Let's also assume, that I have a uncontrollable > data groth and I cannot (or I am too lazy to) predict the ammount of > cartridges needed to backup the data. > > Is it possible to dynamically assign empty volumes from a "spare" pool > to the actual running pool if the volumes available for doing backups > are not sufficient? > > TIA > - Dan
Hi Dan, I think the "scratch" pool should provide what you're looking for, but I believe once volumes have been reassigned to another pool they'll stay there for the rest of their lifetimes (I'm still on 2.x, so things may have changed in the meantime). All the best, Uwe -- uwe.schuerk...@nionex.net fon: [+49] 5242.91 - 4740, fax:-69 72 Hauptsitz: Avenwedder Str. 55, D-33311 Gütersloh, Germany Registergericht Gütersloh HRB 4196, Geschäftsführer: H. Gosewehr, D. Suda NIONEX ist ein Unternehmen der DirectGroup Germany www.directgroupgermany.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
