What I'm after is a more hands-off approach. A simple set-it and forget-it feature. I need Bacula to "make these decisions" without any human intervention.
If the last tape with Append status is not available bacula should do the following: 1. Notify the backup admin 2. Then wait 2 hours for remedy 3. If the tape in question is still not available after 2 hours, use the next available tape. This way my backup still continues even if I neglect/forget to change volume status to Full. ________________________________________ From: John Drescher [dresche...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:46 PM To: Conrad Lawes Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Removing tape from library > What is process for removing tapes that are not yet full from that tape > library? > When I remove a not-yet-full tape from tape library and neglect to change > its status to "Full", Bacula does not alert me that it's waiting for that > tape to be mounted. Furthermore, it does not attempt to use another tape. It > just patiently waits indefinitely. > > Is there a way to correct this behaviour? > > I want Bacula to automatically use another tape after a given amount of time > if the preferred "Append" tape is not available . > When I do this I mark the tape Full or used using bconsole. And then it does not give me problems as long as its retention period is not over. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
