> > 4. A volume is locked only during the dump of that volume and not for
> > the duration of the entire dump. Which is why one is able to move a
> > volume while a dump is in progress.
>
> Then this is incorrect behaviour. Change it. EITHER the volume is required not
> to move until it is backed up - in which case lock it, OR make butc
> intelligent enough to ask the VLDB where the volumes is at the time when it
> needs it so that locks are not required.
Whenever _I_ do "vos move", the backup volume gets deleted; having butc query
the VLDB prior to each volume dump seems redundant (either the volume is
where it started out, or it's not - in the latter case, there's no .backup
volume anyway). I suppose a "lock" on the volume until it's dumped would
work, but I don't find it essential, and can think of cases where it would
be annoying.
Pat Wilson
Dartmouth College
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