Re: [Bacula-users] Volume config problem

2005-09-20 Thread Alan Brown
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Florian Schnabel wrote: that's why the maximum use duration is set .. No. Maximum use duration sets the maximum period that a tape will be used for backing up before being toggled from "append" into "used" mode. This is useful for ensuring tapes are changed out weekly, e

Re: [Bacula-users] Volume config problem

2005-09-20 Thread Florian Schnabel
That sounds like the FAQ "How does recycling work?" ;-) The point is, recycling is only triggered when bacula actually needs a new volume. In your case, I could continue to use the existing one, did so, and in that process set the "LastWritten" timestamp. Only when this tape was full, bacul

[Bacula-users] Volume config problem

2005-09-20 Thread Florian Schnabel
okay, i think it's time to bug you guys here with this ... i though i had figured bacula configuration out for my need but i guess i was wrong. yesterday it tried to append to a volume that should have been recycled ... ^^ thus failing misserably because the volume was almost full. now the

Re: [Bacula-users] Volume config problem

2005-09-20 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, On 20.09.2005 09:07, Florian Schnabel wrote: okay, i think it's time to bug you guys here with this ... i though i had figured bacula configuration out for my need but i guess i was wrong. yesterday it tried to append to a volume that should have been recycled ... ^^ thus failing misserab

[Bacula-users] Volume config problem

2005-09-20 Thread Florian Schnabel
okay, i think it's time to bug you guys here with this ... i though i had figured bacula configuration out for my need but i guess i was wrong. yesterday it tried to append to a volume that should have been recycled ... ^^ thus failing misserably because the volume was almost full. now the ques