Hi, On 2/23/2007 6:14 PM, Brian Debelius wrote: > Ok, I see now...after a week of backups. Bacula increments > automatically to the next higher slot. So its grabbing from slot 1 > yesterday, slot 2 today, and slot 3 tomorrow.
Erm... coincidence, I think. As far as I know (and that knowledge might be outdated by now) Baculas way of selecting the next volume is like this: - prefer volumes in a drive - prefer volumes available in an autochanger - prefer volumes with state 'Append' - prefer volumes with state 'Recycle' - prefer volumes with state 'Purged' - use the volume with the lowest ID (There's more to it, but the above preferences should more or less reflect what happens.) This means that usually, when inserting empty tapes and labeling them, they will be used in the order they are labeled. The slot a volume is stored in does not matter much to Bacula. So, during normal operation and assuming you only add tapes never used before, the order in which you labeled them is most important. Arno > Brian Debelius wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>Is there a way to get Bacula to randomly choose new tapes from the >>autoloader? The problem I see, is that if I am replacing the tape in >>Slot 1 everyday with a new tape, then slots 2 - 10 will never be >>chosen. That is, until the slot 1 tape fills up, and the backup is >>continued on a another tape. >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
