On Wednesday 11 February 2009 22:30:04 Jean Gobin wrote: > I think what he wants is a way to make sure a tape is closed to, say, > start a week with a fresh tape.
Thanks. That makes more sense. > > Pretty easy to do with different pools/schedules/jobs actually. Yes, I agree. Unless the author can come up with some additional convincing reason(s) for this, and possibly a better name, I will classify it as not really needed. Best regards, Kern > > > > > > Jean F. Gobin > Network Administrator > > Tel: 212.542.3175 > Mobile: 917.213.2532 > Fax: 212.981.6545 > > 32 Avenue of the Americas, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013 > > > [email protected] > www.strozllc.com > > S T R O Z F R I E D B E R G > > TURNING INFORMATION INTO INTELLIGENCE > > > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No right to > confidential or privileged treatment of this message is waived or lost > by any error in transmission. 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Can anyone explain the > need for this Feature Request to me? > > I just cannot grasp what it serves to mark a tape Used when it has been > unused for a certain period. > > It also seems to me that ANDing together two different directives is a > new concept, which could add complexity to the existing plethera of > directives. > > Regards, > > Kern > > On Wednesday 11 February 2009 18:38:15 Brian Debelius wrote: > > I rotate sets of tapes each day. I would like the last tape used in > > the backup to be marked used after a certain amount of time has > > elapsed. It matters not to me when the volume was first written to. > > For me, Volume use duration marks tapes used too early if there is a > > hiccup in the backup run (and then requires an extra tape when none it > > > > needed) or too late and bacula wants to use the last tape for the next > > backup run. > > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > I don't see the need for this feature. With the current code, there > > > > > > is no harm if the tape is marked used while a job is running, so > > > please explain why this feature is needed. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Kern > > > > > >> Item 1: Implement an 'Volume Append Duration' pool directive > > >> > > >> Origin: Brian Debelius, bdebelius at intelesyscorp.com > > >> > > >> Date: 5 February 2009 > > >> > > >> What: An 'Volume Append Duration' pool directive. This directive > > >> would set a window of time after the last write to a tape, after > > >> which the tape is marked used. This would be a complement to the > > >> Volume Use Duration directive. > > >> > > >> Why: Sometimes when a job pauses for whatever reason, the backup > > >> run is interrupted long enough for the Volume Use Duration to be > > >> exceeded and the currently loaded tape is mark used before the > > >> entire backup run is complete. With the Volume Append Duration, I > > >> can set the tape to be marked used after x hours of no use. This > > >> would give more flexibility in determining when a tape gets marked > > used. > > > >> Notes: Volume Append Duration or Volume Use Duration may be used, > > >> OR both may be used in a pool definition. If both are used then > > >> then they are ANDED together, in that they both must be true for > > >> the tape to be marked used. > > > > > > Best regards, Kern > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---- > >--- Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. 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