On 25.07.2012 16:39, Phil Stracchino wrote: > Now my problem is that bacula always leaves the last tape in > "appendable" state, and when the tape gets inserted for its next write > cycle, it will not overwrite this tape, but only append to it - even > though the retention period of the tape has expired. > Sounds so far as though what you need is "Volume Use Duration".
That's what I thought, too :) >> I thought I could solve the problem by setting the maximum volume use >> time to a value that is equal to its retention time - but the volume use >> time will only be updated AFTER a job has finished, and never BEFORE a >> job gets started. So the first job in the new cycle will always be >> appended to last week's backup, no matter what I do. > Wait, you said tapes are swapped out every day. Did I misunderstand? > Have you tried setting volume use duration to 24 hours? Yes, I did. My problem is, The "use duration" is checked and the "Used status" is set only at the end of a job that writes to the particular volume, and not at the moment when bacula decides whether to overwrite or to append to the volume. Best Regards, Sven ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
