What do you mean? I'm talking about limiting this aggressive "wishism". I'm not certain how a scratch pool would apply to this issue.
On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 02:32:58PM -0400, Bennett, Silas (GE Infrastructure) wrote: > Isn't this what the scratch pool is for? > > I have to admit that I haven't got it working yet, but I wasn't sure if the > scratch pool was one of those "Features" in the manual, that was not in the > Stable version of the bacula code. > > Cheers, > Silas > > =0) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joe Rhett > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:28 AM > To: Arno Lehmann > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Bacula-users] Auto-labeling volumes depending on > tape-in-drive? > > > Okay, Arno, you seem to know the most about the labelling so let's throw > this at you. > > Obviously, with disk-based volumes, you have to not auto-label, or limit > the number of volumes in the pool or it will keep growing. The physical > reality can be created very quickly. But with tapes you do have the > simple constraint of "is there really a tape for this?" > > Is it possible to constrain bacula to only create volumes when it has a > blank tape in the drive to label? This whole thing with creating a volume > that has no physical reality is what confuses me. > > Look at tape in drive. > > 1. If tape is new, auto-label it and use it. > 2. If tape is available for recycling, recycle it and use it. > > But never "just make up a volume" without having a physical reality... > > Obviously, with autochangers you'd want to scan through the library and > find the "best tape" based on the above logic... > > -- > Joe Rhett > senior geek > meer.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. > Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very > own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Joe Rhett senior geek meer.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
