Hello,
Arno Lehmann a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> On 2/27/2006 2:32 PM, Baptiste Malguy wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Anyone willing to advise me for my specific issue please ? For the
>> moment, I hold on blocked by this problem, unfortunately, and I would
>> appreciate so much some help.
>>
>> Thanks guys.
>>
>> Baptiste Malguy a écrit :
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a question related to cloning jobs.
>>>
>>> I've just re-read my mail before pushing the "Send" button, and ... a
>>> little long I'm afraid.
>>>
>>> I want to write my full backups on two different storages (disk + DLT4).
>>>
>>> To achieve this goal, I use the Run attribute of the Job resource,
>>> providing the same job name: that's job cloning.
>>>
>>> The job is normally an incremental one, that becomes a full one once a
>>> month thanks to the corresponding schedule.
>>>
>>> Only the monthly full backups have to go on the tapes. Not the
>>> incremental ones neither the potential full ones that may occur because
>>> FileSet resource has been modified.
>>>
>>> And that's the point: how to avoid these random full backups to go on
>>> the tape, that is, how to prevent the original job (writing to disk) to
>>> clone itself (to write on tape).
>
>
> I've never actually used the python interface, but it might be possible
> to do this using python events.
>
>>> I thought about using Run Before Job attribute, to prevent the cloned
>>> job to work returning a non-zero value, but I don't know what to provide
>>> to the run command to let it know to return 0 or non-zero.
>>>
>>> The command needs:
>>> - "I'm a clone" or "I'm writing to tapes"
>
>
> No idea if this is possible, but you mght look for a running job,
> started a short time ago, with the same name in the catalog. The
> destination should be easier to find.
>
>>> - and "I'm a full backup"
>
>
> Thats already possible with the objects Bacula provides to its events, I
> think.
Yes.
>
>>> - and "current date" (because of random full backups)
>
>
> Rather simple in python :-) although having access to the schedules
> might be the more thorough solution.
Same as above: objects provided by Bacula to its events.
>
>>> I can't provide to the command, as long as I know, "I'm a clone" neither
>>> "I'm writing to tapes".
>
>
> This might not be much help, but perhaps a starting point for you.
Not that much for the moment unfortunately until either I learn Python
either the job move/replication/... is improved
Anyway, thank you for your answer. I have to investigate deeper to check
what I may have neglected.
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