On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 11:59:15AM +0100, Alan Brown wrote: > If there are recyclable pool volumes in the changer then use them, else > use available scratch pool volumes. > > Otherwise the size of a tape pool can effectively grow far more rapidly > than expected in the absence of a "max volumes =" pool parameter.
I'd second this. I'd like to be able to leave a number of scratch volumes available without having them put into service when there are other eligible volumes available. On a somewhat related note, I'm not clear on how the tape selection algorithm is altered when an autochanger is available. For example, if there are two equally eligible volumes available, only one of which is in the autochanger, would this volume be preferred? That seems desirable, but I don't see this behavior specified anywhere. I'm also unclear on whether Bacula currently tracks which volumes are in an autochanger. Right now, I have two volumes that are both recorded in the database as "InChanger = 1" and "Slot = 4", but it's not obvious which tape is actually in the changer. -- John Kodis. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
