Is there a script that can be written so that when the last job is complete
Bacula automatically unloads the tape to it original slot and mount a new tape
from a different slot? Reason I ask is that I have the same question but I
don’t know what the variables will be for such a script, I mean how will you
tell Bacula that if it wrote on tape 0001 from slot one after the job is
complete to move tape 0001 back to slot 1 and load tape 0004 from slot 2 or
next available slot into the archive device automatically?
Do any of you know what variables will be used i.e. run after job {mtx-changer
/dev/sg1 unload $[originalslot] then mtx-changer /dev/sg1 load $[newslot]
/dev/st0 0}?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Daniels
Sent: 21 September, 2006 08:05
To: Michael Nelson
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Forcing use of next tape in Autochanger
Michael Nelson wrote:
> I have a Quantum Superloader3 LTO-3 jukebox with one magazine (eight
> slots) and one drive. I have been backing our servers up to it
> successfully, after much tweaking.
>
> My problem is that I don't really want it to continue backing up to one
> tape until it's full. I am backing up about 100GB / night, and native
> capacity of an LTO-3 tape is 400GB, up to 800GB with compression. I am
> not comfortable having that many days worth of data on one tape and would
> like to be able to tell bacula to switch to the next tape.
>
> I believe I have found a way to do it manually, by using "update volume"
> in bconsole and changing that media_id's value from "append" to "full",
> but I would rather this happen some way without my having to do that every
> day.
>
> If the answer to this is in the docs, I have missed it. Is there an
> easier way to handle this issue programmagically?
Check out the Volume Use Duration option under:
http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION0001410000000000000000
Something like 'Volume Use Duration = 24h' should work if added to your
Pools definition.
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>
>
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