> I'm just wondering what would happen if Bacula wants to write a backup > on a full tape or is waiting for a new tape? Will the backup completely > stop or will it somehow get spooled? > It will completely stop. > > I'm just asking because I want to know if I can delay the change of a > tape for a few days or so while Bacula still makes backup (spooling them > or writing them to a temporary location and then writing them back to > tape when I insert a new tape). > > Or can I change a tape before it is full so I can be sure it needn't to > be changed the next few days? > You can change a tape before it hits the Full as long as no jobs are running, the new tape has the Append status and it is in the same pool as the old and you have configured
Accept Any Volume = yes in the pool definition. If you have tape auto mounting on make sure when you unmount the Full tape you use release command. That way you can just insert the new tape into the drive and auto mounting will work. If you use the unmount command bacula will require you to mount the tape from a bacula console after inserting it. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
