Hi I'm just coming to terms with Bacula and I'm quite impressed. But here is something I can't get my head around:
I've got a setup modeled after the example in the docs under Backup Strategies/Daily Tape Rotation. So I have: -A pool for each day from Mon-Thu with one tape (Recycle=yes, AutoPrune=yes, Volume Retention=6d) -One weekly pool with four tapes (Volume Retention=24d) So finding the correct tape for the Mon-Thu pools is not a problem. But to know which tape out of the four Bacula needs for Friday night is. I've seen the trick in the FAQs of running a small pseudo-job during the day. But I think it would be cleaner to have a small cron job which queries the database for the tape and then sends a mail to the operator. Is there any way to accomplish this? From what I can see in the docs and in my tests the problem is the tape will be recycled when Bacula needs a new one. In the middle of the night. Is there a way to query for the next available tape from a pool? Any hints and tips are greatly appreciated. Cheers, Goetz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
